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In: Volume 1 Dawn of Ecumenism | Part III. Beginnings: Movements Become a Movement previous chapter 1 Historical Overview The Catholic liturgical movement, particularly in German-speaking areas, first arose in the 19th century and gradually developed during the following century along with the changes in the political, economic, and cultural context.1 The years 1909 and 1947 may be considered indicative of this history, since it was in 1909 that a Roman Catholic congress was held in Malines, Belgium, at which Dom Lambert Beauduin,2 a Benedictine monk of the Mont César Abbey a…

In: Volume 1 Dawn of Ecumenism | Part III. Beginnings: Movements Become a Movement previous chapter 1 Introduction When browsing through the impressive biography compiled by Raymond Loonbeek and Jacques Mortiau,1 the reader may gain the impression that Fr. Lambert Beauduin lived several consecutive lives: first as a diocesan priest involved in education (1897–1899) and as a labor chaplain (1899–1906), then as a Benedictine monk at Mont César Abbey in Leuven (1906) and as the initiator of the Belgian liturgical movement (1909–1914). After the interlude of World War i, he reappeared …

In: Volume 1 Dawn of Ecumenism | Part II. Prehistory: The Challenges of Modernity previous chapter 1 Birth of the Oxford Movement John Henry Newman has been commonly acknowledged as the leader, if not the main inspiration for that religious revival within the Church of England from the early 1830s onwards known as the Oxford or Tractarian Movement. Normative beliefs are shaped by particular historical contexts and circumstances and the Oxford Movement was no exception to this rule. The Movement’s origins partly lay i…

In: Volume 1 Dawn of Ecumenism | Part III. Beginnings: Movements Become a Movement previous chapter 1 Lord Halifax and Abbé Portal: Between Apostolicae curae and New Paths in the Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue The two moving spirits behind the conversations at Malines (1921–1925)1 were Charles Lindley Wood, viscount of Halifax, an Anglican layman who was for many years president of the English Church Union and a man who had dedicated most of his life to the reconciliation of the Church of England and the Church of Rome, and Fr. Fernan…