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Anglo-ˈCatholic, a. and n.
[See Anglo-.]
A. adj. Catholic of the Anglican communion, as distinguished from Roman Catholic.
1838C. Seager (title) The Daily Service of the Anglo-Catholic Church, adapted to family or private worship. 1838C. M. Le Bas in Brit. Crit. XXIV. 83 Both of them appeal to the Homilies and Formularies of the Anglo-Catholic Church. 1838W. Palmer Treatise on Church of Christ I. p. vi, Many of the ancient errors against which the masters of Anglo-catholic theology contended in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, have been permitted to sink into oblivion. 1841(title of series of reprints) Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology. 1859Lit. Ch.-man V. 18 The price of the Anglo-Catholic Library.
B. n.
1. Hist. An Englishman who, without wishing to sever the English from the Catholic Church, was in favour of its national independence of organization and working.
1858Froude Hist. Eng. III. xvii. §1. 517 The Anglo-catholics did not intend to repeat the blunder of showing a leaning towards the Romanists.
2. Mod. A member of the Church of England who contends for its ‘catholic’ character, and repudiates the name ‘protestant.’
1842P. Gell Sermon Preached at Visitation of Archdeacon of Derby 33 The Anglo-Catholics consider it essential to be ordained by bishops receiving their appointment in regular succession from the apostles. 1849C. Brontë Shirley i. 1 One [dish] that a Catholic—ay, even an Anglo-Catholic—might eat on Good Friday. |