Category Archives: General Posts

The Conciliar Anglican is Now “Likable”

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

Well, I hope The Conciliar Anglican has always been likable, maybe even lovable, but now you can officially “like” The Conciliar Anglican on Facebook. Go here and show some love.

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If I Were Archbishop of Canterbury

Posted on April 1, 2012 by

This video came about as a response to a recent post by Peter Carrell called “If You Were the Next ABC, What Would You Do?” over on Anglican Down Under. Worth a look if you haven’t yet read it. My … Continue reading →

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A Checklist for Finding a Classically Anglican Parish

Posted on February 12, 2012 by

So you’ve studied, read, and prayed, and you’ve come to the conclusion that classical Anglicanism is the truth. So now you want to join a church that’s part of the classical Anglican tradition. How exactly do you do that? It … Continue reading →

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Good Queen Bess

Posted on October 8, 2011 by

Since I first studied the Elizabethan Settlement back in seminary, I have been an admirer of Queen Elizabeth I and her role in securing a future for Anglicanism. Lately I have been reading Elizabeth and the English Reformation by William … Continue reading →

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Anglicanism Without the Communion

Posted on September 21, 2011 by

What would Anglicanism look like without the Anglican Communion? Is it even possible? I generally don’t spend a lot of time commenting here on current events in the Church. The purpose of this project is to talk about the essentials … Continue reading →

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All May, None Must, Some Should

Posted on August 10, 2011 by

“As to confessing one’s sins to a priest, all may do so, none must do so, some should do so.” I was in seminary when I first heard that bit of folk wisdom meant to summarize the Anglican teaching on … Continue reading →

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When God Must Impress Himself

Posted on May 3, 2011 by

Over at the excellent blog “An Exercise in the Fundamentals of Orthodoxy,” Peter Ould and I have been going back and forth on the topic of election. Peter takes a strict Calvinist position, arguing for total depravity and a limited … Continue reading →

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In Defense of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

The other day I was pleasantly surprised to receive in the mail a copy of Mandate, the magazine of the Prayer Book Society. I can only assume that I ended up on their mailing list by having attended the Mere … Continue reading →

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Ten Anglican Must Reads

Posted on February 11, 2011 by

This exercise comes out of a conversation with a parishioner who has doctoral level interest in theology and has read the Fathers, the great theologians of the middle ages, and even much contemporary theology, but has never read much Anglican … Continue reading →

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Another Anglican Blog? Seriously?!?

Posted on January 28, 2011 by

Few if any would deny that Anglicanism currently finds itself at a point of crisis. Over the last couple of decades, the temperature has been rising. In the wake of the ordination to the episcopate of Gene Robinson in 2003, … Continue reading →

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