Sean Luke is a PhD Candidate in Theological Studies at Saint Louis University. He has a Master of Divinity, a Master of Systematic Theology, and a ThM from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He runs the YouTube channel and substack "Anglican Aesthetics" and is passionate about the revival of orthodox Anglicanism.
I recently wrote an article about a C4SO church that admitted “Side A Christians”—Christians who are openly affirming and/or have no intention of repenting of a same-sex relationship they are in, as they disagree with the stance of the Church—to the Lord’s Table. A Bishop contacted me and exhorted me that I should have sourced…
Discipline for C4SO, When? The Holy Sacrament of the precious Body and Blood of our Lord is no joke. In the Blessed Sacrament, Jesus Christ himself feeds us with his saving body and blood. Bishop John Jewel writes, Herein we teach the people not that a naked sign or token, but that Christ’s body and…
Scripture and Ministerial Tradition We have a problem in the orthodox Anglican world. Over at AnglicanInk, George Conger critiqued Jay Thomas’s article pointing out the lamentable inconsistency of the communion over women’s ordination. There is much to be said on this issue. For instance, Anglicans need to be active in developing a rich, sacramental framework…
Recently, a clip went semi-viral in which Bp. Christopher Warner ordained his wife, Catherine Warner, to the office of the presbyterate. In the clip, as Bp. Warner read the oath of canonical obedience; his wife seemingly laughed through taking the due canonical vows. I will not speculate here on why she did so. Nevertheless, for…
“Christ our passover lamb is sacrificed for us.” At the heart of the Roman Catholic rejection of Anglican holy orders is the claim that Anglicans relinquished an adequate conception of the Eucharist as a sacrifice. While many have responded to this claim at length (including in my own forthcoming book Null and Void: The Catholic…