Tag Archives: Anglican Identity

Maybe Not All of the Anglican Patrimony

Anglican Patrimony appears to be quite a fluid term. Different individuals have different definitions, and others are wondering which one is accurate. Having spent years in Protestant circles looking at Anglicanism (and Episcopalianism) from the outside, as well as having … Continue reading

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The Conversion of St. Paul: Fulfilled, Not Destroyed

Bishop Mercer’s moving address at the ACCC Synod brought to mind the section I had just read in Fr. Basil Maturin’s The Price of Unity, in which he recounts the Conversion of St. Paul. In this section from the first … Continue reading

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Bishop Edwin's Interview with InfoCatólica

A few days ago, Bruno Moreno of the Spanish-language online newspaper InfoCatólica submitted an interview request in the form of a comment on Bishop Barnes' post First Things First asking for him or another contributor from The Anglo-Catholic to share … Continue reading

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This Is No Cause for Satisfaction

Whatever our views may be on the subject of the Ordinariates, and my own convinced view is that they are the only future for those Anglicans who are the natural successors of the Oxford Movement, we should not portray the … Continue reading

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Friday

What did you have for breakfast? How about lunch? Dinner? I hope some of you see where I am going with this. Today is Friday, and traditionally (though not Canon Law) Catholics do not eat meat (except fish) on Friday. … Continue reading

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WWDPD (or "What Would Dr. Pusey Do?")

Recent discussions about the post-July situation in the Church of England (something which will inevitably impact greatly on the situation just across the border in the Church in Wales) have highlighted the fact that any comments we might make now are simply … Continue reading

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The Anglo-Catholic Welcomes Fr. Chori Jonathin Seraiah!

The Anglo-Catholic is pleased to announce the addition of Fr. Chori Jonathin Seraiah, a non-parochial priest of the Diocese of the Eastern United States in the Anglican Church in America, as a contributor to the site.  A former Protestant minister … Continue reading

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Someone Who Understands Us

As Anglican Catholics we are always complaining that no one understands us. Here's an insightful and sympathetic post from a fellow contributor to this blog, Fr Sean Finnegan on his blog Valle Adurni, who understands our present situation very well. "There has … Continue reading

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The Present Importance of Newman's View of Anglicanism

Fr. George William Rutler, pastor of the Church of Our Saviour in New York City, delivered the following talk at the Portsmouth Institute 2010 Conference on Friday, June 11, 2010. I found myself in agreement with most of what Fr. … Continue reading

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Cold Feet?

Because bad news always gets the boldest headlines, we have been hearing too much lately in England from priests with misgivings about the Ordinariate. Fr Philip North used the Pusey House Conference on Anglican Patrimony to say how very C … Continue reading

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A Provocative Piece on the Anglican Ordinariates

Br. Stephen of the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Spring Bank has written to commend the following piece, which, doubtless, will provoke much debate here on The Anglo-Catholic and elsewhere. Br. Stephen's aim is to underscore genuine personal conversion as … Continue reading

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Divorce and Remarriage in "Historic Anglicanism" (Part I)

*** UPDATED 06/08/10 9:18 PM EST *** Marital indiscipline seems to afflict all Western Christian churches and bodies to some degree or other, and even to an extent those in the East (the theory and practice of the Eastern Churches, … Continue reading

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The Cranmer Conference

Andrew Dunning, a student at the University of Toronto and a reader of The Anglo-Catholic, has written asking us to advertise an upcoming conference dedicated to the exploration of the Anglican Patrimony and targeted at young adults between the ages … Continue reading

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The Spirit of Dr. Dearmer on Huron Street

Br. Stephen of the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Spring Bank has written an article about his recent experience of Whitsunday Evensong at St. Thomas, Huron Street.  He gently reminds his fellow Roman Catholic traditionalists that they ought to … Continue reading

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Mediaevalism, Romanism and the Future

I sometimes come across comments on blogs here and there on the Internet by an English priest belonging to a religious order, who will remain un-named. A convert to the Catholic Church, he admits to having had a brief “love … Continue reading

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