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Houghton, Bryan Mitre and crook
Roman Catholic Books 1979 0870004344 / 9780870004346 First Hardcover Fine with no dust jacket
1.1 x 8.6 x 5.7 Inches; 219 pages; Mitre and Crook relates the conversion of Bishop Forester who, one beautiful day in January 1977, decides to put his diocese in order. He does it under the form of a long letter to his clergy in which, among many other things, he grants full permission to offer the Old Mass and also creates a "common" or "mixed" Mass - comprising the New up to the Offertory; the Old from the Offertory to the priest's Communion; reverting to the New and vernacular for the Communion of the Faithful and conclusion. In response to a semi-serious question from an episcopal friend as to how he would handle the liturgical situation if he was bishop, Fr. Houghton did in fact send that very letter, appearing on pages 3-12 of "Mitre & Crook", to the Bishop of Northampton in 1977. Although, needless to say, the Bishop did not act on it, in the book the letter acted as a veritable "bomb", provoking multiple reactions from as far afield as Rome - all of which Bishop Forester confronted courageously. The genius of this novel is that it is composed solely of letters written by Bishop Forester. Through them, the reader follows the developing affair with an astonishing precision.
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