Category: Steven Wedgeworth

Anglican International

The Search for the French Baptismal Liturgy

Steven Wedgeworth — May 23, 2025

The Search for the French Baptismal Liturgy

(This essay was originally published on May 20, 2018.) For you, little child,Jesus Christ has come, he has fought, he has suffered.For you he entered the shadow of Gethsemane and…

Welcome to the Anglican International

Steven Wedgeworth — May 22, 2025

Welcome to the Anglican International

Welcome to the Anglican International, a continuing exploration in Reformed Irenicism. I plan to write about church history, liturgy, select theology, relevant socio-political matters, pastoral-devotional interests, and to give occasional…

The Book that Started It All

Steven Wedgeworth — May 22, 2025

The Book that Started It All

Well, sort of.  The name John Davenant was not exactly unheard of twenty years ago. Banner of Truth had reprinted his commentary on Colossians. But even still, his name was…

When Tradition Becomes Tragedy: Thomas Aquinas and the Immaculate Conception

Steven Wedgeworth — October 22, 2024

When Tradition Becomes Tragedy: Thomas Aquinas and the Immaculate Conception

Thomas Aquinas did not believe that Mary was conceived without sin.

Doug Wilson and Concupiscence

Steven Wedgeworth — May 16, 2024

Doug Wilson and Concupiscence

Pastor Douglas Wilson recently said some complimentary things about my essay on concupiscence in the new book Ruined Sinners to Reclaim. Thanks, Doug. And thanks to the Gibson brothers and…

Baptism in the Westminster Directory for the Publick Worship of God

Steven Wedgeworth — May 6, 2024

Baptism in the Westminster Directory for the Publick Worship of God

So I’m not a Presbyterian anymore. That’s old news. But I’m still reading a lot of the same books, and I still pay attention to the same time period of…

Halloween Revisited

Steven Wedgeworth — October 23, 2023

Halloween Revisited

10 years after uncovering the true history of Halloween, Steven Wedegeworth considers the holiday in 2023.

No Ashes to Ashes: An Anglican History of Ash Wednesday

Steven Wedgeworth — February 20, 2023

No Ashes to Ashes: An Anglican History of Ash Wednesday

Are ashes on Ash Wednesday really an Anglican tradition?

Protestant Social Teaching: An Introduction

Steven Wedgeworth — October 14, 2022

Protestant Social Teaching: An Introduction

Why the world needs Protestant Social Teaching.

Temporal Ceremonies in the Scots Confession

Steven Wedgeworth — August 15, 2022

Temporal Ceremonies in the Scots Confession

A series hoping to find points of continuity between the “Anglican” position on ceremonies and tradition and that of the broader Reformed churches would surely want to skip the Scottish…