Joe Colletti is a layman in the Episcopal Church who runs a number of social media accounts, namely a YouTube channel, under the name "Young Anglican." Joe was converted to Christianity from conservative Rabbinic Judaism and was baptized as an adult in the ACNA. He recieved a bachelor's degree in History from Franklin & Marshall College and is currently a law student at Penn State University.
Editor’s Note The opinions and conclusions of the following essay do not reflect the editorial commitments of TNAA. However, we have agreed to publish Joe Colletti’s argument in favor of Episcopalian reconquista with the condition that we will also publish a symposium of replies addressing the various claims made here. We agree that the popularity…
In late days a number of pieces responding to the various episcopal abuse crises in the ACNA have suggested that this is in part due to the ad hoc nature of the ACNA. Every diocese is really its own autonomous fiefdom of the bishop. This is not the historic Anglican way, and it makes it…
Introduction: Is theological rigorism—insistence on conformity to the Prayer Book, and other traditionally “high church” distinctives—conducive to mission and evangelism? The assumption of many (even many high churchmen themselves) is that in order to do successful evangelism, many of their distinctives have to be downplayed. However, history tells another story. Even here in America, in…
Reputation for Constitutional Cynicism It may come as no surprise that many colonial Anglicans at the time of the Revolutionary War were Tories, who broadly opposed the Revolution. Gregg Frazer has provided the most recent history of this faction. The most famous example of the loyalist clergy is the first Bishop of the New World,…