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ritualism
ritualism was a development of the tractarian (‘Oxford’) movement. Its adherents were called ‘high church’ because (like the high‐church movement of an earlier generation) they emphasized the Catholic as distinct from the Protestant elements in Anglicanism, and the prerogatives of the church as against those of the state. But in common parlance the term ‘high’ came to denote the importance that many of this school attached to ritual in worship. The intense suspicion aroused among Protestants by anything resembling the liturgical forms of the Roman Catholic church ensured that ritualism attracted proportionately fewer adherents in Ireland than in Great Britain. But the controversy, coinciding with the disestablishment period in Ireland, nevertheless coloured the debate on Prayer Book revision (1870–8). Thanks to leaders such as Richard Chenevix Trench, archbishop of Dublin, who attracted virulent criticism because of his ‘high‐church’ sympathies and refusal to condemn some opinions abhorrent to anti‐ritualists, the Book of Common Prayer emerged virtually unscathed from the revision process. The revised text did, however, include a new code of canons regulating public worship in a manner that reflected Protestant susceptibilities within the Church of Ireland. While these regulations were not generally challenged, infringement of them was to involve the Dublin parishes of St Bartholomew's (1892 and 1928) and St John's, Sandymount (1935 and 1937), in cases brought before the court of the General Synod.
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"ritualism." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "ritualism." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-ritualism.html "ritualism." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-ritualism.html |
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ritualism
rit·u·al·ism / ˈrichoōəˌlizəm/ • n. the regular observance or practice of ritual, esp. when excessive or without regard to its function. DERIVATIVES: rit·u·al·ist n. rit·u·al·is·tic / ˌrichoōəˈlistik/ adj. rit·u·al·is·ti·cal·ly adv. |
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"ritualism." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "ritualism." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-ritualism.html "ritualism." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-ritualism.html |
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Ritualism
Ritualism. A movement in the Church of England in the late 19th cent., to adopt the ritual and Gothic ornament of the Roman Catholic Church. Attempts to repress it in the secular or church courts (on the basis of the Ornaments rubric) from 1869, and through an act of Parliament (1874), were not ultimately successful.
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JOHN BOWKER. "Ritualism." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Ritualism." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Ritualism.html JOHN BOWKER. "Ritualism." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Ritualism.html |
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