Entries Tagged as “Anglican Communion”

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Discerning the Body and Blood of Christ
By:  Fr. Dan Martins on June 03, 2010
Excerpt:  Today is the day on which the feast of Corpus Christi is observed. It was my joy to preside at the Mass for the eve of this feast last night.…   Read full post >>

Monarchy and Archiepiscopacy in England: A Working Thesis
By:  Fr. N.J.A. Humphrey on May 18, 2010
Excerpt:  In the constitutional arrangements of England, the Church and the State have the same cultural norms and expectations for their nominal heads, the Sovereign and the Archbishop of Canterbury. To…   Read full post >>

The Church in Stone Or, Anglicanism and Canterbury Cathedral
By:  Benjamin Guyer on February 07, 2010
Excerpt:  As every student of Church history knows, one of the central arguments in early Christian centuries pertained to the created order. Gnostics, perhaps the earliest of heretical movements, believed that…   Read full post >>

A message from the Archbishop of Canterbury on the Anglican Communion Covenant
Channel: Archbishop of Canterbury  Author: Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
By:  Benjamin Guyer on December 18, 2009 Excerpt: After several years of work, the proposed covenant for the Anglican Communion has now reached its final form and is being distributed to the provinces for discussion, and I hope…   Read full post >>

The Anglican Covenant: Final Text
Channel: Anglican Communion News Service  Author: Covenant Design Group
By:  Benjamin Guyer on December 18, 2009 Excerpt: (4.2.1) The Covenant operates to express the common commitments and mutual accountability which hold each Church in the relationship of communion one with another. Recognition of, and fidelity to, this…   Read full post >>

And the Beat Goes On
By:  Fr. Dan Martins on December 07, 2009
Excerpt:  The news is barely more than a day old and I already feel like I'm Johnny-come-lately by weighing in even now. I'm not sure I have anything original to say…   Read full post >>

Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth
By:  Fr. Dan Martins on November 11, 2009
Excerpt:  For a number of reasons which I am not going to rehearse here, I am not a candidate for the provisions set forth in the new Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus.…   Read full post >>

The Full Text of the Apostolic Constitution  Author: His Holiness, Benedict XVI, Bishop of Rome & Patriarch of the West
By:  Fr. Dan Martins on November 09, 2009 Excerpt: The full text of the awaited Apostolic Constitution establishing norms for the reception of communities of Anglicans into union with the Holy See has been released.   Read full post >>

Seven Councils, One Tradition (Part 1)
By:  Sam Keyes on November 04, 2009
Excerpt:  Portions of this first part also appeared as an essay in The Living Church. It seems fitting, as other contributors engage with Richard Hooker’s account of faith and order, that…   Read full post >>

Keep Moving ... Nothing to See Here
By:  Fr. Dan Martins on October 01, 2009
Excerpt:  Anglican cyberspace is abuzz this morning with the release of a letter from the Archbishop of Canterbury to Central Florida Bishop John Howe, which is in response to a request…   Read full post >>

New Primate elected for the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)
Channel: Anglican Communion News Service
By:  Benjamin Guyer on September 16, 2009 Excerpt: The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) has elected Nicholas Orogodo Okoh as its fourth Primate in succession to the Most Revd Peter Akinola. The announcement was made on 15 September…   Read full post >>

A View from the Bridge:  An Editorial Comment from Quebec
By:  Fr. N.J.A. Humphrey on August 20, 2009
Excerpt:  From where we sit (Québec, Canada – we’ll explain that in a moment) reading our internets like good Anglicans, we see the possibility of a model of Anglicanism being demonstrated…   Read full post >>

The Good Churchkeeping Seal of Approval
By:  Fr. N.J.A. Humphrey on July 30, 2009
Excerpt:  Will Rowan Williams' two-track proposal gain traction? And if it does, will this be a good thing for conservative and moderately conservative Episcopalians, particularly those who are minorities within more…   Read full post >>

Texas Rector Withdraws from Episcopal Election in Malawi
Channel: Living Church
By:  Benjamin Guyer on July 23, 2009 Excerpt: The Very Rev. Scott Wilson, rector of All Saints’ Church, Weatherford, Texas, has withdrawn as a candidate to serve the Diocese of North Malawi in the Province of Central Africa.…   Read full post >>

Letter to Archbishop of Canterbury Defends D025 Adoption
Channel: Living Church
By:  Benjamin Guyer on July 17, 2009 Excerpt: In a letter dated July 16 and hand-delivered to Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop, and Bonnie Anderson, president of the House of…   Read full post >>

Theses on Anglicanism
By:  Benjamin Guyer on March 12, 2009
Excerpt:  I. Anglican history comprises two distinct ecclesiological streams. The first is that of monarchical Anglicanism, which began with Henry VIII; this was the dominant stream for more than 300 years.…   Read full post >>

Williams picks global assistant
Channel: Archbishop of Canterbury
By:  Douglas LeBlanc on February 17, 2009 Excerpt: The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, is pleased to appoint the Revd Canon Joanna Udal to serve as the Secretary for Anglican Communion Affairs, based at Lambeth Palace. She…   Read full post >>

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