The Ven. Andrew Brashier is an assisting priest at Christ the King Anglican Church in the Anglican Diocese of the South. He regularly writes on all things Anglican, with a particular interest in catechesis, the traditional prayer book, and practicalities in living what he calls “the prayerbook life” on his substack (https://throughamirrordarkly.substack.com/). He regularly republishes Anglican classics and each are available on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/4a9jmtwc
5. Concerning the seven Councils of the undivided Church, we affirm the teaching of the first four Councils and the Christological clarifications of the fifth, sixth and seventh Councils, in so far as they are agreeable to the Holy Scriptures. – Point 5, The Fundamental Declarations The great Councils of the Church, before the split…
The Rules and Exercises of Holy Dying: Definitive Edition. By Jeremy Taylor. Edited by C. T. Sacred Standard Books, 2025. 425 pp. $30 (paper). My work here is not to please the speculative part of men, but to minister, to practice, to preach to the weary, to comfort the sick, to assist the penitent, to…
[T]hat if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. — Romans 10:9-10 (KJV) We confess the faith that…
We confess the godly historic Episcopate as an inherent part of the apostolic faith and practice, and therefore as integral to the fullness and unity of the Body of Christ. Point 3, The Fundamental Declarations The episcopacy is the ministry of overseeing the Church. It is a ministry found within Holy Scriptures and evolved from…
We confess Baptism and the Supper of the Lord to be Sacraments ordained by Christ Himself in the Gospel, and thus to be ministered with unfailing use of His words of institution and of the elements ordained by Him. – The Fundamental Declarations, Point 2 The Fundamental Declarations of the ACNA pivot from the source…
We confess the canonical books of the Old and New Testaments to be the inspired Word of God, containing all things necessary for salvation, and to be the final authority and unchangeable standard for Christian faith and life. – Point 1, Fundamental Declarations, ACNA As noted in my prior installment, at the coming together of…
The ACNA Fundamental Declarations begin with a preamble. It prefaces the present by rooting the Declarations firmly in the past. These roots are not dead roots, but are firmly digging deep into the spring of life. This spring bubbles eternally and enlivens the tree that draws up its life-giving waters, so the Church grows until…
Living within the Anglican Church of North America (ACNA) can be quite confusing. Diocese to diocese (even parish to parish within the same metro area) often results in the jarring reality that doctrine differs across the province. This is magnified globally across Anglicanism. It becomes quite wearisome and can edge wary parishioners and clergy alike…
Lent begins ashless in the classic prayerbooks. The trend for well over a century has been to bring back the ashes, which I do not personally object to. However, I wish we moved towards placing ashes upon the crown of our heads instead of marking a cross on our foreheads, as was common in…
Do the red, read the black. It’s the common refrain of long-time Anglicans who remember a time when the Book of Common Prayer’s rubrics were printed in red and the prayers in black. This long-lost tradition makes it easier for clergy and laity to discern what is prayed and what acts are required. However, contemporary…