Among the many voices calling for Anglican realignment, one of the more resounding is that of the Reformation Anglicans. Reformation Anglicans aspire to anchor the Anglican tradition in its Reformation roots and principles, and, in doing so, resolve the current tensions and paradoxes involved in the question of Anglican identity, as well as provide a…
Much like baptism, the Eucharist is too capacious to address comprehensively in a commentary. For this reason, Browne says that a “brief view” of the subject “is all that is here possible.” In discussing how Browne delimits the Church of England’s doctrine as it pertains to this Article, it should first be noted that the…
Just as I am, without one plea,But that Thy blood was shed for me,And that Thou bidd’st me come to Thee,O Lamb of God, I come. We bring a lot of variables into the great equation of God’s plan. As we pray in the daily office, “Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred, and…
In the tradition of Celtic breastplate prayers, St. Patrick’s Breastplate, or “The Deer’s Cry,” is the most famous. These longform prayers run down the particulars of the human person, body and soul—at times in graphic detail—and implore God’s protection on that member and its commission to God’s purposes. The effect is we become his full…
The Forgotten History of the Methodist Influence on the Reformed Episcopal Church When I was confirmed as an Anglican, I joined the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), a province founded in 2008. However, the formation of the ACNA has a long and complicated history that stretches long before 2008. Much like organizations such as…
O God, who mak’st the tow’ring mountains melt, Look not upon my westward-facing sin: I pray thee to expunge the wrong I’ve dealt And turn my soul toward the East again. I have no sacrifice to offer thee: Thy word and sacrament my heart accuse. Accept my purple robe from Calvary; Thy son no contrite…
The question of whether holy orders should be restricted to males arises from deeper theological principles, grounded in both creation and redemption. To understand the issue fully, we must examine the archetypal union of Christ and His Bride, the Church, and the corresponding reflection of this union in creation. As Scripture reveals, creation is not…
Introduction By presenting the work of contemporary scholarship and engaging in literary criticism, this essay will explain the nuanced and robust ecclesiology demonstrated across Matthew’s gospel and Luke-Acts. The scope of the essay will discuss in detail how each piece of literature demonstrates the church as the local community, as the institutional continuation of Christ’s…
Forty days and forty nights Thou wast fasting in the wild; Forty days and forty nights Tempted, and yet undefiled. Forty is a number of significance. As I write, I enter the year in which I will turn forty, Lord willing. Culturally, we consider it the notable age in which one is half way in…
’Twas forty-days of the journey long, long, long; dragging through the desert. Boots worn thin and tired from hurt. Sand between toes tires even the strong as they travel wearily cross the dunes. No food but Words, swirling within. A morsel of water to calm the gullet, and no bed but a mat, covered in…