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Women Bishops and Anglican Identity
The turmoil in the Church of England and the wider Anglican Communion over the ordination of women as priests and bishops reflects a widening gulf between different views of Anglican identity. Who are...
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I'm no Scrooge . . . BUT . . .
I have often heaped scorn on the “kill-joys” who want to stamp out “Santa Claus” and other features of Christmas that bring back some of the happiest memories of family and childhood.But I must confess...
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Women Bishops: The Bishop of Ebbsfleet responds to the English General Synod...
The Rt Rev’d Jonathan Baker is Bishop of Ebbsfleet, one of the three “Flying Bishops” of the Church of England and Chairman of Forward in Faith. He is soon to become Bishop of Fulham, exercising a...
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Christianity is only beginning (Fr Alexander Men)
Father Alexander Men (1935-1990) was an influential parish priest in Russia who wrote, lectured widely, and eventually appeared on radio and television, becoming a nationally known figure. He started...
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Chesterton: Missing the point of Christmas
Sometimes we need to go back to the great minds in order to put truths into their context, and see them in proportion to one another. In that respect, no-one has captured more dramatically what was...
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St Ambrose on Psalm 118
Today is when we honour St Ambrose. Go HERE, HERE and HERE to read previous posts about him. Today, I simply share with you part the commentary of St Ambrose on Psalm 118:Let your door stand open to...
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Archbishop Hilarion & Bishop Ladds on the difficulties of Anglicans
Bishop Robert Ladds, Superior-General of the Society of Mary, with Archbishop Hilarion of the Russian Orthodox ChurchA fair bit of publicity has been given to concerns about the Anglican Communion...
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Article 16
The icon of "The Virgin of the Sign" in St Ignatius' Church at Antiochian Villager, Ligonier, USA.I am a long-time reader of the writings of Frederica Mathewes-Green. They have appeared in such diverse...
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"Lumen gentium" on the eschatological character of the pilgrim Church
“The Church, to which we are all called in Christ Jesus, and in which we acquire sanctity through the grace of God, will attain its full perfection only in the glory of heaven, when there will come the...
View ArticleA video of Metropolitan Anthony teaching on prayer
It would be a very good thing during this busy Advent to find an hour and ten minutes to watch this video of Metropolitan Anthony Bloom (1914-2003) teaching on prayer. I commend it to you. There are...
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Dean Church’s 1885 Advent sermon on Hope
Richard William Church (1815-1890) was a well-known priest of the Church of England who served as Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral, London, from 1871 to his death. He wrote a number of books, including a...
View ArticleA video of Metropolitan Anthony teaching on the Holy Spirit
I was so pleased with the response to Archbishop Anthony Bloom's talk on prayer posted on this blog two days ago that I thought it would be good to share another video with you, this time his talk on...
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His grace is still amazing
This is the text of a newsletter I sent to friends and supporters a couple of years ago. A number of people said it helped them, so i share it with you here.He loves us;he walks with us;he shares his...
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Research . . . Does Christianity REALLY cause wars?
I’m sure that, like me, you’ve had coffee with your agnostic or atheist friends when the conversation has come around to what we believe and why . . . and, just when you think you haven’t let the side...
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The Church which is His Body
We're all finding it tough to witness to Jesus, and especially his presence in the Church which is his Body. It might have seemed at the time as if the combined effect on the Church of the renewal...
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The best way to keep Christ in Christmas
Evangelism is important. The building of small believing communities - and big congregations, too, for that matter - is necessary. Nurturing those at the heart of Church life who are growing in the...
View ArticleThe birth of Jesus told by people from Bethlehem
This is the story of Jesus' birth told by the people of Bethlehem. The film was made by St Paul's Anglican Church, Auckland, New Zealand. Anyone is welcome to show the film publicly, but not change it...
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Did Jesus Exist?
Sydney scholar, John Dickson has done it again! Today the Australian Broadcasting Commission (the “ABC”) published his latest provocative article in which he says that the time has come “for the...
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