Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
I've made this point before, but the Anglican Curmudgeon does it very eloquently here: I have been thinking about a comment made here some time ago, in connection with a post about the polity of the Church. "Polity" comes from the same Greek root as does "politics": the root is polis, meaning the unique form …
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And, in case, you forget this, there's a sign, like the one at the right, to remind you... Photo taken at Ft. Monroe, Virginia. Actually, the chapel was built by the Episcopalians, so I supposed they should have first dibs on the place. Superior financial resources--both personal and ecclesiastical--has always been an advantage for the …
With this, I wish all of my readers a very Merry Christmas. Beyond that, anyone whose is or was in a liturgical church knows that part of the liturgy is to read appropriate scriptures (like this one for this time of year.) The idea is that the scriptures be really appropriate. However, when the liturgy …
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Only in the UK... The children detained in the Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre are lost somewhere in the UK's asylum system. There more about this strange business here. "Santa Claus" is in reality the Rev. Canon James Rosenthal, a world class authority on the original "St. Nick," St. Nicholas of Myra. I love the …
VirtueOnline chronicles the adventures of the Rev. Marta Weeks in her quest for same sex marriage: The American Anglican Council blew the whistle on the "Listening process" revealing that a $1.5 million gift came from The Rev. Marta Weeks, a retired Episcopal priest. Now Meeks openly advocates same-sex blessings. The money given by the Episcopal …
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The Ugley Vicar tells us that the Archbishop of Canterbury is calling Rome's bluff: For a man hardly renowned for his robustness, the recent speech given in Rome by the Archbishop of Canterbury was remarkably robust. Of course, it was given partly in response to the announcement from Rome on October 20th of effectively a …
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In the shadow of Aggieland, former Planned Parenthood clinic director Abby Johnston hits the Anglican-Episcopal divide the hard way: Abby Johnson, the former Planned Parenthood clinic director whose about-face on abortion prompted her to resign her job, says she's gotten flack for her decision from an unexpected quarter: her own church. Her Oct. 6 decision …
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Kim Dwyer took strong exception to my statement in "Think Before You Convert" that "(t)he Catholic view of the Mass as a sacrifice–which is tied up with their view of the church–is unbiblical." Given that this is an important subject (Abu Daoud also dealt with it recently) I think some elucidation is in order. Side …
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Indeed they don't, according to Ugandan Archbishop Henry Orombi: AFRICAN Anglicans do not need the Pope’s intervention over consecration of gay bishops, the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Henry Luke Orombi, has said. Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday announced new initiatives allowing Anglicans to enter full communion with the Catholic Church while preserving elements …
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It's not just a road for Hillaire Belloc, either: In a move with potentially sweeping implications for relations between the Catholic church and some 80 million Anglicans worldwide, the Vatican has announced the creation of new ecclesiastical structures to absorb disaffected Anglicans wishing to become Catholics. The structures will allow those Anglicans to hold onto …
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