An honest and fair tribute. Thank you. I remember his installation as, I think, the youngest Bishop in England at the time. It has been interesting and challenging to reflect back. Requiescat in pace.
One of your points on Church architecture struck me in particular; “the classical ornament exists without the deeper “classical Catholic” grammar of sacramental orientation that once helped shape churches as houses of God rather than showrooms of taste”.
I’m currently reading Jean Hani’s, “The Symbolism of the Christian Temple” -if you haven’t come across it, I highly recommend it. I’m sure you would love it.
An honest and fair tribute. Thank you. I remember his installation as, I think, the youngest Bishop in England at the time. It has been interesting and challenging to reflect back. Requiescat in pace.
In the Eucharistic prayer every Sunday, when the priest says ‘together with N. our pope and N. our bishop’, I still expect him to say Thomas . . .
An excellent and honest reflection.
One of your points on Church architecture struck me in particular; “the classical ornament exists without the deeper “classical Catholic” grammar of sacramental orientation that once helped shape churches as houses of God rather than showrooms of taste”.
I’m currently reading Jean Hani’s, “The Symbolism of the Christian Temple” -if you haven’t come across it, I highly recommend it. I’m sure you would love it.