We finish up our discussion of the Apostles’ Creed from our diocesan catechism. We discuss the Communion of Saints, the Resurrection of the Body, and the Life Everlasting. Amen. The Catechism Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Quicunque Vult – The Athanasian Creed (~AD 500) Whosoever…
In which we discuss Christ’s Resurrection, Ascension, and Return, along with the Holy Spirit and Holy Catholic Church, along with a sidebar on the visible church versus the invisible church. The Diocesan Catechism Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6
Week 6 of our study through WH Griffith-Thomas’ book Methods of Bible Study, in which we discuss Proverbs, Isaiah, Lamentations, and Amos. We finish up the class discussing the “gesima” season of Pre-Lent and some Lenten issues. Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 On Septuagesima and Pre-Lent from our Archives Septuagesima on…
Editor’s note: This is our annual pre-lent post, originally published on our blog on February 12, 2017. It has slightly been edited to reflect our current liturgical customs. – IJR+ This morning we begin Septuagesima, the first of three Sundays in “pre-Lent.” This period from Septuagesima to Shrove Tuesday began as a way for monastic…
In which we clarify some previous sloppiness on the Trinity and discuss the Incarnation, especially clearing up some confusion about the Descent into Hell. The Catechism Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5
In which we look at some of the OT Books in more detail, including Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, and Psalms. Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4
Text: Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43. Though I had been raised 50/50 Episcopalian and Roman Catholic, in my teenage years and 20’s we were part of the Messianic Jewish movement, which usually shares basic theological assumptions with general Evangelicalism here in the United States. Since at least the 1970’s most of American Evangelicalism has defaulted to a…
In which we discuss the significance of belief, God’s Fatherhood, Sovereignty, the Sonship of Christ, and some Theophanies. The Catechism Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4
In which we discuss the New Testament as a whole, with sidebars on Gospel Harmonizations, Bible Translations, and the Authorship of the Epistle to the Hebrews. Week 1 Week 2 Week 3
Text: Luke 2:22-40, Malachi 3:1-5, Exodus 12, Leviticus 12 Even among those who are cradle Anglicans and have used the traditional Book of Common Prayer for their entire lives, there is a service, just past the halfway point in the book, that most of us have never seen “in the wild,” as it were. This…