teach it to everybody." "A deep knowledge that the nature of religion was not something connected to the state, but the gospel that had come from God, the Church not as a department of civil service, but actually God's instrument for salvation, hope and eventually glory." "Why did people react against it in the way that they did?" "I think the criticisms exist at two levels." "One, that it was simply making the Church of England like the Roman Catholic church, and secondly, that this was a form of mummery and dressing-up." "Was is divisive, then?" "To some degree, it must have been divisive." "It was divisive." "Many clergy were dragged through the courts." "A number of them went to prison, in one case for nine months, forwearing the vestments that are worn in a huge majority of Anglican churches today." "Do you think the movement was misunderstood?" "I think it was misunderstood, particularly in its early period." "I think it was seen as attempting to undo the Reformation, whereas I think, perhaps, Anglo-Catholics felt themselves, and I'm sure they were, restoring the Church of England to her right mind." "'Despite strenuous resistance, Anglo-Catholic churches spread across Britain." "'The movement seemed unstoppable." "'In fact, half of England's parish churches surviving today 'were built in the 19th century, many on these Catholic principles." "'As a result, a whole industry sprang up of church furnishers and decorators." "'Best known was Morris and Company, 'founded by William Morris, who provided stained glass for many of these buildings." "'I've