https://northamanglican.com/formulating-orthodoxy-the-centrality-of-canon-law-for-common-prayer-and-doctrine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=formulating-orthodoxy-the-centrality-of-canon-law-for-common-prayer-and-doctrine There are a couple of things that the Rev. Andrew Brashier's verbiose treatment of the subject left out. The first concerns the whole "Patristic revival" that brought things such as the Apostolic Canons back into view. He's right that it was a background for both the Novus Ordo Missae and that dreadful 1979 Book …
It’s That Time Again: Reflections on the 2024 Church of God General Council Agenda
It really is that time again: the Church of God is looking at another General Council and General Assembly in Indianapolis, IN. The agenda itself is here and I’ll be doing a “blow by blow” commentary on same. Before all of that let’s start with a cautionary note: the most significant part of the Council’s …
The ACNA is Really at a Crossroads
This excellent piece by the Ven. Canon Justin Murff lays it out: This June, the College of Bishops of the Anglican Church in North America will meet at St. Vincents College in Latrobe, PA from June 20 - June 23 to hold a Conclave to elect the next Archbishop of the ACNA. Many in the …
Textual Variants and Isopsephy in the New Testament :: By Randy Nettles #ourCOG
https://ourcog.wordpress.com/2024/04/16/textual-variants-and-isopsephy-in-the-new-testament-by-randy-nettles-ourcog After my post yesterday Why I’m Not Sold on Modern Biblical Scholarship/Criticism ourCOG posted this interesting treatment on the New Testament manuscripts, their variants and the significance (or lack thereof) of those variants. There's no question that the Bible--Old and New Testaments--is the best attested book to come out of classical antiquity, a point …
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Why I’m Not Sold on Modern Biblical Scholarship/Criticism
In a post on another one of my sites I announce a transition: this fall, Lord willing, I will begin teaching engineering at Lee University, which is my church's undergraduate institution. It is the first time since haunted the halls of the St. Andrew's School in Boca Raton, FL, that I have been either a …
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The Issues of the Role of the Laity and WO are Really Tied Together
I recently replied to Chris Findley's article with the post The Inconvenient Truth About the Nature of the Priesthood. One of the respondents to this pointed out a statement from the ACNA bishops as follows: As a College of Bishops, we confess that our Province has failed to affirm adequately the ministry of all Christians as …
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The “Leaky” Church of God Marches On
With all the recent excitement over Calvin Robinson and WO, something has come to my attention: the existence of another Church of God related site that has been using my material. Back in the day (2000-2010) we could speak of an "Anglican Blogosphere" which was instrumental in forming the ACNA. The Church of God was …
Promoting People Too Quickly is Never a Good Idea
Jake Meador points out that many of the leaders of the early years of the millennium are already beached: In a happier timeline, Driscoll, Patrick, and Chandler would still have another 15-20 years of effective ministry ahead of them as a team: Driscoll is still only 53, Patrick would be 53, and Chandler is 49. …
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My Thoughts on “The Place of Scripture in the ACNA” from the North American Anglican
https://northamanglican.com/the-place-of-scripture-in-the-acna/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-place-of-scripture-in-the-acna I found this piece intriguing, and have several observations. In my interaction with Anglicans and Episcopalians on social media, I find myself the "last man standing" in terms of having a living memory of how it was done in the Episcopal Church (let along having been baptised an Episcopalian) before the church's version of …
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