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Book Review: “A Companion to the Book of Common Prayer”
A Companion to the Book of Common Prayer. By Gerald Bray. Cambridge: James Clarke & Co., 2023. 522 pp. $117 (hardcover), $46.88 (paper). Prayer Book commentaries—close studies of the Book of Common Prayer that analyze it with regard to its language, liturgy, theology, history, etc.—were once fairly common as a genre.[1] Nowadays such works are…
The Meaning of “Regeneration” [Commentary on Browne: Article XXVII (1)]
The question of whether infant baptism is a legitimate practice cannot be adequately engaged here without far exceeding the proper limits of a project such as this. Readers may therefore consult Browne’s treatment and rest assured that, as the Article says, infant baptism is “most agreeable with the institution of Christ.”[1] With the propriety of…
Catechists on Call – To Be A Christian App Now Available
This week the long-awaited To Be a Christian app is live on the Apple App Store and Google Play after months of waiting since the 2024 ACNA Assembly. The developers have created a webpage for the app, which redirects to the developers’ webpage with future updates. Attendees who downloaded the app have access for free,…
Rediscovering the Theological and Liturgical Weight of Gender Complementarity in Anglicanism
As recent egalitarian commitments find traction within traditionally orthodox Anglican circles, a vital question looms over us: what roles do gender and sexuality play in maintaining our theological integrity and liturgical coherence? This question is not a mere matter of policy (although it ought to inform it, as our recent political discussions reflect) or preference;…
Book Review: “Island Cross-Talk”
Island Cross-Talk: Pages from a Blasket Island Diary. By Tomás O’Crohan. Translated by Tim Enright. Second Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. 208 pp. $19.99 (paper). “The sun was high when I wandered out. The way the day had cleared would make you reflect that it was not the end of the world yet,…
Book Review: Delighting in the Old Testament: Through Christ and for Christ
Delighting in the Old Testament: Through Christ and for Christ. By Jason S. DeRouchie. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2024. 368 pp. $32.99 (hardcover). Several years ago, Baptist pastor and author Dr. John Piper responded to a question about whether he found the Federal Vision theology of Douglas Wilson to be a different gospel by saying, in…
Reformed vs. Re-formed: A Synopsis
Following the response to my review of Re-Formed Catholic Anglicanism, I wish to thank Bishop Sutton for taking the time to address my arguments in detail. His own arguments clarify the nature of the disagreements that continue to exist between Reformed Catholics and what have been called Re-Formed Catholics. For the sake of edification, a…
Response to a Book Review of “Re-Formed Catholic Anglicanism”
This article is a response to Mr. James Clark’s November 24, 2024, book review of Re-Formed Catholic Anglicanism (eds. Charles Camlin, Charles Erlandson, & Joshua Harper, Dallas: Anglican Way Institute Press, 2024), in the North American Anglican. Unfortunately, Mr. Clark never actually reviewed the book! Instead, he focused on a subpoint of a subpoint in…
Can Protestants Even Enchant?
A Homely Place for Worship I visited the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa with a friend, where I encountered two distinct churches on the premises. The new church, where we attended the Polish mass, bore the influence of Vatican II and felt somewhat hollow and sterile. The old chapel, nestled within a quaint…
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel – The Fourth Sunday in Advent
O come, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel, that mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear. O come, thou Wisdom from on high, who orderest all things mightily; to us the path of knowledge show, and teach us in her ways to go. “Emmanuel…Wisdom” The dark days are over. Despite…
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