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See you on the other side
I started the Conciliar Anglican in 2011 as a way of exploring my own questions of Anglican identity. My experience of the Christian faith growing up had been spotty to say the least. It was only when I got to seminary … Continue reading
On the Eucharist: Yes, Anglicans Believe in the Real Presence
Anglicans today have a variety of perspectives on the Holy Eucharist. The Anglican formularies allow a certain latitude for this, but it is not inexhaustible. Broadly speaking, Anglican eucharistic theology and piety is wide enough that Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, and … Continue reading
Primacy and Anglicanism
As the Anglican world continues to chatter about the Primates’ Communique that came out last week, the question is worth pondering what view of primacy, if any, has been a part of classical Anglicanism. It is not an easy question to … Continue reading
Posted in General Posts
Tagged Charles Thomas Longley, Church of England, Conciliarity, Council of Nicaea, Donald Coggan, Ecclesiology, Frederick Temple, John Henry Hopkins, Lambeth Conference, Pope Leo XIII, Saepius Officio, The Colenso Affair, The Episcopal Church, The Primates, Unity, William Dalrymple Maclagan
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The Sacrifice of Ecumenism
Whether I agree or disagree with him, Fr. Stephen Freeman’s writing is always brilliant. His recent posts under the label “Un-Ecumenism” are no exception (found here, here, and here). Freeman argues that one of the effects of modernity is a … Continue reading
Posted in General Posts
Tagged Alexy II, Charles Chapman Grafton, Eastern Orthodoxy, Ecclesiology, Ecumenical, Fellowship of Saint Alban and Saint Sergius, John Mason Neale, Lumen Gentium, Nicolas Zernov, Non-Jurors, Roman Catholicism, Saint Tikhon of Moscow, Stephen Freeman, Thomas Cranmer, Unity, Vatican II
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The Good Wall
“Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground,” wrote G.K. Chesterton in his 1908 book Orthodoxy. “Christianity is the only frame which has preserved the pleasure of Paganism.” Countercultural as Chesterton’s observations often are, perhaps none … Continue reading
Posted in General Posts
Tagged Alcohol, Chocolate, Doctrine, Free Will, G.K. Chesterton, Genesis, Joy, Marriage, Music, Original Sin, Sex
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Ask an Anglican: Why trust the Fathers?
Ian, who writes from Australia, says that he has a lot of difficulty talking to other young Christians about why the historic teaching of the Church ought to carry any weight. Here’s part of his letter: …If I make the point that … Continue reading
Biblical Catholicism: On Being a 39 Articles Catholic
The phrase “Prayer Book Catholic” has come to characterize those Anglo-Catholics who not only use the Book of Common Prayer but believe it to be the liturgy par excellence for Catholic worship and teaching the Catholic faith. This is opposed … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical Catholicism
Tagged 39 Articles, Anglo-Catholicism, Calvinism, Charles I, Church of England, Doctrine, Edward Bouverie Pusey, F.D. Maurice, John Henry Newman, John Jewel, Oxford Movement, Peter Heylyn, Prayer Book Catholics, Richard Hooker, Roman Catholicism, Tract 90, Tracts for the Times, William Beveridge
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Jesus Wants You to Eat Him
As someone who likes to eat–and someone who has developed stomach problems over the years which limit what I can eat–I find it fascinating the way in which both the fall of man and our salvation are wrapped up in eating. Mysterious … Continue reading
Posted in General Posts
Tagged Eating, Eucharist, Incarnation, Sacraments, Salvation, Sanctification
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There is No Such Thing as Protestantism
Death is still segregated in American society. You may be surrounded by diversity in your school or your workplace, but when you die, you stick with your own. There are black and white funeral homes, Jewish funeral homes, Irish and … Continue reading
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Tagged Baptism, Death, Ecumenical, Funerals, Protestantism, The Reformation, Unity
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