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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.
Heaven: The Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Trinity
Thomas Ken’s complete poem for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Trinity, on the hope of Heaven, the resurrection, and the joy of God Triune.
St. Edmund, King and Martyr (November 20)
St. Edmund the Martyr. November 20. (Born A.D. 840; martyred A.D. 870. Calendars: Sarum, Scotch, Hereford. Sarum Ep. and Gosp.: Eccles. xxxi. 8–11; St. Luke xiv. 26–33.) Four English martyrs are in our Calendar, from four successive centuries, who fell on English ground, besides the great missionary bishop who died by the hands of the…
St. Hugh of Lincoln, Bishop and Confessor (November 17)
St. Hugh Of Lincoln.1 November 17. (Born A.D. 1140; died A.D. 1200. Sarum Ep. and Gosp.: Eccles. xl. 1–5; St. Mark xiii. 33–37.) We come out again into daylight and fresh air in a wide and solid world. St. Hugh was of an old Burgundian house, the lords of Avalon, near Grenoble. ‘Early,’ says his…
St. Machutus, Bishop and Confessor (November 15)
St. Machutus (St. Malo, St. Mawes) Of Brittany. November 15. (Calendars: Sarum, York, Hereford, Aberdeen. Died A.D. 564. Sarum Ep. and Gosp.: Ecclus. xliv. 17, 20–32, xlv. 6, 7, 15, 16; St. Luke xix. 12–28.) St. Machutus has an especial interest for us, because he is the only saint retained in our Calendar of that…
A Short Declaration of the True, Lively and Christian Faith (Part 1)
First Book of Homilies · Homily 4 · Part 1 ~ A Short Declaration of the True, Lively, and Christian Faith THE first coming unto God, good Christian people, is through faith; whereby, as it is declared in the last Sermon, we be justified before God. And, lest any man should be deceived for lack…
Canticle of the Tower
How one traveler came upon the deserted Piedmontese village of Valle-Vive; and of the lone remaining resident, a Valdensian pastor, who explained what strange fate had befallen his village; and of the baleful visage of the Tower.
The Church’s Favorite Heresy
Every era has its favorite heresy. And every heresy originated in bad philosophy coming from outside the Church. The most dangerous heresy of the early Church was Arianism, which taught that Jesus is less than fully God. It was inspired by Greek philosophy, whose gods did not get involved in this messy world. So Jesus,…
The End of the Natural Law “Renaissance”
Natural Law & the Secular Mythos: What Has Been Left “Unsaid” in Current Debates in Natural Law. By Gregory Morgan. New York: T&T Clark, 2025. 280 pp. $115 (hardback), $39.95 (paper). The promise of a broad moral consensus founded on Christian natural law principles—said to be universally accessible, irrespective of one’s religious commitments or lack…
Heaven First Sought: The Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity
Thomas Ken’s complete poem for the Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity, on earthly desires and the fullness of joy in God.
St. Martin of Tours, Bishop and Confessor (November 11)
For the November 11 commemoration of St. Martin of Tours, we reproduce Elizabeth Rundle Charles’s account of the bishop’s charity, missionary labours, and witness to Christ. St. Martin Of Tours. November 11, and July 4. (Born, A.D. 317; died, A.D. 401. Calendars: all. Nov. 11. Sarum Ep. and Gosp.: Ecclus. xliv. 17, 20,…