What The Movement Seeks To Restore

A Christian state is a country that recognises Christianity as its official religion, and often has a state church, which is a Christian denomination that supports the government and is supported by the government. Historically, the nations of Armenia, Aksum, Georgia, as well as the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire declared themselves as Christian states. Today, several nations officially identify themselves as Christian states and/or have state churches, including Costa Rica, Denmark, England, Greece, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vatican City, and Zambia. A Christian state stands in contrast to a secular state, an atheist state, ie Communist, or another religious state, ie Jewish or Islamic etc. England, therefore, is a Christian country and state. 

Multiculturalism, which has failed everywhere it has been employed, should be abandoned to protect England's way of life and Christian heritage. Our society has been adversely changed by the disastrous multicultural experiment which, as Pope Benedict XVI pronounced, is intrinsically evil.

We seek to restore our Christian faith, culture, society, civilisation and law. We also believe that the law of the land should apply equally to each and every person on English soil. That would mean no Sharia, Beth Din, or any other law courts running in parallel. We naturally prefer many laws which obtained in England prior to half a century ago, as these are not so in conflict with Christian doctrine.

In pursuing a return to a more spiritual way of life, we would encourage an environment of aspiration and hope, service and duty, loyalty and honour; all of which are in short supply in today's society.

Restituere Id Quod Amissum Est

As Leader of the Movement for the Restoration of Christian England it is incumbent for us to say a few words. Above is our episcopal armorial shield, designed for the occasion of our consecration as bishop for Ecclesia Vetutsta Catholica. Our elevation to the episcopate took place in October 1991. 

Our spiritual odyssey is comprehensively chronicled in The Grail Church: Its Ancient Tradition and Renewed Flowering (1995), so we shall spare the reader such details here. It might suffice, however, to mention that we belonged to an Anglican choir whilst a school pupil. This was concomitant to our leadership of a Boys Church group within the same parish, a spearhead of activists at St Luke's.

Due to a disenchantment in our youth with Anglicanism owing to the manifestation of advancing modernism and liberalism, we converted to the Roman Catholic Church where we were (re)baptised at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, and confirmed at Westminster Cathedral. In our youth we were part of a Christian Movement where Traditional Anglicans, Traditional Catholics and some Orthodox people were found among the membership. It faded into the mist of time with the changing mores. This included the reforms of Vatican II which took down with it many of the crucial signposts, and made me again reconsider my position owing to a creeping modernism and liberalism in that Church. 

Decades later, and now in Holy Orders, we attempted to resurrect the traditional ways and old values known only in previous times when England was a kinder and truer Christian country. This group of activists, comprising priests and laity, was given the nomenclature Christian Restoration Movement. 

The CRM was the foundation for the broader Movement for the Restoration of Christian England, created but a few years ago; yet inexplicably dormant until now. Suddenly, and at a moment when the distressed cry of Christian Englishmen everywhere was loud enough, the Movement has been restored to life. At its heart is a desire to reclaim what has been seemingly lost and breathe the spirit of our past into it. What we have almost lost is precious beyond words. It is who we are. It is the flame of our existence, our belief, our culture, our heritage, our tradition, our identity, our way of life.

St George for England

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Epiphany

The feast of Epiphany falls on January 6th and is the climax of Christmas, marking the end of the twelve days of Christmas and celebrating the visit of the Wise Men to the Messiah. These men are often called Kings or Magi. They brought valuable gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to honour the Divine Infant.

The gift of gold was the gift people usually gave to their King. By giving gold they were recognising Jesus as their King. The second gift, frankincense, is a white gum from a tree called Arbor Thurisfrom. After hardening the gum forms a hard resin which when burnt gives off a fragrant smell. It was burnt as an offering to God during worship, and is often used today as incense for sacerdotal ritual, especially during Mass, over the Easter period and at funerals. It is also used as medicine and as a perfume. The third gift was myrrh, which was also a gum from a thorny tree. Myrrh is a wound healer because it has antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and pain relieving qualities. It was used as an embalming material when someone had died.

Epiphany is the day when all Christmas decorations need to be taken down.

The day before Epiphany is the twelfth day of Christmas and is sometimes called Twelfth Night. In the Church calendar the Epiphany season lasts until the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday.

To unveil the beginning is to unlock the mystery of the end. For where the beginning is, there the end will be. Happy is he who stands at the beginning — he will know the end and will not taste death.