LATITUDINARIANS (BROAD CHURCH). - A name already used in the 17th and 18th centuries and applied to those who "aimed at Lambeth and rowed toward Calvin," or to those who "let the fanatics dispute about the Creed and are content to live well" (in a Christian manner).
Latitudinarianism spread in England partly because of the scant Anglicanism of the House of Hanover and partly because of the apathy of the Anglican clergy, but without forming a distinct class or Church, because the Latitudinarians were indistinguishable from those of the Low Church (v.), sometimes adding the qualifier "liberal." The Oxford movement, with its appeal to primitive traditions, to the study of the Sts. Fathers, etc., drove some Latitudinarians to write in 1860 Essays and reviews, in which the Athanasian Creed and the fundamental doctrines of Christianity were attacked. The government, through the election of Latitudinarian bishops and dignitaries, seemed inclined to favor it; it was then that the name Broad Church ("Broad Church") began to prevail. Although in words they wish to belong to the Anglican Church, as the official Church of the State, in reality their doctrines incline ever more toward modernism and rationalism; there is no lack, however, of those who admit doctrines of the High Church and of the Low Church.
Bibliography7 worksS. L. Ollard, s. v. in Dictionary of English Church history, pp. 114-16, 314-16; A. D'Arc, Anglicanisme moderne, in DFC, IV, coll. 291-33; P
BIBL.: S. L. Ollard, s. v. in Dictionary of English Church history, pp. 114-16, 314-16; A. D'Arc, Anglicanisme moderne, in DFC, IV, coll. 291-33; P. Thoreau-Dangin, La Renaissance catholique en Angleterre au XIXe siècle, III, Paris 1906, p. 381; W. E. Russell, A short history of the evangelical movement, London 1915, passim; G. Coolen, L'anglicanisme d'aujourd'hui, St-Omer 1933, passim; C. Lovera di Castiglione, Il movimento di Oxford, Brescia 1935, passim; Ch. R. Sanders, Coleridge and the Broad Church movement, London 1942.
Crivelli, Camillo. “Latitudinari (Chiesa Lata).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 948. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/latitudinari-chiesa-lata.
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Crivelli, Camillo. “Latitudinari (Chiesa Lata).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 948. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/latitudinari-chiesa-lata.
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author = {Crivelli, Camillo},
title = {Latitudinari (Chiesa Lata)},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
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address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/latitudinari-chiesa-lata}
}
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