tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921344802943229342.post3532837032185762182..comments2024-03-29T05:07:23.274-07:00Comments on Antique Richborough: MemoriesEdwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15213363119774322096noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921344802943229342.post-18361609710824902382013-11-24T14:14:36.342-08:002013-11-24T14:14:36.342-08:00I suspect the problem was understood through the p...I suspect the problem was understood through the prism of the later Liturgical Movement. It was taken as a given that sight of the altar was to be enforced; but those whose faith benefited from it would have chosen to sit centrally anyway, and those who chose otherwise had the opportunity to do so. Perhaps what was replaced was the truly pastoral liturgy, a significant element of the patrimony that was forgotten in the desire to ape English Catholicism's interpretation of the Spirit of the Council?IanWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14802289720095323373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921344802943229342.post-90374330060681201842013-11-24T00:46:25.481-08:002013-11-24T00:46:25.481-08:00Hmm, Faculty Law, I've had mixed experience of...Hmm, Faculty Law, I've had mixed experience of how that works, in the last Anglican church I attended the problem wasn't faculty jurisdiction, but the Victorian Church Society who had the proposed nave altar platform lower by a few inches so as not to obscure a small memorial brass plate. The church now has been totally reordered with the old high altar removed but the reredos remaining and the original sanctuary and choir now a dining area open to hire. But, it "better serves the community".<br />Aitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02279636741004463756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921344802943229342.post-70611848029108340452013-11-22T07:47:18.522-08:002013-11-22T07:47:18.522-08:00I'm not opposed to nave altars in principle (t...I'm not opposed to nave altars in principle (though I do not like the way they advanced ad populum celebration) but I fear this is just as aesthetically insensitive and uninspiring as most of the Vatican II remodellings. But not having destroyed the High Altar and being removable are great virtues, and should be heartily applauded.austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05353043674005221535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921344802943229342.post-55933437197432537272013-11-22T06:15:29.395-08:002013-11-22T06:15:29.395-08:00I like the picture especially the Cross of San Dam...I like the picture especially the Cross of San Damiano - a similar one you blessed after the fire when I was at St. Francis, Barkingside.Father Mervyn Jenningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053613428222136067noreply@blogger.com