Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
Something Anglicans need to remember: Heretics are those who entertain in Christ's Church unsound and distorted ideas and stubbornly refuse, even when warned, to return to what is sound and right, to correct their contagious and death-dealing docrtrines, but go on defending them. When they leave the Church they are ranked as enemies who try …
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From the 1662 Book of Common Prayer: O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing that we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. That says a lot. It's only by God's mercy and love--and the …
Peter Ould's piece on Anglican Blogs - How do they stack up - Part the Second is an interesting comparison of the Alexa ranking of various Anglican blogs. There's no surprise that Stand Firm in Faith is the first and Titus One Nine and VirtueOnline are in the top five. The conservative blogs and news …
N.T. Wright thinks that the Bible can put a new zest into ecumenism, in part because of this: The synod (of Catholic bishops in Rome) was, in effect, inhabiting more fully the teaching of the Second Vatican Council, particularly the document Dei Verbum. Many bishops at the Synod spoke excitedly of the effect of Bible …
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From the Episcopal News Service: An Episcopal priest who proposed rewriting Texas law to favor dissident congregations in property disputes said January 30 he considers it "the next natural step" in an attempt to halt lawsuits within the church. "It's shameful we're spending so much money suing one another when we could be using that …
Not me, for one. But Damian Thompson obviously does: The Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has decided to recommend the Traditional Anglican Communion be accorded a personal prelature akin to Opus Dei, if talks between the TAC and the Vatican aimed at unity succeed, it is understood. The TAC is a growing …
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Baby Blue's nice little article on the role of the local church vis à vis the beginnings of the Episcopal Church in Virginia are interesting for the current history of TEC, but they have a broader application: James Madison and Thomas Jefferson did not think so highly of the former established church's assertions either. And …
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Now that he's on tap for Barack Obama's inaguration festivities, Robinson complains about the prayers that went before him: Bishop Robinson said he had been reading inaugural prayers through history and was "horrified" at how "specifically and aggressively Christian they were." "I am very clear," he said, "that this will not be a Christian prayer, …
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From Abu Daoud: 1) He taught them with authority--We have the same Word, the same Spirit and the same authority. 2) He lived with them--he had daily contact. Discipling Muslims demand our daily time and togetherness. 3) He discipled in small groups or 3, 6, or 12. We make a mistake if we look for …
Something just hit me about this topic. During my first visit to the UK, I went to Westminster Cathedral (the central cathedral for the Roman Catholic Church in the UK.)Â I think it was there I read the lists of the main archbishops who presided over the "holy Catholic and Apostolic Church" in England, at …
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Positive Infinity 