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Online susieroe

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Re: Why are some Parish records in Latin?
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 26 February 25 09:54 GMT (UK) »
I've heard of High Church and Low Church, both in the Church of England. High Church adhering to some of the tenets of Rome. A bit vague on this as I don't know much about it, but I would think the  High Church still use some Latin
Roe,Wells, Bent, Kemp, Weston
Bruin, Gillam, Hurd/Heard, Timson, All in Leicestershire. Keats (Kates)
Watt in Nova Scotia (Indigenous?)

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Re: Why are some Parish records in Latin?
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 26 February 25 10:58 GMT (UK) »
"High Church" arose later, in the 1830s, also known as the Oxford Movement.  It was a reaction against more liberal views within the C. of E., after two centuries of general anti-Catholic feeling.  See Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_Movement

However I don't think there was a wholesale return to Latin.  The Book of Common Prayer was specifically in English.  Some music was composed for texts in Latin.

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Re: Why are some Parish records in Latin?
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday 26 February 25 11:15 GMT (UK) »
Also see Anglo-Catholicism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Catholicism

There are still Anglo-Catholic churches around.
Garrad (Suffolk, Essex, Somerset), Crocker (Somerset), Vanstone (Devon, Jersey), Sims (Wiltshire), Bridger (Kent)
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