English Bible Vernacular: From Church Latin to King James English
Today, the term “vernacular” implies the local language spoken by a particular people. For instance, English is the common language in the...
The Book of Common Prayer in Spanish
The earliest versions of the Anglican Prayerbook existed in French, German, Latin, and Spanish during the 16th and 17th centuries.
The “English” of the prayer...
Church of South India in the Bay Area
I had some friends from Kerala, India visit us at St. Paul’s Anglican Church Los Altos. They are part of Church of South India...
Confusing Anglican Labels
In response to a recent message, I typed out what I thought would be helpful distinctions of historic Anglican “brands.” Brands is the wrong...
Why I left the ACNA (Anglican Church in North America)
My notes (Not a transcript):
Today I’d like to share my personal journey within the realm of ecclesiastical politics, particularly within the Anglican Church...
Anglican Christians without Canterbury?
Dr. Charles Erlandson’s book, Orthodox Anglican Identity: The Quest for Unity in a Diverse Religious Tradition (Wipf and Stock: 2020) is a well thought...
How Benedictine Spirituality Came to Celtic Christianity and the English Church
The formalization of religious monasticism into the fabric of Christian identity coincided with the collapse of the Roman Empire. Historians mark the year 476...
Prayerbook Asceticism
The Anglican Book of Common Prayer reintroduces a monastic identity to the Church in England in two significant ways.
First, it’s nearly the same...
The Optimistic Ebb and Flow of Moorman’s History
Dr. John R. H. Moorman’s book A History of the Church in England (A&C Black: 1953) outlines nearly two millennia of the Church’s history...
Monks and Monasticism in the Anglican Tradition
The bones of the monastic hours can certainly be found in Cranmer’s daily offices, but what influence did monasticism have on the development of...
