(CBS) Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament - membership badge (1950's)
The Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament (CBS) is a devotional society within the Anglican Church dedicated to venerating the ‘Real Presence’ of Christ in the Eucharist. The CBS was founded in 1862 by Thomas Thellusson Carter (1808-1901) to work for a greater devotion to Jesus Christ in the Eucharist by means of words, prayer and teachings. The CBS also strived to promote the Mass as the weekly main service and hold regular confession (Sacrament of Reconciliation), especially the form of private confession practised by Anglo-Catholics.
The origins of the CBS lay in the Tractarian Movement which gained momentum from the early 1830’s under the leadership of John Henry Newman. The Tractarians (Oxford Movement) were a group of influential clergymen based around Oxford University who reacted against secularisation within the Church of England and also wished to see the Eucharist play a more central role in the Anglican liturgy. They were greatly influenced by the liturgy of the Catholic Church and the Tractarian’s influence gave rise to the Catholic Revival, within the Anglican Church. The Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829 was also a driving force in the formation of the Movement as it had lifted many restrictions on Catholics to openly express their religion as well as allowing Catholics to enter Parliament. Interest towards Catholicism could be expressed without fear of persecution and by more influential people too, from both sides of the religious divide. A higher and longer-term aim of the Tractarians was to bridge theological differences between Catholicism and Anglicanism, perhaps uniting the two sometime in the future.
Interestingly, the CBS movement was also a driving influence in the formation of the Anglican Religious Orders throughout Britain and America. Members of these orders comprised of laity and clergy who lived according to the traditional monastic vows of chastity, poverty and obedience. After the religious orders were dissolved by Henry VIII’s Act of Supremacy in 1534 leading to the establishment of the Church of England, there had been no Anglican religious orders since and interest in them was rekindled with the rise of the Catholic Revival and Oxford Movement from the around the mid-19th century.
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References:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confraternity_of_the_Blessed_Sacrament
www.confraternity.org.uk/ (Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament, Anglican Church website).
www.confraternity.org.uk/history.htm (History of the CBS).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Revival (The Catholic Revival/Oxford Movement within the Anglican Church).
www.catholicpamphlets.net/pamphlets/THE%20CATHOLIC%20REVI... (The Catholic Revival in England (1830-1850) by Professor Denis Gwynn, University of Cork and examines its origins there).
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Enamels: 2 (red & white).
Finish: Gilt.
Material: Brass.
Fixer: Pin.
Size: 13/16” diameter (21mm).
Process: Die stamped.
Imprint: FATTORINI & SONS LD, 36 BARR ST, B’HAM (1954-1960).
(CBS) Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament - membership badge (1950's)
The Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament (CBS) is a devotional society within the Anglican Church dedicated to venerating the ‘Real Presence’ of Christ in the Eucharist. The CBS was founded in 1862 by Thomas Thellusson Carter (1808-1901) to work for a greater devotion to Jesus Christ in the Eucharist by means of words, prayer and teachings. The CBS also strived to promote the Mass as the weekly main service and hold regular confession (Sacrament of Reconciliation), especially the form of private confession practised by Anglo-Catholics.
The origins of the CBS lay in the Tractarian Movement which gained momentum from the early 1830’s under the leadership of John Henry Newman. The Tractarians (Oxford Movement) were a group of influential clergymen based around Oxford University who reacted against secularisation within the Church of England and also wished to see the Eucharist play a more central role in the Anglican liturgy. They were greatly influenced by the liturgy of the Catholic Church and the Tractarian’s influence gave rise to the Catholic Revival, within the Anglican Church. The Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829 was also a driving force in the formation of the Movement as it had lifted many restrictions on Catholics to openly express their religion as well as allowing Catholics to enter Parliament. Interest towards Catholicism could be expressed without fear of persecution and by more influential people too, from both sides of the religious divide. A higher and longer-term aim of the Tractarians was to bridge theological differences between Catholicism and Anglicanism, perhaps uniting the two sometime in the future.
Interestingly, the CBS movement was also a driving influence in the formation of the Anglican Religious Orders throughout Britain and America. Members of these orders comprised of laity and clergy who lived according to the traditional monastic vows of chastity, poverty and obedience. After the religious orders were dissolved by Henry VIII’s Act of Supremacy in 1534 leading to the establishment of the Church of England, there had been no Anglican religious orders since and interest in them was rekindled with the rise of the Catholic Revival and Oxford Movement from the around the mid-19th century.
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References:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confraternity_of_the_Blessed_Sacrament
www.confraternity.org.uk/ (Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament, Anglican Church website).
www.confraternity.org.uk/history.htm (History of the CBS).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Revival (The Catholic Revival/Oxford Movement within the Anglican Church).
www.catholicpamphlets.net/pamphlets/THE%20CATHOLIC%20REVI... (The Catholic Revival in England (1830-1850) by Professor Denis Gwynn, University of Cork and examines its origins there).
.
Enamels: 2 (red & white).
Finish: Gilt.
Material: Brass.
Fixer: Pin.
Size: 13/16” diameter (21mm).
Process: Die stamped.
Imprint: FATTORINI & SONS LD, 36 BARR ST, B’HAM (1954-1960).