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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.
Review: The Lectionary of 1662
The Lectionary of 1662, Adapted and Supplemented: The Collects, Psalms, Epistles, Gospels for the Holy Eucharist adapted from the Books of Common Prayer of 1662, 1962, and 2019, with a Supplement of Old Testament Lessons. Edited by Benjamin von Bredow & Brandon Hughes. Prayer Book Society of Canada, 2025. 433 pp. $25 (hardcover). Between the…
Faithful to the Fathers
Anglicanism and the Deuterocanonical Books Anglicans read the Deuterocanonical books because they teach us about life, faith, and Christian manners. Article VI of the 39 Articles makes it clear that these books are for instruction, not for establishing doctrine. This reflects the early Church’s approach, where the Fathers tolerated different opinions about these books while…
The Anointed Savior, Son, and Lord
A Homily on the Second Article of the Apostles’ Creed As we’ve been looking at our catechetical foundations in this series, we’ve talked about how the Apostles’ Creed gives us a summary of the Christian Faith that is both Trinitarian and Christological. Today we begin this Christological focus as we tackle Article 2 of the…
The Possibility of “Christian Socialism” [Commentary on Browne: Article XXXVIII]
Just what scope there is for “Christian communism” within the Anglican tradition ought to be clear from the text of this Article. As Browne explains, the Article rejects “the belief that all property is unlawful, and that goods in a Christian society must be common.” Given that the absence of private property is one of…
Because I Could Not Stop for Death
A Study of the Evangelical Decline of the Burial Rites in the English and American Prayer Books The writer of Ecclesiastes tells us there is “a time for every purpose under the heaven,” which includes “a time to be born, and a time to die… a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a…
Crafted by Catechesis: The Anglican Formularies Reading Plan
Pursuing Christ through the Prayerbook Life: A Catechetical Resource North American Anglicanism has long faced an identity crisis. Anglicanism has reinvented itself into three streams, old catholicism, Presbyterianism with prayerbooks, etc. Trendy soundbites are the extent of the theology of clergy and laity alike, typically ranging from an ambiguous and muddy “via media” between Rome…
Our Father of Infinite Power, Wisdom, and Goodness
Article 1 of the Apostles’ Creed “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” This is, of course the first verse of the first book of the Bible: Genesis. The Scriptures don’t begin by explaining God or making a case to prove his existence. They don’t begin with describing his attributes or his…
Advent, ACNA, and the Anger of God
He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the LORD. Malachi 3:3 (ESV) During the season of Advent we meditate upon the coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ….
Stand in Silence
~ Stand in silence, O thou man: Be mute before the mystery. Thy mouth betrays thine ignorance; Let angels be a tongue for thee. Stand in silence, O thou man: Let holy terror be thy praise, For Wisdom’s Word is spoken here; So learn the number of thy days. Kneel in silence, O thou man,…
Bearing the Image, Reflecting the Son
“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.” (Romans 12:1 ESV). St. Paul is the theologian of the body. How we use our the bodies our Maker gives us reflects our faith in Him…