Authority, Dogma, and History: The Role of Oxford Movement Converts in the Papal Infallibility Debates of the Nineteenth Century, 1835-1875

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Authority, Dogma, and History: The Role of Oxford Movement Converts in the Papal Infallibility Debates of the Nineteenth Century, 1835-1875. Edited by Kenneth L. Parker and Michael J. G Pahls. (Palo Alto, CA: Académica Press. 2008. Pp. 364. $79-95. ISBN 978-1-933-14644-7.)

The Oxford Movement (OM) started with John Keble's Assize Sermon in July 1833, protesting control of the Church of England by a parliament that included members of other faiths and none. The OM quickly became an attempt to recall Anglicans to an awareness of their Catholic roots- never completely severed, OM's members contended, despite the repudiation of papal authority in the sixteenth century. The OM in its …