Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
...their motto would be "all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid". This, of course, is from the opening Collect of the Holy Communion in the 1662 and 1928 Books of Common Prayer, which is why we jettison Cranmer's lovely prose at our peril. Since, at least for now, …
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Since the ACNA is dickering with the Creed re the "filioque" clause, it's informative to look at Thomas Aquinas' analysis of the problem. I reproduce same below, but the upshot of his argument is that, if the Holy Spirit does not proceed through the Son from the Father, it would be impossible to differentiate the …
Every now and then I will do a series about a theological topic or work. One of those series was on the Catechetical Lectures of St. Cyril of Jerusalem. It turned into an interesting exploration of Patristic doctrine and practice as opposed to what we have today in all parts of Christianity. Following are the …
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One thing I have discovered in being both a follower and a participant of the church world is that there are many meetings. This isn't to say that the church world has a corner on meetings (yes, I'm aware of Hebrews 10:25) but I'm specifically thinking on those gatherings beyond the parish setting. I'm coming …
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George Conger defends the relevance of 1960's paedophilia advocate Daniel Cohn-Bendit in a religion blog: What makes this a Get Religion story is the context of the European press environment. I am not defending or excusing the Catholic Church. I am however pointing out inconsistencies and double standards in media coverage. The attack, of course, …
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...even the Federal government boots the likes of Michael Pfleger off the program: Michael Pfleger, the controversial Catholic priest who made racial remarks about Hillary Clinton and defended Louis Farrakhan, has been removed as a keynote speaker at a diversity day event sponsored by a federal government agency. A spokesperson for the Broadcasting Board of …
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With the central event of the Christian calendar coming up, I'd like to link to some of my past pieces for the occasion. If you're looking for something different for this, I can recommend the following: Good Friday They Tell Us What To Do and We Do It Every King is Proclaimed by Soldiers Cross …
Seeing this was heartening: Truro Anglican's bishop, +John Guernsey, finally pulls the plug on Truro's rector Tory Baucum's "reconciliation" with Episcopal bishop Shannon Johnston. This was doubtless a hard pill for Baucum to swallow (as one could feel in his response) but that's what happens in situations like this. It's good to note that the …
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As we march through this Lenten season, complete with the silliness over the sequester and the post-modern version of the Great Refusal, we come to yet another saga in the Anglican/Episcopal world--the volte-face that has taken place by the Truro Anglican Church and its rector, Tory Baucum, vis-Ã -vis the Episcopal Bishop of Virginia, Shannon Johnston. …
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CAVS/Fountain FTN 2506 (1977) Folk albums by nuns were fairly common in the 1960's and 1970's; this site features Roman Catholic religious such as Juliana Garza and the School Sisters of Notre Dame. This one, however, is different in one important respect: the sisters are Anglican. Two of them were of the Community of the …
Positive Infinity 