The Ascetical Theology of Augustine and the Book of Common Prayer
Both Augustine and the English Reformers knew self-denial was the only way to ascend to God.
Both Augustine and the English Reformers knew self-denial was the only way to ascend to God.
At a basic level, good liturgy is an insurance policy against bad preaching.
In the third book of his Institutes, John Calvin argues that the church’s worship should begin with a corporate prayer of confession: "Besides the fact that ordinary confession has been commended by the Lord’s mouth, no one of sound mind, who weighs its usefulness, can dare disapprove it....
