Entries Tagged as “Saints”

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What are Devotional Societies For?
By:  Benjamin Guyer on May 19, 2011
Excerpt:  ‘Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.’ - John 6:12 The most bracing twentieth-century portrait of history arguably came from the pen of the Jewish philosopher…   Read full post >>

Law, Liturgy, Wisdom: An Introduction to Richard Hooker
By:  Benjamin Guyer on October 29, 2010
Excerpt:  via The Living Church: Richard Hooker is oftentimes described as the founding figure of the Anglican tradition. This is, however well intentioned, a half-truth. It is certainly true that Hooker’s…   Read full post >>

King Charles the Martyr: Our Own, Royal, Forgotten Saint
By:  Benjamin Guyer on January 22, 2010
Excerpt:  Do you know who the first Anglican saint was? Here’s a hint: it wasn’t Henry VIII. The title of this article says it all, but don’t feel embarrassed if you…   Read full post >>

Richard Hooker: Some Devotional Aids
By:  Benjamin Guyer on November 04, 2009
Excerpt:  There are a number of resources on the world wide web that have material either about Hooker, or composed by him. Those who desire to know more about Hooker's commemoration…   Read full post >>

Richard Hooker: A Biographical Sketch
By:  Fr. Tony Clavier on November 03, 2009
Excerpt:  To understand the theology of Richard Hooker it is important to grasp something about the times and the place in which he lived and something about the church he served…   Read full post >>

Discovering Global Anglican (Part 3): Anglicanism in Iran
By:  Benjamin Guyer on August 05, 2009
Excerpt:  It is increasingly said today that the Anglican Communion is a global Christian church whose identity can no longer be restricted to a broadly Western, or more narrowly English, patrimony.…   Read full post >>

Discovering Global Anglicanism (Part 2): Trevor Huddleston, CR
By:  Benjamin Guyer on June 12, 2009
Excerpt:  It is increasingly said today that the Anglican Communion is a global Christian church whose identity can no longer be restricted to a broadly Western, or more narrowly English, patrimony.…   Read full post >>

Discovering Global Anglicanism (Part 1): The Martyrs of Melanesia
By:  Benjamin Guyer on May 25, 2009
Excerpt:  It is increasingly said today that the Anglican Communion is a global Christian church whose identity can no longer be restricted to a broadly Western, or more narrowly English, patrimony.…   Read full post >>

Managing
By:   Fr. Tony Clavier on March 20, 2009 Excerpt: An old chap I knew long before I became an old chap, when asked how he was always replied “managing”. I’ve found that answer to be a splendid and brief…   Read full post >>

Gregory the Great
By:  Kevin Martin on March 12, 2009
Excerpt:  In her book “The Great Emergence,” Phyllis Tickle mentions as one of the great turning points in the history of the Church the leadership of Gregory the Great. March 12th…   Read full post >>

King Charles the Martyr (Pt 4)
By:  Benjamin Guyer on March 03, 2009
Excerpt:  Click here to read part three of this series Synopsis: Anglicanism, from the time of King Henry VIII until well into the 18th century, was defined in part by a…   Read full post >>

King Charles the Martyr (Pt 3)
By:  Benjamin Guyer on February 23, 2009
Excerpt:  Click here to read part two of this series Synopsis: Anglicanism, from the time of King Henry VIII until well into the 18th century, was defined in part by a…   Read full post >>

James Kiefer’s Christian Biographies
Link:  http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/indexcal.html
Excerpt:  This is a link to James Kiefer's Christian Biographies, a web site that provides a list of the liturgical calendar of the The Episcopal Church, along with biographies of heroes/saints…   More>>

King Charles the Martyr (Pt 2)
By:  Benjamin Guyer on February 06, 2009
Excerpt:  Click here to read part one of this series Synopsis: Anglicanism, from the time of King Henry VIII until well into the 18th century, was defined in part by a…   Read full post >>

King Charles the Martyr (Pt 1)
By:  Benjamin Guyer on February 01, 2009
Excerpt:  Synopsis: Anglicanism, from the time of King Henry VIII until well into the 18th century, was defined in part by a cult of monarchy; for much of that time, it…   Read full post >>

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