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This journal upholds classical Anglican theology, rooted in Scripture, the 39 Articles, and the Book of Common Prayer. Committed to social, moral, and theological orthodoxy, we explore our rich tradition to strengthen Christ’s Church with timeless wisdom, piety, and truth.
Book Review: “The Glorious Revolution and the Continuity of Law”
The Glorious Revolution and the Continuity of Law. By Richard S. Kay. Washington, D. C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2014. 312 pp. $29.95 (paper). In the century-and-a-half following the English Reformation, the Church of England cemented its reputation for being markedly averse to political resistance and rebellion, laying great stress on the duty…
Fundamental Principles
7. We receive the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion of 1571, taken in their literal and grammatical sense, as expressing the Anglican response to certain doctrinal issues controverted at that time, and as expressing fundamental principles of authentic Anglican belief. The Fundamental Declarations The final enumerated point of The Fundamental Declarations rests upon the 39 Articles…
Book Review: “No Other Foundation” (2nd ed.)
No Other Foundation: Essays on Women’s Ordination in the Anglican Tradition, 2nd Edition. Edited by Brandon LeTourneau and Ben Jefferies. Prolego Press. 463 pp. $25 (hardback), $14.99 (paper). Prolego Press has issued a second edition of the work No Other Foundation, edited by Brandon LeTourneau and Ben Jefferies – both priests coming out of Nashotah…
Common Prayer, Common Faith
6. We receive The Book of Common Prayer as set forth by the Church of England in 1662, together with the Ordinal attached to the same, as a standard for Anglican doctrine and discipline, and, with the Books which preceded it, as the standard for the Anglican tradition of worship. – Point 6, The Fundamental…
More Bad Fruit From C4SO
Discipline for C4SO, When? The Holy Sacrament of the precious Body and Blood of our Lord is no joke. In the Blessed Sacrament, Jesus Christ himself feeds us with his saving body and blood. Bishop John Jewel writes, Herein we teach the people not that a naked sign or token, but that Christ’s body and…
By What Authority? Voice, Vocation, and Ministry in a Digital Age
“By what authority doest thou these things? And who gave thee this authority?” — Matt. 21:23 Long gone are the days when the country parson was the conventional model of Christian ministry—a man known by name to every family in his parish, whose work was to preach the Word, administer the Sacraments, and take upon…
We Shall Gather
5. Concerning the seven Councils of the undivided Church, we affirm the teaching of the first four Councils and the Christological clarifications of the fifth, sixth and seventh Councils, in so far as they are agreeable to the Holy Scriptures. – Point 5, The Fundamental Declarations The great Councils of the Church, before the split…
In Search of the Church in England
An American Anglican Returns After Twenty-Eight Years I once heard a remarkable statement from someone who had emigrated from Communist Hungary to America. He escaped by swimming the Danube River under gunfire to western shores. He said that he was born American; he just didn’t realize it until he was 18 years old. Well, I…
Thomas Aquinas and Human Law
How humans interact and conduct themselves is the concern of the law in general and since Christ has a great deal to say about how we live and treat each other, the law undoubtedly catches both approving nods and nasty looks from Christians on occasion. Every election cycle, for example, there seems an inherent need…
On Anglican Documents and the Declaration of Principles of the Free Church of England
Last weekend, the Morning Service at Good Shepherd Anglican Church, Waynesboro, VA was according to the 1789 Book of Common Prayer as we wished to use the liturgy. I took the trouble to look over Mant and Wilson’s “Exposition of the Rubrics of the Book of Common Prayer” as I sought to educate myself on…