Passion Sunday. April 7, 2019. Saint Timothy’s, Charleston, SC St. John viii, verse 59 – Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and…
An old newsletter piece, from around 2002, much augmented... Archbishop John-Charles has sent me several clippings from the Australian newspapers about Church goings-on down there. The Dean of Sydney, the Very Reverend Phillip Jensen, went to England for a visit and immediately rendered himself controversial by unbosoming himself of the following opinions: that the Archbishop…
One common feature in many New Testament texts is the use of Old Testament figures as representatives and illustrations of doctrinal themes. So, for instance, in Hebrews 5-7 the rather shadowy priest from Genesis, Melchizedek, is used as a type and foreshadowing of the priesthood of Christ. Abraham is for Saint Paul the great type…
[An article from ca. 2014] Last year in this space I argued that the classical idea of natural law in its Christian form, which Anglicans have always maintained, can provide a framework for social peace and cohesion even in a community of many and no religions. Christians can placidly accept the existence of non-Christians and…
Efforts to define ‘Anglican’ are various. A couple of years I noticed that someone on a social medium condemned as ‘not Anglican’ an episcopal consecration in the Anglican Church of North America (ACNA) because of its use of liturgical dance and of various other neo-Anglican or charismatic liturgical phenomena. One response to this condemnation was,…
Quinquagesima. March 4, 2019. Our Redeemer, Marietta, GA St. Luke 18, verse 34 - And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Chapter 18 of…
LETANI Letani e kgethilwe go dirišwa ka Disontaga, Bolaboraro, le Bolabohlano, le Matšatši a Kgopelo, le ka mabaka a mangwe ao a tla laelwago ke Mobišopo; mme e tla bolelwa ka mehla bonnyane Sontaga e tee mo kgweding, le ka Laboraro la Melora le Labohlano le Molemo. Letani e ka dirišwa ka mekgwa ye e…
QUICUNQUE VULT BOIPOLELO BJA TUMELO YA BOKRISTE BJO BO BITŠWAGO KA TLWAELO TUMELO YA ATHANASE MKG. Kopelo ye e latelago e tla bolelwa, mo bakeng sa Tumelo ya Baapostola goba bjalo ka Koša, mo Thapelong ya Bosasa goba ya Mantšiboa ka Sontaga sa Triniti. E tla bolelwa gape mo Thapelong ya Bosasa, bakeng sa Tumelo…
I thought Father Bruce's sermon, which he has given me permission to post here, was excellent. The author retains his copyright. Enjoy: +MDH 'A sower went out to sow his seed.' ( Luke 8:5) In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. We are told at the…
Article XXVIII and the Continuing Churches The Affirmation of Saint Louis as an Interpretative Lens The Affirmation of Saint Louis (1977) is the foundational document of the Continuing Church. The Affirmation distinguishes the Continuing Churches from earlier Anglican bodies, such as the Episcopal Church prior to 1976, which were vaguer and deliberately more ‘comprehensive’ in…
