Who was Charles Lowder, and why does he matter in the history of Anglican ritualism?

In this short introduction, I look at Lowder as more than a controversial Victorian priest. Because he was one of the key figures in the rise of ritualism, and one of the men who helped carry sacramental, disciplined, visibly Catholic Anglican religion into some of the hardest urban conditions in England.

Lowder matters for church history, but he also matters because he forces the question of what the Church is for, and who it is really willing to live among.

So this is a short introduction to who Charles Lowder was, what he did, and why he mattered.