The English Vicars Apostolic 1688 - 1850
by Nicholas Schofield & Gerard Skinner
Hardback
Price: £19.95
Publisher:Family Publications have ceased trading
Published:December 2009
ISBN:978-1-907-38001-3
GoodBookStall Review:
This is the story of the re-emerging Catholic Church after the exile of James II in 1688 until the restoration of the hierarchy in 1850. During that time the Catholic Church, still suffering under the penal laws, was led by missionary bishops known as vicars apostolic. There was a struggle, not only to be separate from state control, but there was also tension between the lay gentry and the ordained incomers which took a long time to resolve. These missionary priests from Rome were often misunderstood but they laid the foundations of the modern Catholic Church in England and Wales. The book is an intimate portrait of dedicated, hard-working men, and should be read, not only by Catholics, but by all those interested in the development of established religions in this country.
Reviewer: John Irvine (18/01/10)
This is the story of the re-emerging Catholic Church after the exile of James II in 1688 until the restoration of the hierarchy in 1850. During that time the Catholic Church, still suffering under the penal laws, was led by missionary bishops known as vicars apostolic. There was a struggle, not only to be separate from state control, but there was also tension between the lay gentry and the ordained incomers which took a long time to resolve. These missionary priests from Rome were often misunderstood but they laid the foundations of the modern Catholic Church in England and Wales. The book is an intimate portrait of dedicated, hard-working men, and should be read, not only by Catholics, but by all those interested in the development of established religions in this country.
Reviewer: John Irvine (18/01/10)
