A Short Declaration of the True, Lively and Christian Faith (Part 1)
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A Short Declaration of the True, Lively and Christian Faith (Part 1)
First Book of Homilies · Homily 4 · Part 1 ~ A Short Declaration of the True, Lively, and Christian Faith THE first coming unto God, good Christian people, is through faith; whereby, as it is declared in the last Sermon, we be justified before God. And, lest any man should be deceived for lack…
Canticle of the Tower
How one traveler came upon the deserted Piedmontese village of Valle-Vive; and of the lone remaining resident, a Valdensian pastor, who explained what strange fate had befallen his village; and of the baleful visage of the Tower.
The Church’s Favorite Heresy
Every era has its favorite heresy. And every heresy originated in bad philosophy coming from outside the Church. The most dangerous heresy of the early Church was Arianism, which taught that Jesus is less than fully God. It was inspired by Greek philosophy, whose gods did not get involved in this messy world. So Jesus,…
The End of the Natural Law “Renaissance”
Natural Law & the Secular Mythos: What Has Been Left “Unsaid” in Current Debates in Natural Law. By Gregory Morgan. New York: T&T Clark, 2025. 280 pp. $115 (hardback), $39.95 (paper). The promise of a broad moral consensus founded on Christian natural law principles—said to be universally accessible, irrespective of one’s religious commitments or lack…
Heaven First Sought: The Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity
Thomas Ken’s complete poem for the Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity, on earthly desires and the fullness of joy in God.
St. Martin of Tours, Bishop and Confessor (November 11)
For the November 11 commemoration of St. Martin of Tours, we reproduce Elizabeth Rundle Charles’s account of the bishop’s charity, missionary labours, and witness to Christ. St. Martin Of Tours.November 11, and July 4. (Born, A.D. 317; died, A.D. 401. Calendars: all. Nov. 11. Sarum Ep. and Gosp.: Ecclus. xliv. 17, 20, 21–23;…
The Burning Bush, Afterwards
I laugh now when I think of my sad self,
Of who I was before – of how I yearned
Church Doctrine, Bible Truth – Chapter 1 (Part 3): The Scripture Gospel (cont’d)
I now proceed to consider how the Scripture view of the Gospel as the record of certain outward facts is set before us in the daily services of the Church. If the Gospel consists (as St. Paul asserts that it does) in the facts that God’s Son, Jesus Christ, was “made of the seed of…
Articulated As An Authority: Anglicans, ACNA, and the Articles
The Articles of Religion are an authority articulating the doctrine of the Church of England as well as that of those who belong to the Global Anglican Communion. The Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, better known as GAFCON and now as the Global Anglican Communion, outlined in the Jerusalem Statement a succinct summary of faith: We,…
Festivals and Fasts: All Saints (November 1)
For the feast of All Saints, Robert Nelson reflects on the communion of saints, the happiness of heaven, and the imitation of holy lives, with counsel on choosing our companions and prayers for perseverance.