Tag Archives: Ecclesiology

Anglican Shorts: Why We Need Bishops

Posted on May 13, 2012 by
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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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Ask an Anglican: When the Church is no Longer the Church

Posted on November 18, 2011 by

Two questions today that are interrelated. Cadog writes: In a prior post, you offered assurances that staying in the Episcopal Church was right, even though there are some serious and disturbing decisions and trends in recent years. I can accept … Continue reading →

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Ask an Anglican: Confessionalism Vs. Conciliarity

Posted on October 16, 2011 by

Confessionalism is one of the big things that divides Anglicanism from other Reformation traditions. Unlike Lutheran and Reformed churches, Anglicanism has no official confession of faith outside of the creeds. I’ve been wanting to write something about this for a … Continue reading →

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Ask an Anglican: The Ecumenical Councils

Posted on August 3, 2011 by

Jay M. writes: I wanted to ask you why so many Anglicans refer only to the first Four Ecumenical Councils while Anglo-Catholics (and Eastern Orthodox as well) speak of the first great Seven Ecumenical Councils of the Church. What is … Continue reading →

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Ask an Anglican: The Filioque

Posted on July 15, 2011 by

I’m using a comment by Eugene in a previous thread to inaugurate a new regular series here that I’m calling Ask an Anglican. I get a lot of questions about what Anglicans believe about various things, especially coming from those who … Continue reading →

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Anglicanism’s Unique Doctrine

Posted on July 1, 2011 by

Before going any further, take a look at this post by Br. Tobias Haller, BSG, over at his blog, “In a Godward Direction.” It’s only two paragraphs, but it serves as a succinct explication of an unfortunate mindset that holds … Continue reading →

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The Anglican Way: The Organic Episcopate

Posted on June 19, 2011 by

One of the clearest differences between Anglicanism and other Protestant traditions is that we have retained the pattern of ordained ministry handed down from the early Church. The preface to the ordinal of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer states, … 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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Dearly Beloved: An Anglican Theology of Marriage (Part III)

Posted on March 25, 2011 by

Having established that the 1662 Book of Common Prayer lays out a precise theology of marriage, we turn now to the question of this theology’s scriptural underpinning. The liturgy that Anglicans inherited from Sarum, shaped through translation and arrangement by … Continue reading →

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