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One God and One Lord: Commandments 1-3
St. Thomas Aquinas, concerning the order of the Decalogue, wrote, “the end of human life and society is God. Consequently it was necessary for the precepts of the decalogue, first of all, to direct man to God.”[1] The decalogue begins with our end because the goal of human life and action is God. Man’s happiness,…
The Homilies a Concomitant to the Articles [Commentary on Browne: Article XXXV]
As Browne observes, it is commonly agreed with respect to the Homilies that The kind of assent, which we are here called on to give to them, is general, not specific. We are not expected to express full concurrence with every statement, or every exposition of Holy Scripture contained in them, but merely in the…
Christ, the End of the Law: The Decalogue and Christian Ethics
This is the first of a number of planned meditations upon the Decalogue (from the Greek, meaning “ten words”) or Ten Commandments. The Decalogue has an enduring place in the life of all Abraham’s children, Jews and Christians alike,[1] and forms one of the three basic building blocks of Christian catechesis for those entering the…
Rome and Liturgical Variation [Commentary on Browne: Article XXXIV]
This Article upholds the logic of Article XX—in which the normative principle of worship is affirmed—and extends it. As the church “hath power to decree rites or ceremonies,” so “every particular or national Church hath authority to ordain, change, and abolish, ceremonies or rites of the Church, ordained only by man’s authority.” Hence, “It is…
“Erastianism” Then and Now [Commentary on Browne: Article XXXIII]
The nature of excommunication is one of those topics about which there seems to be little room for dispute in the Anglican tradition. The Article states that those worthy of excommunication are to be cut off by “the Church” and, upon repentance, received into the Church by “a Judge,” both of which phrases are widely…
Recapturing a Medieval Mind
The Missing Gap in Classical Christian Education The world of classical education is fond of C. S. Lewis. And rightly so. Without using the term “classical education,” his Abolition of Man clearly shows the hollowness at the core of modern, progressive schools; classical Christian educators have been providing a better alternative for many decades. His…
The North American Anglican is coming under the umbrella of American Reformer
We are thrilled to announce a significant new chapter for The North American Anglican! In recent years, American Reformer has proven itself to be a steadfast defender of orthodox, biblical Christianity across the American Protestant landscape. As The North American Anglican brings the distinct insights of the Anglican context to the efforts of Christian renewal…
An Underlying Unity
The Genius of Anglicanism Although Anglicanism has long had ‘Low’ and ‘High’ Church parties, there was, until the late-19th century an underlying theology that united them. The ‘High’ and ‘Low’ concepts of churchmanship were very largely a product of which elements of the English Reformed tradition they chose to emphasize. In terms of the way…
Another Look at St. Mary the Virgin in Anglican Tradition
The Anglican Tradition, St. Mary the Virgin, and the prudential divide between pious opinion and requisite belief A recent article at the North American Anglican regarding St. Mary the Virgin’s place in the Anglican tradition blessed the reader with a palpable love of the Book of Common Prayer and a rarely seen expertise in the…
Brand Progressive
What Accreditation Really Says About Your School What you wear says something about you. So does who you associate with. When I was headmaster of a classical preparatory school, I noticed some students wearing Abercrombie & Fitch outside of school hours. I challenged their choice. A&F, I told them, doesn’t just sell clothes—it sells a…
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