A Response to PCA’s CN Study Committee
The Presbyterian Church in America’s Christian Nationalism committee has released a partial report. It is a momentous piece of writing. It is to my…
E.B Pusey and Conscience as the Court of God
Rev. Dr. James Anderson, Carl W. McMurray Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Reformed Theological Seminary Charlotte, posted a helpful engagement at the intersection…
Origen on the Apostles’ Uniquely Inspired Discernment
We often depict Origen as a speculative, metaphysically preoccupied theologian with a penchant for heterodoxy. His down-to-earth text critical work on the Bible often…
Joseph Justus Scaliger on Calvin and Vermigli: Or, Always Check Your Sources
On quotations and secondary sources.
The Pope, the President, and the Protestants
The Middle Ages are back in style. Pope Leo XIV and the Trump administration are dueling over political theology. Jest as we might, the…
Was Jesus Poor?
It depends a lot on what you mean by "poor."
Philip Schaff on the History of Torture
In the 4th Volume of his History of the Christian Church, Philip Schaff devotes a chapter to the discussion of torture. Professor Schaff is wholly opposed…
J D Vance is Right About the Pope
Earlier this week, the Vice President of the United States of America made two controversial comments about Pope Leo XIV. On Tuesday, J D…
Lactantius Against the Use of Images in Worship
“For the likeness of a man appears to be necessary at that time when he is far away; and it will become superfluous when…
The Iran War Among the Magisterial Protestants
At The Telegraph this week, Tim Stanley, an Evangelical Baptist turned atheist turned Anglican turned Roman Catholic, posits that President Donald Trump’s Iran War…
“Christ, the Way and the Life, Crucified and Dead”: A Poem for Good Friday
After the Latin of Henrik Harder.
“Palm Sunday” (Edited)
A poem.
Nations as Brotherhood: Mazzini, Protestants and Christian Unity
Italian nationalist Giuseppe Mazzini was in many ways the father of modern nationalism. It may surprise 21st-century readers accustomed to thinking of nationalism as…
How Should We Think About The Liberal Trad?
Over the past five years or so, I have begun encountering a kind of person I call the “Liberal Trad.” The Liberal Trad fully…
The Matter of Meter: On Robert Herrick’s “Lord, I am like to mistletoe”
What can meter do?
The Cessation of Tongues in Classical Anglicanism
Anglicanism currently has a substantial charismatic element to it, particularly in the ACNA. Over at the ACNA website, they even have this statement about…
Doctrine of the Church in the Homily for Whitsunday
Whitsunday is the older English name for Pentecost. And there’s a sermon about it in the Second Book of Homilies. That sermon explains the…
The Art of Natural Law: Custom and Decorum
This title probably sounds boring to a lot of people. Don’t worry. I will get back to refuting the arguments for women’s ordination soon…
The Confession of Faith of the Global Anglican Communion
The recent meeting of the Global Anglicans in Abuja, Nigeria has left a little bit of confusion. What exactly happened there? I will come…
Poking Some Holes in the Lutheran View of Real Presence
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,…
“The Canaanite Woman”: An Epigram
A poem.
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…
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,…
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…
“The Canaanite Woman’s Faith”: A Triolet on Matthew 15:21-28
A poem.
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…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
Follow-Up on Women’s Ordination in the ACNA
My recent post on the women’s ordination in the ACNA has been passed around a decent amount. I’ve gotten a lot of direct feedback,…
Augustine on the Worship Due to God Alone
In Book 10 of City of God, St. Augustine contrasts the way that Christians worship God only and the way that the Platonists worship…
“After the Prophet’s Visit”: A Triolet on Psalm 51:4
A poem.
Philip Schaff’s Reading of Augustine’s Theology of the Eucharist
Many people are surprised to learn that it has been entirely common for Protestant theologians to claim the early church fathers as positive support…
Neither Dissembling Nor Cloaking in the Women’s Ordination Debate
The Anglican Church in North America is a house divided on the question of women’s ordination. It has been this way since its inception.…
The Historic Commination Service: What Was the Anglican Ash Wednesday Service?
A few years ago I wrote a historical study of the Ash Wednesday service in the Anglican tradition. The big surprise was that no…
“The Parable of the Sower”: A Triolet on Luke 8:4-15
A poem.
Disestablished Dominion: A Rejoinder to Alan Strange and James Baird
What did the Presbyterians who met in 1788 intend regarding political theology? If the amended Confession did fundamentally change the church’s ostensible relationship to…
De profundis: Two Triolets on Psalm 130
Two poems based on Psalm 130.
