When it comes to Anglican church planting, we often think of modern evangelical or charismatic examples such as Holy Trinity Brompton in London. But what about the Anglo-Catholic movement that has its roots in the “Oxford Movement” of the nineteenth century? Are Anglo-Catholic Church Planters a Thing? Let’s be honest, when you hear think of… via …
Book Review: Trevor Gervase Jalland’s The Church and the Papacy
One of Our Lord's commands that we have difficulty fulfilling is this one: But it is not only for them that I am interceding, but also for those who believe in me through their Message, That they all may be one--that as thou, Father, art in union with us--and so the world may believe that …
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Communion in the Hand, and Those Pesky Easterners
This, brought to my attention, from Cyril of Jerusalem's Catechetical Lectures, toward the very end: Approaching therefore, come not with thy wrists extended, or they fingers open; but make they left hand as if a throne for thy right, which is on the eve of receiving the King. And having hallowed thy palm, receive the …
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What the 2019 Book of Common Prayer Really Needs
The discussion about this book continues. I get the feeling I'm being shadowboxed in this discussion (and I'm sure others are too.) For the moment I'll pass along this blog's take on Cranmer and Lutheran influence. The Porcine is a relatively new Anglican blog and is very nice, I hope its writer keeps it up. …
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Does the 2019 BCP Need More Than One Rite?
The back and forth over the new ANCA 2019 Book of Common Prayer continues. This post delves into a question that, in a sense, puts together the whole debate over the theology of the Holy Communion and how it should be represented in the liturgy: do we really need the two rites we have in …
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Why I Prefer Ad Orientem
Since the release of the ANCA 2019 Book of Common Prayer has open the floodgates for consideration of all kinds of controversial topics, it's time to consider one more: that of ad orientem, i.e., facing the altar during the Sacred Mysteries rather than the people. That's been the subject of a blog-to-blog volley between one …
Jimmy Buffett and the Miserable Offenders of the Book of Common Prayer
It's time to look at another bone that's been picked with the ANCA's 2019 Book of Common Prayer: the omission of the phrase "miserable offenders" to the General Confession for Morning and Evening Prayer. Let's start with the 2019 text: And now from the 1928 BCP: In addition to the modernization of the language, the …
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The “I” and the “We” of the Creed
The issuance of the ACNA 2019 Book of Common Prayer has brought back to the forefront many issues that have been "out there" for a long time. One of them is right up front in both the Apostles' and Nicene Creed: whether either or both should start with "I believe" or "We believe." This post …
Banning is Not Too Strong of a Word to Use for Quincy’s Action re the 2019 Book of Common Prayer
In my post on the ACNA's 2019 Book of Common Prayer, I made mention that the Diocese of Quincy had banned its use (as had Anglican Ink.) There has been some push back to that, from VirtueOnline and Robin Jordan, that this is not what they have done. Although I'll betray my Thomistic intellectual background …
Some Thoughts on the 2019 Book of Common Prayer
If I had to pick an event that transformed this site's focus and viewership more than any other, it was my posting of the 1928 Book of Common Prayer in December 2003. The 1662 Book was posted the following year. Coming as they did at the start of the explosion (and partly in response to …
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