Browne: Exposition of the 39 ArticlesExposition of the Thirty-nine Articles – Introduction Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles – Article I (Part 1) Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles – Article I (Part 2) Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles – Article II Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles – Article III Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles – Article…
J.R.R. Tolkien tells a short story about an ordinary fellow who just wants to finish a painting. Over time, he is constantly distracted by the requests of his neighbors, and eventually he grows sick and dies, leaving his painting unfinished. As he navigates the afterlife, he finds that much of his character is judged by…
Sparks flying over beaten metal In the gloom of a smithy; Drops of dew upon a petal In the grandeur of a city; Strike a bell and there is music In the late-spring streets, But there is a sound of pity When the blacksmith beats; The sighs of the lovesick, The sparkling of artificial stars,…
In 1845, on a winter evening in the Church of the Holy Communion in New York City, Anne Ayres was consecrated the first Sister of the Sisterhood of the Holy Communion by the Rev. Dr. William Augustus Muhlenberg. This momentous event receives the sparsest mention by Sister Ayres herself within the 524 pages of her…
Browne: Exposition of the 39 ArticlesExposition of the Thirty-nine Articles – Introduction Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles – Article I (Part 1) Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles – Article I (Part 2) Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles – Article II Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles – Article III Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles – Article…
As I have mentioned elsewhere, whenever I am asked about the difference between the Anglican Tradition and Roman Catholicism or Eastern Orthodoxy, I answer that it ultimately boils down to authority. Per the Anglican Formularies, found in the Book of Common Prayer, the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion, the Ordinal, and the two Books of Homilies,…
In 1970 the Episcopal Church USA eliminated the canon for deaconesses and included women in the canon on deacons. In 1976 its General Convention approved the ordination of women to both the diaconate and priesthood. Eastern Orthodox Churches and the Roman Catholic Church condemned both moves, protesting that these changes were made unilaterally and against…
I You were shuttering light With your triggered eye, Locking the cool, humid light Into phosphorescent memory. “As the light gets better,” you said, And commanded the play Of peonies, white tulle, And laughter on the cusp of a cliff. The light got better. And the pines Which bristled endlessly Became something of green and…
Browne: Exposition of the 39 ArticlesExposition of the Thirty-nine Articles – Introduction Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles – Article I (Part 1) Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles – Article I (Part 2) Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles – Article II Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles – Article III Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles – Article…
I found a vale of spring at summer’s end Before the trees had changed their green to gold. I plucked the fruit of fall and hiked the path To watch the harvest fire in the cold, To see your faces flicker with the flame Of youth that takes no thought of growing old. I loved…