Tag Archives: Lutheranism

Sola or Solo Scriptura? (And Other Questions That Don’t Make Grammatical Sense)

Posted on December 21, 2012 by

Following my recent thoughts on Lutheranism and the inherent problems of sola Scriptura, the events that have swept us all up here in America have overshadowed my desire to delve back into this too terribly deeply. There just is not … Continue reading →

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Every Man a Pope (or Why I’m Not a Lutheran)

Posted on December 12, 2012 by

For the past year or so, I have participated in a Bible Study every Tuesday morning with a group of mostly Lutheran Church Missouri Synod pastors. We look at the readings for the week in the original languages and discuss … Continue reading →

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Counting Sacraments

Posted on August 6, 2012 by

Jordan at The Hackney Hub has written a provocative piece asserting that the notion of seven sacraments is not Anglican. The Hackney Hub is a great blog, exploring many of the same themes of classical Anglicanism that you’ll find here, … Continue reading →

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On The Eucharist: Defanging the Black Rubric

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

It has to be acknowledged up front that the Black Rubric is an embarrassment. At best, it is an unclear statement of a partial truth about the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. At worst, it is an out … 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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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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The Anglican Way: Scripture First But Not Alone

Posted on June 10, 2011 by

Anglicanism is sometimes called the via media, the middle way, by which the person making the assertion usually means that Anglicanism is somewhere between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism as a tradition within the larger world of Christianity. In Anglican apologetics, … Continue reading →

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Dearly Beloved: An Anglican Theology of Marriage (Part IV)

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

It is beyond the scope of this series to do a comprehensive analysis of the theology of marriage in all Christian traditions. Nevertheless, having shown that the classical Anglican theology of marriage is biblical, one would expect to see resonance … Continue reading →

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