Ask an Anglican: Baptists, Women, and Church Shopping
There’s a lot in this question. I’ll answer as much as I can, but this will have to be a two-parter. Nick writes: I was raised in a conservative, evangelical church in the IFCA denomination. There I...
View ArticleAsk an Anglican: The Hail Mary and Corpus Christi
Derek writes: 1.) I have been studying the articles, and have a question about the invocation of the Saints. Now, even as someone who identifies as “Anglo-Catholic”, who is closer to a “Prayerbook...
View ArticlePraying Twice: Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones
Those of you who have seen some of the most recent YouTube videos know that there is a giant mural on the wall above the altar in my parish depicting the Communion of the Saints. It is nothing like any...
View ArticleBiblical Catholicism: Rethinking the Anglo-Catholic Movement
When I was in seminary, one of my professors, a staunch British Calvinist, made the off-hand remark one day that Anglo-Catholicism could not be defended from an historical perspective. The point seemed...
View ArticleBiblical Catholicism: Smells and Bells
Church of the Holy Cross, Dallas, TX. Used with permission of the Rev. G. Willcox Brown, SSC. I was baptized as an infant in the spring of 1980 into Christ’s One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church....
View ArticleJesus Wants You to Eat Him
As someone who likes to eat–and someone who has developed stomach problems over the years which limit what I can eat–I find it fascinating the way in which both the fall of man and our salvation are...
View ArticleAsk An Anglican: Are Crucifixes and Icons Idolatrous?
Grace and Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church, Baltimore, MD. (Photo by Fr. Jonathan. Please ask permission before reproducing.) Marshall writes: I used to go to a Reformed Presbyterian Church. They were...
View ArticleOn The Eucharist: The Mass is a Sacrifice
Nothing perks up the itching ears of Romophobic Protestants faster than the specter of Eucharistic sacrifice. Calling what happens in Holy Communion a sacrifice is the surest and fastest way to get...
View ArticleAsk an Anglican: Baptism and the Good Thief
Scott writes: I know you’ve talked about baptism in your videos and blog and also justification by faith alone. However, I am confused on the Anglican position of baptism being required for salvation....
View ArticleOn the Eucharist: Yes, Anglicans Believe in the Real Presence
Anglicans today have a variety of perspectives on the Holy Eucharist. The Anglican formularies allow a certain latitude for this, but it is not inexhaustible. Broadly speaking, Anglican eucharistic...
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