Old High Church?
An important reminder by Jeremy Morris in The High Church Revival in the Church of England (2016) that the nomenclature 'old High Church tradition' can be misleading.
The older High Church tradition, to which Nockles and others have drawn our attention, represented by Palmer and Burgon, amongst many others, is arguably misrepresented by the comparative word 'older', if that signifies a precursor which at some point in the early nineteenth century ceased to exercise much influence. Far from being occluded in some way by the Tractarians, this more moderate and cautious form of High Churchmanship was if anything emboldened and challenged to assert its influence more widely.
The older High Church tradition, to which Nockles and others have drawn our attention, represented by Palmer and Burgon, amongst many others, is arguably misrepresented by the comparative word 'older', if that signifies a precursor which at some point in the early nineteenth century ceased to exercise much influence. Far from being occluded in some way by the Tractarians, this more moderate and cautious form of High Churchmanship was if anything emboldened and challenged to assert its influence more widely.
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