Welcome to Holy History, a site where all manner of theological, historical, philosophical, and cultural discussions and debates shall occur. My name is Andrew, and I'm a Christian and novice historian. I'm completing a master's degree in English Ecclesiastical (Church) History, and am currently a member of the Lutheran Church-Canada (though I have an extremely complex past … [Read more...]
A Vocation Question
(just so the reader knows, I have broken up with my Episcopal girlfriend, and am now determined to either marry a Catholic girl who wants lots of babies / is faithful to Church teaching, or to enter religious life, or to be a single laymen in some sort of secular vocation).After my whole reversion to Anglicanism and then return to Rome, and my time with the Toronto Jesuits, I … [Read more...]
The Death of the Oxford Movement
The time of death was July 10, 2010. In 1833 John Keble started a movement with his Assize sermon "National Apostasy" defending the Church of England as a part of the Catholic Church.Since then, the Anglican Church has allowed contraception, divorce, liberalism, women priests, and now women bishops (and arguably it tacitly supports Homosexual 'marriage').It was a great dream. … [Read more...]
Travelling & Bad Catholics
Today I'm going to my first Catholic wedding. It's over 3 hours away and so it will be a LONG drive (the farthest I've ever driven... or is it furthest?). I haven't been able to get to confession for a month, but reading Graham Greene has been helpful in reminding me that the Church bears sinners within her midst.I was thinking the other day that while I reverence people like … [Read more...]
Canadian Church History
Yesterday was Canada Day, in commemoration of our Dominion founded on July 1, 1867. I wanted to post something, but I couldn't think of anything.Today I decided to read some Canadian Church History that I found quite interesting. It is from a book called "The sword of Saint Paul : a history of the Diocese of Saskatoon, 1933-1983" by Duncan F. Robertson … [Read more...]