Word: popishness
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...martyrs die in vain? Foxe thinks not. Great crowds gathered to see the burnings, and many were shaken to the depths by the shining faith of the victims and the bestial exertions of their executioners. As the century advanced, the crowds became more hostile to "the popish oppressours," and the cause of Protestantism so prospered that it became the state religion under Elizabeth, who at the suggestion of her bishops made a historic advance in the practice of religious toleration. The custom of burning heretics was abandoned in England. During the 17th century, most heretics were known as papists...
Since the 17th century, the Church of England has been divided between High Church Anglo-Catholicism and Low Church Evangelicals. Low churchmen oppose any changes in Anglican canon law, last codified in 1604, and not much altered since, that would permit more "Popish" vestments and ceremonies. But though considered illegal, the alb and the chasuble are worn by priests in a fourth of the Anglican churches in Britain. The intent of the vestments measure is to make legal, though optional, practices that have been widespread since Victorian days...
Liturgy, a source of religious strife during the Reformation, is today a force for Christian unity. Liturgical reform is bringing Catholic worship closer to Protestant practices. At the same time, some U.S. Protestant and Episcopal churches have introduced into worship practices once considered "popish," such as incense and eucharistic vestments at Holy Communion. Long before Protestants and Catholics succeed in resolving their doctrinal conflicts, they may find that the old, divisive differences in forms of worship have already vanished...
...Andrew's for 33 years. But this spring he found himself with a new bishop and a peck of trouble. Southwark's Bishop Mervyn Stockwood (who caused a ripple of censure himself when he arrived in Southwark wearing a bow tie) heard of the popish goings-on at St. Andrew's and called Anglican Harris on the carpet. Yes, said the priest, he celebrated the Roman Mass instead of Anglican Communion (and included a prayer for the Pope as "Head of the Church"). Yes, he had celebrated the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary...
...John Calvin's way and the way of his followers and the way of the New World experiment. The only embellishments of the day were made for tombstones and portals, and one John Hunt reflected the colony's aesthetic esprit when he complained that the stained glass of popish cathedrals kept out the light...