What's more classic than a Reformed vs. Lutheran debate on the doctrine of the Lord's Supper? Well, I will try to keep it friendly, even as I want to skeptically interrogate a recent Lutheran discussion on the real presence. Andrew Packer is an old online acquaintance...
Steven Wedgeworth
Why 1 Timothy 2 Is A Universal Normative Guide
In the debates over women's ordination, a historically decisive passage in the New Testament is 1 Timothy 2:11-15. It is so direct that critics call it a "clobber passage." And indeed, some critics argue that it says much more than even very conservative...
The Black Rubric
At the end of the Book of Common Prayer's liturgy for Holy Communion there are a series of rubrics. Rubrics are usually stage instructions, but occasionally they provide further explanations. One of these even gives a robust theological explanation of the real...
The Significance of the Athanasian Creed During the Reformation
The classic 1662 Book of Common Prayer calls for the Athanasian Creed to be read in the Morning Prayer liturgy at least thirteen times throughout the year. Notably, it is to be read on Christmas and Easter. The Athanasian Creed also shows up in the Thirty Nine...
John Davenant on Apostolic Inerrancy
I just want to make a quick observation and leave a link for public benefit. John Davenant, 17th cent. Bishop of Salisbury, has this to say about the original apostles of Christ: Wherefore when the Prophets, and Apostles are adorned with this honorable Title, it is...
What Does the ACNA Constitution Say About Women’s Ordination?
Now that we are reading the Constitution and Canons of the Anglican Church in North America, let's check to see what they do and do not say about the question of women's ordination. I confess that this is an issue that I myself haven't always had a clear handle on....
ACNA Ecclesiastical Presuppositions
There's a lot of confusion in the ACNA world. This is known. But what is not as well known is that a lot of the confusion could be resolved by simply reading the various written documents which we say are authoritative. One of them, expressly named by the ACNA...
“Conversion Sickness”
Back in the early days of my blogging at The Calvinist International, I posted a snippet of a really excellent essay by Adam Gopnik on G. K. Chesterton. Written in 2008, this was surely the twilight of The New Yorker. Anyone under 40 will struggle to believe this, but...
The ACNA Is the Anglican Reconquista
There's a guy named "Young Anglican" who has a Youtube channel that a lot of people watch. I don't think I have ever watched him before. But he just released a video announcing that he is going to leave the ACNA for TEC because of the "Reconquista" concept. I confess...
Father Mike and St. Augustine on the Real Presence
Father Mike Schmitz is a Roman Catholic influencer priest. He has done other things, and so I don't mean to diminish him with that description. He has been ordained as a priest longer than I have been ordained in any capacity. He has conducted ministry to youth and...