William Palmer: The Oxford Movement and a Quest for Orthodoxy
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A fascinating account of a failed "journey to Orthodoxy" within the context of the nineteenth century Oxford Movement of the Anglican Church. It recounts the story of William Palmer, a member of that movement, and details in particular his two trips to Russia in the 1840s and his meeting and correspondence with the great lay theologian Khomiakoff.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
— About the Book —
This is a fascinating account of a failed "journey to Orthodoxy" that should provide food for thought to all who may follow this path in the future and offer grounds for reflection to Orthodox believers on how to remove unnecessary stumbling blocks that can arise on the path to their Church.
This book charts the eccentric career of William Palmer, a fellow of Magdalen College and deacon of the Anglican Church. Seemingly destined for a conventional life as a classics don at Oxford, in 1840 and 1842 he travelled to Russia to seek communion with the Russian Orthodox Church. In interactions with Metropolitan of Moscow Philaret (Drozdov), the lay theologian Khomyakov, and others, he sought their affirmation that the Anglican Church was part of the ancient Catholic and Apostolic Church world-wide. Their discussions clarify the mutual misgivings and sincere theological disagreements that ultimately ended Palmer’s quest.
After some years in ecclesiastical limbo, Palmer followed the example of his Oxford friends such as John Henry Newman, and was received into the Roman Catholic Church in Rome in 1855. He lived in Rome as a Catholic layman until his death in 1879.
This is a new edition of the work previously entitled Palmer's Pilgrimage: The Life of William Palmer of Magdalen, published by Peter Lang in 2006.
— Author Biography —
Robin Wheeler was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge and called to the Bar in 1979. He served as an officer in the 4th / 7th Royal Dragoon Guards within the British army. After finishing his service in the armed forces he studied Theology at the University of Durham, completing a doctorate on William Palmer of Magdalen College.
— Contents —
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter One: Childhood, Rugby and Oxford
Chapter Two: France and Durham
Chapter Three: Return to Oxford
Chapter Four: Russia, 1840-1841
Chapter Five: The Cursing Deacon
Chapter Six: The Galitsin Affair
Chapter Seven: Return to Russia
Chapter Eight: Struggle for a Soul
Chapter Nine: Pearls before Swine
Chapter Ten: The Struggle Continues
Chapter Eleven: Passing into Oblivion
Chapter Twelve: The Correspondence with Khomiakoff
Chapter Thirteen: In the Levant
Chapter Fourteen: Leaving the East
Chapter Fifteen: In Limbo
Chapter Sixteen: Rome at Last
Chapter Seventeen: Life in Rome
Chapter Eighteen: Death in Rome
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index
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