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Ask an Anglican: Who May Take Communion
This is a question that came in a few months ago but that is perhaps most apt to answer now, given that the General Convention of the Episcopal Church will be taking up the question of Communion without Baptism this … Continue reading
Posted in Ask an Anglican, On The Eucharist
Tagged Baptism, Church of England, Communion without Baptism, Confirmation, Doctrine, Early Church Fathers, Eucharist, Heresy, John Peckam, Sacraments, The 1549 BCP, The 1552 BCP, The 1559 BCP, The 1662 BCP, The 1979 BCP, The Catechism, The Episcopal Church
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On The Eucharist: Defanging the Black Rubric
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
Posted in On The Eucharist
Tagged Black Rubric, Calvinism, Doctrine, Elizabeth I, Eucharist, Liturgy, Lutheranism, Puritans, Roman Catholicism, Sacraments, The 1552 BCP, The 1559 BCP, The 1662 BCP
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On The Eucharist: Spiritual Food Is Real Food
One of the more remarkable features of the classic Anglican Eucharistic rite, often omitted from modern prayer books, is the Exhortation that the priest gives to encourage people to receive the sacrament in a worthy manner. The Exhortation comes just … Continue reading
Good Queen Bess
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
Posted in General Posts
Tagged Calvinism, Elizabeth I, Elizabethan Settlement, Lutheranism, Puritans, The 1549 BCP, The 1552 BCP, The 1559 BCP
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The Anglican Way: Magisterial Worship
One of the common critiques of Western Christians, of either the Roman Catholic or the Protestant variety, is that we are obsessed with systematizing our faith. We develop catechisms, confessions, and treatises ad nauseum in our quest to define our … Continue reading
Ask an Anglican: Eucharistic Adoration
Piggybacking on my last post on the 39 Articles, the always insightful BC of Catholicity and Covenant writes: It would be good to read your views specifically on Article 28. What of those of us who do reserve the Sacrament? … Continue reading
Ask an Anglican: The 39 Articles
Samuel writes: To what extent do the 39 articles shape modern Anglicanism? From my Church of England perspective it seems to be bordering on disingenuity to quote from them in an unqualified manner; without, for example, mentioning their almost total … Continue reading
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Tagged 39 Articles, Anglo-Catholicism, Calvinism, Confessionalism, Doctrine, Ecumenical, Edward VI, Elizabeth I, Elizabethan Settlement, Evangelicalism, Henry VIII, John Bramhall, Liberalism, Liturgy, Queen Mary, Roman Catholicism, Sacraments, The 1559 BCP, The 1979 BCP, The Episcopal Church, Tracts for the Times
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Dearly Beloved: An Anglican Theology of Marriage (Part I)
Introduction What is marriage? Where does it come from? Does it have a fixed shape and contours or is it more fluid and evolving? These questions lie deep in the background of discussions in the Church about sexuality, blessing, and … Continue reading
