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Papers by Mark Woodruff

The Ordinariate in England is examined as an instance of and contribution to the ecumenical movem... more The Ordinariate in England is examined as an instance of and contribution to the ecumenical movement, in terms of the process of receptive ecumenical learning - from initiating, through local to formal reception - as understood through the history and development of ARCIC, as well as a Catholic Anglican proposal for a corporate reunion in the 1980s, the Congregation of the English Mission. Also reviewed is what constitutes Anglican Patrimony, from ecclesiological and constitutional forms, to liturgical texts and traditions of moral theology, homiletics and theological dialogue. Finally, the potential of the Ordinariate as a point of engagement with Anglicanism, having been formed within and partly determined its internal ecumenism and dialogue, is considered as a means to assist Catholic understanding of Anglican tradition and thus Anglican-Roman Catholic mutual dialogue; as a sign of the Catholic Church's desire to recognise the dimension of Anglican life and religion within its account of itself as manifesting the Universal Church, and to give space to form of it; and as adding a distinctive 'dialect' of its own in the task of the new evangelisation of English society, culture and people.

Bulletin of the Hymn Society of Great Britain, Nos 272 & 273, Volume 20, 2012

It is claimed that the classic English hymn can have no place in the Mass of the Roman Rite? But ... more It is claimed that the classic English hymn can have no place in the Mass of the Roman Rite? But there exists time honoured precedence for the use of metrical hymns, and the Ordinary Form allows for this officially in the rubrics. But instead of supplanting the integral Proper of the Mass with either classic hymnody or modern liturgical songs, it would be possible to complement it with hymns in a liturgical way. The body of metrical hymnody stands as a kind of Proper in its own right. Judicious selection from it and knowing how to set it to the Eucharistic liturgy alongside the Proper of the Mass constitutes a science. This is part of the patrimony of the Anglican tradition with its long tradition of music at Eucharistic worship in the vernacular that can be offered to Catholic celebrations by the Ordinariates. Furthermore, the corporate singing of metrical hymns is not only a deep-rooted tradition within English-speaking Christianity that offers an exchange of gifts and spiritual ecumenism if rightly received and applied, it can also be a means to realising the objective of participation actuosa - the faithful's active participation together in the action of the Eucharistic liturgy.

Britain’s Dialogue of Public Life, Commerce, Faith and Humanity. A survey of government attitudes... more Britain’s Dialogue of Public Life, Commerce, Faith and Humanity. A survey of government attitudes to religion in society from 2000 to 2014, Labour and Conservative, and responses from Christian church, academic and social practitioner viewpoints. Using the lenses of Francis Davis' "Moral but no compass", Benedict XVI's Westminster Address to Civil Society, Matthew Tan's "Justice, Unity & the Hidden Christ" (critiquing Dignitatis Humanae) and Carwyn Gravell's "Lost and Found", the secular can be seen not to function rightly, or even to operate harmfully, without openness and accountability to the dimension of the sacred, while reclaiming the priority of the "social reign of Christ" is not merely to reject the secular in favour of a renewed religious establishment, or to isolate the religious in its own perfect society, but to recognise the place and origin of the secular world within the created order. This requires not only constant conversation between faith and reason, Church and society, but also mutual relationship, not as opposite poles but as engaged with each other for, and together to, humanity's purpose, wellbeing and advance in serving the Kingdom of God.

The Ordinariate in England is examined as an instance of and contribution to the ecumenical movem... more The Ordinariate in England is examined as an instance of and contribution to the ecumenical movement, in terms of the process of receptive ecumenical learning - from initiating, through local to formal reception - as understood through the history and development of ARCIC, as well as a Catholic Anglican proposal for a corporate reunion in the 1980s, the Congregation of the English Mission. Also reviewed is what constitutes Anglican Patrimony, from ecclesiological and constitutional forms, to liturgical texts and traditions of moral theology, homiletics and theological dialogue. Finally, the potential of the Ordinariate as a point of engagement with Anglicanism, having been formed within and partly determined its internal ecumenism and dialogue, is considered as a means to assist Catholic understanding of Anglican tradition and thus Anglican-Roman Catholic mutual dialogue; as a sign of the Catholic Church's desire to recognise the dimension of Anglican life and religion within its account of itself as manifesting the Universal Church, and to give space to form of it; and as adding a distinctive 'dialect' of its own in the task of the new evangelisation of English society, culture and people.

Bulletin of the Hymn Society of Great Britain, Nos 272 & 273, Volume 20, 2012

It is claimed that the classic English hymn can have no place in the Mass of the Roman Rite? But ... more It is claimed that the classic English hymn can have no place in the Mass of the Roman Rite? But there exists time honoured precedence for the use of metrical hymns, and the Ordinary Form allows for this officially in the rubrics. But instead of supplanting the integral Proper of the Mass with either classic hymnody or modern liturgical songs, it would be possible to complement it with hymns in a liturgical way. The body of metrical hymnody stands as a kind of Proper in its own right. Judicious selection from it and knowing how to set it to the Eucharistic liturgy alongside the Proper of the Mass constitutes a science. This is part of the patrimony of the Anglican tradition with its long tradition of music at Eucharistic worship in the vernacular that can be offered to Catholic celebrations by the Ordinariates. Furthermore, the corporate singing of metrical hymns is not only a deep-rooted tradition within English-speaking Christianity that offers an exchange of gifts and spiritual ecumenism if rightly received and applied, it can also be a means to realising the objective of participation actuosa - the faithful's active participation together in the action of the Eucharistic liturgy.

Britain’s Dialogue of Public Life, Commerce, Faith and Humanity. A survey of government attitudes... more Britain’s Dialogue of Public Life, Commerce, Faith and Humanity. A survey of government attitudes to religion in society from 2000 to 2014, Labour and Conservative, and responses from Christian church, academic and social practitioner viewpoints. Using the lenses of Francis Davis' "Moral but no compass", Benedict XVI's Westminster Address to Civil Society, Matthew Tan's "Justice, Unity & the Hidden Christ" (critiquing Dignitatis Humanae) and Carwyn Gravell's "Lost and Found", the secular can be seen not to function rightly, or even to operate harmfully, without openness and accountability to the dimension of the sacred, while reclaiming the priority of the "social reign of Christ" is not merely to reject the secular in favour of a renewed religious establishment, or to isolate the religious in its own perfect society, but to recognise the place and origin of the secular world within the created order. This requires not only constant conversation between faith and reason, Church and society, but also mutual relationship, not as opposite poles but as engaged with each other for, and together to, humanity's purpose, wellbeing and advance in serving the Kingdom of God.