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Did I cause the Retro-Church blog to disappear?
I have also noticed that Retro-Church had been deleted, even before discovering the article mentioned below. It is rare for blogs to be deleted, but they are sometimes put into hiatus as I have done with The Anglican Catholic. I … Continue reading
Quiñones and Cranmer
Fr Hunwicke has come up with some interesting articles about the use of Scripture at the daily Offices: Whatever happened to Genesis? (1) Whatever happened to Genesis? (2) Whatever happened to Genesis? (3) There is quite a lot in common … Continue reading
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Thomas Traherne
Thomas Traherne (c. 1636-1674) is someone I have only just discovered, through the cantata for high solo voice and string orchestra by Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) Dies Natalis. This piece, completed in 1939, which I only today received from Boosey & … Continue reading
The Eschatological Quest
I had not read Fr Jonathan Munn’s article Etymological Episcopalian Eschatology? when I wrote my piece this morning around the theme of monastic spirituality. We have already arrived at the second Sunday of Advent, well, almost. This “little Lent” is … Continue reading
Liturgy Without Ideology
I remember a conversation with the Abbot of Triors in about 1997 when he insisted on the value of monastic life in transcending the lines of division in Christian communities, whether they be dioceses, parishes, monasteries, groups defined by ideology … Continue reading
If might is right…
If might is right, then love has no place in the world. It may be so, it may be so. But I don’t have the strength to live in a world like that.
Smoke and Mirrors
I suppose that like many people, I feel hurt when I am contradicted and manipulated. But I don’t mind a challenge, and many of my most treasured things are challenged. That is part of a blogger’s lot. You either stop … Continue reading
Dr William Tighe on the Continuing Anglican Churches and Doctrine
I just received this from Dr William Tighe and his permission to publish it here. * * * I wrote the piece [Can the Thirty-Nine Articles Function As a Confessional Standard for Anglicans Today?] more with Continuing Anglicanism in mind … Continue reading
Die Schnupfmaschine
It’s a long time since I tried snuff. There’s a factory in my home town of Kendal in the north-west of England that makes the stuff. Samuel Gawith is still in business and they do a wide range of different … Continue reading
I knew this would happen!
I could take a smug attitude about all this, but I don’t. A new “tendency” is making its appearance within some traditionalist Roman Catholic circles – an attempt to theorise on the abdication of Benedict XVI and his replacement by … Continue reading
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