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When “Going Home” Leads to Rome
Editor’s Note: This article appears as part of a symposium responding to a recent essay by Joe Colletti (“The Young Anglican”), in which he announced his departure from the ACNA to join The Episcopal Church as part of what he describes as an Anglican “reconquista.” Please check back in the coming weeks as we continue this important conversation….
Fathers and False Teachers
Editor’s Note: This article appears as part of a symposium responding to a recent essay by Joe Colletti (“The Young Anglican”), in which he announced his departure from the ACNA to join The Episcopal Church as part of what he describes as an Anglican “reconquista.” Please check back in the coming weeks as we continue…
On the Theology of Communion and Separation
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…
Humbled for Us
A Homily on the 2nd Article of the Apostles’ Creed As we look at our “Catechetical Foundations,” we have spent the last two entries looking at the Second Article of the Apostles’ Creed, the section about our Lord Jesus. Two entries ago, we discussed Christ’s Divine Sonship and his Lordship over us. Last time we…
Semper Eadem
Continuity and Fragmentation in Anglican Tradition The church that Elizabeth I inherited was in total disarray. Her father was fond of great change when it gave him authority, and very incremental change when it did not seem in his personal interest. His son saw upheaval as necessary for the good of the church as well…
A Biblical Defense of the Episcopacy
Introduction Many Anglicans, seeking to defend their episcopal polity as the one ordained by Christ and the apostles and as most fitting to the church, appeal to the polity’s long provenance within church history. From Ignatius of Antioch in the early second century until the Protestant Reformation, the threefold structure of bishops, presbyters, and deacons…
Joined in Birth, Life, and Suffering
On the 2nd Article of the Apostles’ Creed In our last entry we began to look into the second Article of the Apostles’ Creed, the article about our Lord Jesus Christ. As a refresher, here is that Article as presented in the first Office of Instruction in our Prayer Book (page 284). In this article…
Pursuing Christ through the Prayerbook Life
Resetting, Reforming, Renewing in Epiphany Over the past year, I have taken up the 1662 Book of Common Prayer’s daily office lectionary.1 It has a simplistic pattern long lost in the American tradition, namely, the lessons are organized by chapter, thereby making it easier for clergy and laity alike to keep up with the readings with…
Faithful to the Fathers
Anglicanism and the Deuterocanonical Books Anglicans read the Deuterocanonical books because they teach us about life, faith, and Christian manners. Article VI of the 39 Articles makes it clear that these books are for instruction, not for establishing doctrine. This reflects the early Church’s approach, where the Fathers tolerated different opinions about these books while…
The Anointed Savior, Son, and Lord
A Homily on the Second Article of the Apostles’ Creed As we’ve been looking at our catechetical foundations in this series, we’ve talked about how the Apostles’ Creed gives us a summary of the Christian Faith that is both Trinitarian and Christological. Today we begin this Christological focus as we tackle Article 2 of the…
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