Ecumenical Overture or Anglicanism Redefined? The Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral
Ecumenical Overture or Anglicanism Redefined? The Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral
By The Venerable Dr. Christopher Brown
Special to Virtueonline
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March 21, 2012
Broadway extends the length of Manhattan. It begins at the foot of the island at Battery Park. It runs straight uptown to 10th Street, where it edges left and cuts a diagonal that only straightens out at 108th Street, just short of Columbia University. In 1829, the original planners located the leftward turn at 10th street to avoid damaging the orchard garden of Henry Brevoort. Since 1846, that spot has been the site of the stately Gothic structure of Grace Church in New York, designed by Brevoort's nephew, James Renwick (who later designed St. Patrick's Cathedral).
I was on the staff of Grace Church in 1988 during the centennial observance of the Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral, a defining statement of Anglican identity. The author of the Quadrilateral was William Reed Huntington, 6th rector of Grace Church. Huntington was one of the most prominent Episcopal clergymen of his generation. Known informally as the "First presbyter of the Church," he was key figure behind the 1892 Book of Common Prayer, and he founded the Episcopal order of deaconesses.
In 1870, while serving as rector of All Saints Church in Worcester, Massachusetts; Huntington wrote a book entitled, The Church Idea, An Essay Toward Unity. He and a local Roman Catholic priest had founded an ecumenical clergy fellowship. This experience of working closely with other clergy seems to have prompted his efforts in The Church Idea to develop "a basis on which approach may be by God's blessing, made toward Home Reunion" - and thereby to recover the unity of the Church.
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By The Venerable Dr. Christopher Brown
Special to Virtueonline
www.virtueonline.org
March 21, 2012
I was on the staff of Grace Church in 1988 during the centennial observance of the Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral, a defining statement of Anglican identity. The author of the Quadrilateral was William Reed Huntington, 6th rector of Grace Church. Huntington was one of the most prominent Episcopal clergymen of his generation. Known informally as the "First presbyter of the Church," he was key figure behind the 1892 Book of Common Prayer, and he founded the Episcopal order of deaconesses.
In 1870, while serving as rector of All Saints Church in Worcester, Massachusetts; Huntington wrote a book entitled, The Church Idea, An Essay Toward Unity. He and a local Roman Catholic priest had founded an ecumenical clergy fellowship. This experience of working closely with other clergy seems to have prompted his efforts in The Church Idea to develop "a basis on which approach may be by God's blessing, made toward Home Reunion" - and thereby to recover the unity of the Church.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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