, translated from the Latin by Lady Ann Bacon
Liturgical Celebration:
Sixth Sunday after Trinity
Independence Day (U.S.)
Sixth Sunday after Trinity
Independence Day (U.S.)
1662 Book of Common Prayer
Theme Lighthouse:
Bishop's Rock
1928 Book of Common Prayer
Anglican Calendar Script
Church Hymns in MIDI Format
Gildas: On the Ruin of Britain
Bishop's Rock is the furthest "out" lighthouse around Land's End in Cornwall, England, and is a fitting symbol of the present state of the Anglican Communion as one could want.
- It is at "Land's End" of England; are we witnessing the end of the Anglican Communion?
- It is the closest point of the Archbishop of Canterbury's realm to the U.S., which got us into this mess to start with. (The Canadians helped too.)
- There are many rocks and shoals around Land's End; has the Communion wrecked on the shoals of liberalism at last?
- This lighthouse (and others in the area) have been "flat-topped" for a heliport. We need help from on high if we're going to be the light of the world!
Home Church, Anglican Style
The Island Chronicles
The Life of the Archpriest Avvakum by Himself
More material of interest to Anglicans
- Positive Infinity New Testament
- Orthodoxy, G.K. Chesterton's magnificent presentation of the essentials of Christianity
- What is the Gospel?
- My Lord and My God. A comprehensive look at the deity of Christ and the nature of the Godhead. Primarily intended to address the Jehovah's Witness (Arian) position, it is relevant to Anglicans since the Archdiocese of Sydney (Australia) invoked the subordination of the Son as a reason to exclude women from ordination into the ministry. Although this work supports the concept of subordinationism, we still can't see what that has to do with the ministry of women. (For a view from someone who does, click here.)
- A reminiscence of James Pike.
Reclaiming the Great Commission: A Review
A State of Being
The Keyhole
Sweet Jesus
Taming the Rowdies
Think Before You Convert
The Thirty-Nine Articles and Reformation Anglicanism: Biblical Authority Defined and Applied
(pdf format)
Asley Null, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Cambridge UniversitySo that if, on the one side, we shall be traduced by Popish Persons at home or abroad, who therefore will malign us...or if, on the other side, we shall be maligned by self-conceited Brethren, who run their own ways, and give liking unto nothing, but what is framed by themselves, and hammered on their anvil...
The Thiry-Nine Articles represents an attempt to estblish a Scriptural, Protestant religion that avoids both of these extremes, and ultimately produced the Authorised Version itself. An excellent analysis of an important declaration of faith for Anglicans and others.
Visit to Zagorsk
When Church Becomes Pointless
The Endless Personal Conflict Between Anglican and Catholic | I get on a regular basis contacts from people who find themselves "betwixt and between" on their "Christian tradition." The reason for that is that they see that I’m "betwixt and between" myself! The most recent one comes from a woman who I’ll answer while reproducing her email message: As an Anglican who is also in [...] |
GAFCON: Where Everyone Raises Their Hands and Praises the Lord | David Virtue offers us a "photo gallery" of the end of the GAFCON meeting in Jerusalem, highlighting the final agreement the conservative Anglican gathering came to. But take a look at this photo after the signing: Pentecostals and Charismatics spend a lot of time emphasising how they raise their hands to praise the Lord–and how everyone else [...] |
Message of the Africans: It?s Our Communion Now | The message that GAFCON sent out is clear to some: In a revolutionary move bordering on schismatic, African archbishops unilaterally announced Sunday in Jerusalem that they have taken over the leadership of the Anglican Church from England and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Southern Cone, Uganda and West Africa and, later, the Anglican [...] |
The 700 Club on GAFCON and Orthodox Anglicanism in North America | The 700 Club had a nice piece (video here) on the emergence of African-allied Orthodox Anglicanism in North America, including interviews with Bishops Robert Duncan and Martyn Minns. Bookmark to: Hide Sites |
After Pentecost and Trinity, Ordinary Time is the Best | I know it’s a little late, but it’s good to stop and think about the time of year we’re in (well, those of us who follow a liturgical calendar…) The multiplication of same creates a little confusion, but from the beginning of Advent until at least Pentecost we have a busy agenda: Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, [...] |
Charles Bennison: the 1970?s Were Different | Episcopal Bishop Charles Bennison, on trial in his own church, comes up with a novel defence of his brother’s affair with a fifteen year old girl: On the last day of a very unusual trial, Episcopal Bishop Charles E. Bennison Jr. continued to defend himself against charges that he concealed his brother’s sexual abuse of a [...] |
Liberals and Autonomy: The Fornicators? Dilemma | The Kraalspace has this oft-cited observation about conservatives remaining in the Episcopal Church: The sterile evil that now controls the Episcopal Church will never willingly allow Christian belief to remain unmolested. Conservatives who think that they can negotiate some sort of truce, or even a ghetto existence within the larger, demon-possessed church, are deluding themselves. As [...] |
Hey Soul | Over the weekend I received a request for some help from someone who had attended the Houston, TX coffeehouse, where the Fisherfolk ministered. Her friend (who came to the same coffeehouse) has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, and she needed some assistance with the album file. This week’s podcast is a selection from The Keyhole’s (a [...] |
Gospel for Trinity Sunday | Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a leading man among the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night, and said to him: "Rabbi, we know that you are a Teacher come from God; for no one could give such signs as you are giving, unless God were with him." "In truth I [...] |
Of Course It?s Better to Visit Bethesda! | ACI’s Dr. Philip Turner’s case about Episcopal Presiding Bishop Kathering Jefferts Schori not knowing what she was doing was going pretty well until he said the following: When first I learned that the Presiding Bishop was not going to greet the Pope, I wondered if, because of her gender and her controversial positions on a number [...] |
