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Ministerial Character, Intention, and the Sacraments–North American Anglican

https://northamanglican.com/ministerial-character-intention-and-the-sacraments-commentary-on-browne-article-xxvi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ministerial-character-intention-and-the-sacraments-commentary-on-browne-article-xxvi This has been a lot hotter issue in the past than it is now, but it's an important one. Bossuet discussed it in his History of the Variations of the Protestant Churches; my comment on the subject is as follows: Especially interesting are the Vaudois, who were in reality an unauthorised, non-celibate religious community …

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Justin Welby Throws the Towel In

You can read his resignation letter above. In my own church we have a successful minister who, at a previous church to the one he's in now, had a campaign for his church entitled "Trading Your Title for a Towel." When he resigned his church for another appointment, I noted that the only thing he …

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The Meaning of “Reformed Catholic”: A Response to Gerald McDermott–The North American Anglican

https://northamanglican.com/the-meaning-of-reformed-catholic-a-response-to-gerald-mcdermott/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-meaning-of-reformed-catholic-a-response-to-gerald-mcdermott I find the debate over Anglicanism's position between Protestant and Catholic somewhere between unenlightening and tiresome, because it doesn't really get us to what Anglicanism is supposed to be. Subsequent events have shed some light on the subject but it's ignored by many who should know better. As someone who has been both in …

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A Reminder of What Happens “When Church Becomes Pointless”

One of the oldest posts on this blog--one that has survived platform changes over the years--is When Church Becomes Pointless.  Written in 1997, it was primarily directed at the Episcopal Church, where I was raised, but as evident then and now it can happen to any church. That time was an interesting one in Episcopal …

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The Appeal to Heaven is All We Have Left

It's the time of the year when the United States celebrates its independence from the United Kingdom. These days there is always something "up in the air." One of those things is the fact that the "Appeal to Heaven" flag was found flying over the vacation home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. (My family …

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The Promise and Perils of the ACNA-RCC Dialogue

The cat's out of the bag now: In a historic step, the Vatican is working toward "full communion" with conservative Anglicans by recognizing Anglican holy orders and churches without requiring "amalgamation or conversion." The union will be based on a Malta II proposal presented by the Anglican Church of North America (ACNA), that revives the …

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Formulating Orthodoxy: The Centrality of Canon Law for Common Prayer and Doctrine–The North American Anglican

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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