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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.
The Goodness of God’s Law
A Homily on the Decalogue As I mentioned at the beginning of this series, the Church has traditionally approached catechesis through three main topics: The Creed, the Decalogue, and the Lord’s Prayer. This week, we begin the second section: the 10 Commandments or Decalogue. Though the Decalogue is one of the most familiar aspects…
An Invitation
The following excerpt from Sarah Reardon’s Home Songs is published with permission from Wipf and Stock Publishers. To find the one who leaves the ninety-nine Is not to follow in your father’s line, But is to enter narrow doors and dine On bread and drink which ninety-nine decline.
The Roman Catholic Ordinariate, Newman, and the Question of Doctrinal Development
Thomas Cranmer and the Shape of the Reformation Thomas Cranmer was executed at Oxford in 1556. Archbishop of Canterbury. Principal architect of the English Reformation and the Book of Common Prayer. He stood at the center of a genuine rupture, and he knew it. Under harsh imprisonment he signed recantations. Then he withdrew them publicly…
Confessing Our Profession: The Catholic Creeds
[T]hat if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. — Romans 10:9-10 (KJV) We confess the faith that…
Book Review: “Give Us This Day Devotionals, Vol. 8 (Hebrews-Revelation)”
Give Us This Day Devotionals, Volume 8: Hebrews-Revelation. By Charles Erlandson. Resource Publications, 2025. 370 pp. $38.38 (paperback), $57.06 (hardcover). It has been many years since I regularly used a written daily devotional as part of my prayer or bible reading disciplines. In fact, my default position has been to be suspicious of written daily…
Not an Oversight, an Overseer: The Episcopacy
We confess the godly historic Episcopate as an inherent part of the apostolic faith and practice, and therefore as integral to the fullness and unity of the Body of Christ. Point 3, The Fundamental Declarations The episcopacy is the ministry of overseeing the Church. It is a ministry found within Holy Scriptures and evolved from…
A Sermon on the Misery of All Mankind (Part 1)
A Sermon of the Misery of All Mankind and of His Condemnation to Death Everlasting by His Own Sin (Part 1) THE Holy Ghost, in writing the holy Scripture, is in nothing more diligent than to pull down man’s vainglory and pride; which of all vices is most universally grafted in all mankind, even from…
The Spirit in and of the Church
A Homily on the 3rd Article of the Apostles’ Creed Today we will finish up our series on the Apostles’ Creed with the Third Article, the section of the Creed on the Holy Spirit and the Church, before moving on to the Ten Commandments in the next installment. Here is that Third Article of the…
Colletti: A Response to My Critics
Introduction Since the publication of my article about a month ago, a number of responses have been published here on North American Anglican and throughout the web. My hope is to respond to everything I can, succinctly and in good faith. My Stance First, many have pointed out that in my original article, I provided…
The Gospel Sacraments
We confess Baptism and the Supper of the Lord to be Sacraments ordained by Christ Himself in the Gospel, and thus to be ministered with unfailing use of His words of institution and of the elements ordained by Him. – The Fundamental Declarations, Point 2 The Fundamental Declarations of the ACNA pivot from the source…