Tag Archives: Dom Gregory Dix

Patrimony and Irony

This appeared in last week’s Tablet: Another senior Church of England cleric [at Synod] who did not want to be named, told me he believed that those who turned to Rome would see their Anglican traditions diluted. He said that … Continue reading

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Thoughts on an Anglican Use Mass

I would like to advance here a few disordered reflections about the form which an Anglican Use of the Roman Rite might take.  These are nothing but my own ill-informed speculations interwoven with my own uninformed notions and prejudices, and … Continue reading

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Powerful Words

Every once in a while I need to read this brief passage written by Dom Gregory Dix, in his major work, The Shape of the Liturgy (published in 1945).  There's something about it that's so striking, so nourishing to the soul.  He's … Continue reading

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