Agatha Christie indult
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The Agatha Christie indult is a nickname applied to the permission granted in 1971 by
Description
Following the introduction of the Mass of Paul VI to replace the Tridentine Mass in 1969–1970, a petition was sent to the Pope asking that the Tridentine form of the Roman Rite be permitted to continue for those who wished in England and Wales. Some English Catholics had an attachment to the Tridentine Mass, as the Mass which had been celebrated by the English Martyrs of the Reformation and by priests in the years in which Catholicism had been subjected to sometimes severe persecution. Moreover, the petition noted the exceptional artistic and cultural heritage of the Tridentine liturgy, and was signed by many prominent non-Catholic figures in British society, including Agatha Christie, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Kenneth Clark, Robert Graves, F. R. Leavis, Cecil Day-Lewis, Nancy Mitford, Iris Murdoch, Yehudi Menuhin, Joan Sutherland and two Anglican bishops, those of Exeter and of Ripon.[1]
Signatories of the original appeal
The signatories of the original appeal to Pope Paul VI were:
- Harold Acton
- Vladimir Ashkenazy
- John Bayler
- Lennox Berkeley
- Maurice Bowra
- Agatha Christie
- Kenneth Clark
- Nevill Coghill
- Cyril Connolly
- Colin Davis
- Hugh Delargy
- Robert Exeter
- Miles Fitzalan-Howard
- Constantine Fitzgibbon
- William Glock
- Magdalen Gofflin
- Robert Graves
- Graham Greene
- Ian Greenless
- Joseph Grimond
- Harman Grisewood
- Colin Hardie
- Rupert Hart-Davis
- Barbara Hepworth
- Auberon Herbert
- John Jolliffe
- David Jones
- Osbert Lancaster
- F. R. Leavis
- Cecil Day-Lewis
- Compton Mackenzie
- George Malcolm
- Max Mallowan
- Alfred Marnau
- Yehudi Menuhin
- Nancy Mitford
- Raymond Mortimer
- Malcolm Muggeridge
- Iris Murdoch
- John Murray
- Seán Ó Faoláin
- E. J. Oliver
- Oxford and Asquith
- William Plomer
- Kathleen Raine
- William Rees-Mogg
- Ralph Richardson
- John Ripon
- Charles Russell
- Rivers Scott
- Joan Sutherland
- Philip Toynbee
- Martin Turnell
- Bernard Wall[4]
- Patrick Wall
- E. I. Watkin
- R. C. Zaehner
See also
References
- ^ Rediscovering Traditionalism, John Casey
- Latin Mass Society
- Eric de Savanthem
- ^ The Bernard and Barbara Wall Papers Archived 14 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Georgetown University Library
External links
- The "Heenan" Indult - The Latin Mass Societywebsite
- Text of the original appeal - Institute of Christ the Kingwebsite