BROTHERHOODS, MODERN ANGLICAN. There are three well-known Brotherhoods. (1) " The Com munity of the Resurrection." This was founded at Pusey House, Oxford, in 1892. Since 1898 its centre has been the House of the Resurrection, Mirfield, to which was added iu 1903 a College for training Can didates for the ministry. The Community itself con sists of celibate Clergy who live under a Rule and share a common purse. " Each priest who joins the Community does so after a period of probation, and with the intention of remaining permanently in it, and is bound to it by simple vows." (2) " Society of St. John the Evangelist." This is a Society of Mission Priests of St. John the Evangelist who are commonly called the Cowley Fathers (Cowley St. John, Oxford). It was founded in 1865 by the Rev. R. M. Benson " for the cultivation of a life dedicated to God according to the principles of Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience, and is engaged in works both Missionary and Educational, at home and abroad, for the advancement of the King dom of Christ. Lay Brothers are united with the
Clergy in Dedication to the Religious Life, who assist so far as they can in the works of the Society." (3) " Society of the Sacred Mission," Kelham, Newark-on Trent. This is " an association of men bound together for the service of the Church." Its objects are : " 1. By its rule and discipline to maintain the spirit of devotion and self-forgetfulness in the members: 2. To render such devotion effective by an organisation which allows of the concentration of many gifts upon a com mon plan." The House of the Sacred Mission is a recognised Theological College. See the Year Book of the Church of England.