Denominations
In a world wracked by division, the scandal of divided followers of Jesus does nothing to point to Jesus, his life and teaching, as source of unity.
ecumenism
Common Prayer is Broken
Common Prayer is broken. A significant proportion of the week may now be spent preparing the details of Sunday services!
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Calculating Easter
How is Easter Day worked out, and why is Western Easter different to Eastern Easter?
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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
We, in the Southern Hemisphere, are celebrating the Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity between Ascension Day and the Day of Pentecost, as originally suggested by the Faith and Order movement in 1926 and Pope Leo XIII in 1894. Christians, in the Northern Hemisphere pray for Christian Unity at a different time of year. Christians
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Christians are not United when to Pray for Unity
Northern Hemisphere Christians are praying for Christian Unity. Southern Hemisphere Christians will wait until June to do so. In a comment on the site, Anglican Downunder, Bowman Walton recently gave a very helpful summary of the origin of the Northern-Hemisphere Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity: In 1898, a priest and a lay woman organised
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General Synod 2016 & Liturgy (part 2)
Once again I declare: If you are not interested in the (possibly-esoteric) internal workings of Anglicanism in these islands in the South Pacific, come back here tomorrow, and read about something of more general interest in tomorrow’s post… I have received, in comments and offsite, requests for updates on the recent meeting of General Synod
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Anglican and Oriental Orthodox Ecumenism
The agreement from a recent meeting of the Anglican-Oriental Orthodox International Commission (AOOIC), Christology – Agreed Statement by the Anglican-Oriental Orthodox International Commission, heals the centuries-old split between the Anglican churches within the family of Chalcedonian Churches and the non-Chalcedonian churches over the incarnation of Christ. I highly recommend that you read it. Both families
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Archbishop Justin Meets Pope Francis
This month, Pope Francis and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin met for the second time. Some are often over-optimistic – organic Christian unity can be made to look just around the corner. A long list of documents agree on everything from the eucharist, church, ministry, authority, salvation, ethics, and Mary. There is not one single area
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