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The Catholic Churches of London By Michael S. Rose |
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Many London churches are some of the finest examples of Catholic architecture built over the past 300 years.
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Of the many cities in Christendom considered worthy destinations by Catholic pilgrims, London will not be one of the first to come to mind. Nevertheless, this venerable capital of the British Isles stakes a unique claim in history with regard to Roman Catholicism. With the advent of the English Reformation, Catholic worship and loyalty to Rome constituted an illegal affair throughout all of Britain for centuries, and faithful Catholics a brutally persecuted minority. In fact, it wasn’t until the 1850’s that the Catholic hierarchy was restored in England. The outward manifestations of that unique history provide a testament to the struggle of Catholicism to survive in a land that once outlawed the practice of the Faith and loyalty to the Roman pontiff.
The Catholic churches of central London, often overshadowed by their Anglican counterparts such as St. Paul’s Cathedral and...
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