Forgotten Shrines (Classic Reprint): An Account of Some Old Catholic Halls and Families in England and of Relics and Memorials of the English Martyrs - Couverture souple

Camm, Bede

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1334071004 ISBN 13 : 9781334071003

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

This book explores the stories of several Catholic families and ancient houses that became final refuges for the Catholic faith in the wake of persecution. At the time, Catholicism was outlawed in the country. Priests were cast out or martyred and there were countless cases of sacrilege and destruction of religious property. The Catholic presence in England diminished and became a matter of history, with only small and secretive groups of adherents still practicing the old religion. The author delves into the lives of those who lived in these ancient manor houses, offering readers insights into the loyalty of Recusants in the face of severe religious persecution. Despite their suffering, these individuals remained devoted to Catholicism, leading to the preservation of the faith in a time of great adversity.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Church in this land, and of its miraculous resurrection in that Second Spring which came so unexpectedly to close the long winter of persecution. All seemed to be lost, he says; there was a struggle for a time, and then its priests were cast out or martyred. There were sacrileges innumerable. I ts temples were profaned or destroyed ;its revenues seized by covetous nobles, or squandered upon the ministers oi a new faith. The presence of Catholicism was at length simply removed, its grace disowned its power despised its name, except as a matter of history, at length almost unknown. .. .N olonger the Catholic Church in the country ;nay, no longer, I may say a Catholic community ;but a few adherents of the Old Religion, moving silently and sorrowfully about, as memorials of what had been. .. .T here, perhaps, an elderly person, seen walking in the streets, grave and solitary, and strange, though noble in bearing, and said to be of good family and a Roman Catholic. An old-fashioned house of gloomy appearance, closed in with high walls, with an iron gate and yews, and the report attaching to it that Roman Catholics lived there ;but who they were, or what was meant by calling them Roman Catholics, no one could tell; though it had an unpleasant sound and told of form and superstition. I have attempted in this book to tell the story of some of those ancient manor houses which became the last refuges of the ancient faith, when it was proscribed and persecuted throughout the land. The air of mystery and romance which seems to exhale from the crumbling walls of these old houses, irresistibly moves those who come across them to curiosity if not to reverence. And this is an attempt to satisfy such legitimate curiosity. Englishmen of all creeds have grown more sympathetic of late, as they have come to know something of the true story of that long persecution which made the
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1334071004
• ISBN 13: 9781334071003
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 610
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