A Sermon of the Misery of All Mankind and of His Condemnation to Death Everlasting by His Own Sin (Part 1) THE Holy Ghost, in writing the holy Scripture, is in nothing more diligent than to pull down man’s vainglory and pride; which of all vices is most universally grafted in all mankind, even from…
The First Book of Homilies, Homily 1: A Fruitful Exhortation to the Reading and Knowledge of Holy Scripture (Part 2) The Second Part of the Sermon of the Holy Scripture. IN the first part of this Sermon, which exhorteth to the knowledge of holy Scripture, was declared wherefore the knowledge of the same is necessary…
An Homily of the Right Use of the Church or Temple of God and of the Reverence Due Unto the Same The First Part Where there appeareth at these days a great slackness and negligence of a great sort of people in resorting to the church, there to serve God their Heavenly Father according to…
The First Book of Homilies Homily I UNTO a Christian man there can be nothing either more necessary or profitable than the knowledge of holy Scripture; forasmuch as in it is contained God’s true word, setting forth his glory and also man’s duty. And there is no truth nor doctrine necessary for our justification and…
Introduction Very often, I (Jesse) will meet Christians, even ordained ministers, who will say “I don’t really like politics,” and I get what they mean. The world of modern politics is dirty—however wicked or vicious your political opponent seems to be, it’s easy enough to identify some unseemly characters or policies operating on the opposite…
The following excerpts are those cited in The North American Anglican’s Synopsis of Anglican Political Thought, arranged topically. It is hoped that the full force of the Anglican tradition on these topics will be better felt by reprinting the words of our forebears rather than merely referencing them. The Civil and Spiritual Realms “In this…
Resolution from the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth (ACNA) calling for full communion within the Anglican Church in North America I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.” (Jude 1:3) At the formation of the Anglican…
If you want to sign this appeal, please visit The Augustine Appeal. The Augustine Appeal As the College of Bishops prepares to elect a new Archbishop, we celebrate with gratitude the 15th anniversary of the Anglican Church in North America, recognizing the Province’s steadfast commitment to orthodox Anglicanism and gospel mission. While we are hopeful…
“These essays will be, at times, unsettling for the American Protestant reader. Defying (recent) conventional wisdom and trends, James Clark moves through wide-ranging considerations of politics and culture, including insights on everything from architecture to Thomas Aquinas to Christopher Nolan, drawing on influences from Plato to Cardinal Ratzinger to Rod Dreher. Most provocative is his…
“There is never a situation in which we have no choice but to commit sin. God does not oblige us to break the very laws that are derived from His eternal Being, and those who teach otherwise, however well-intentioned their motives, are laying a grievous millstone on the necks of their listeners.” ~James Clark~…