GAFCON 2013 is over, and their Communique and Commitment is out. It may be premature to parse this document, but I will risk some early reflection and possible scenarios. The Anglican Communion has “instruments of communion” binding it together: primarily (and the only one, for example, formally recognised by my province) the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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People have been urging me to watch this week’s video by the Archbishop of Canterbury. And to post it. So I went to look for it. And indeed, as you see, it is a lovely video, beautifully edited, with very thoughtful content. And then suddenly, without any warning, in an otherwise exemplary, laudable presentation, there
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Filioque The “Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed” (normally referred to as the “Nicene” Creed) has Καὶ εἰς τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον, τὸ κύριον, τὸ ζῳοποιόν, τὸ ἐκ τοῦ Πατρὸς ἐκπορευόμενον (And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, from the Father proceeding) But the Latin text used in the Western Church has the Holy Spirit
If there is a spectrum – from those who treat communion as the reward for good behaviour to those who see it as one of God’s gifts to fix our human sinfulness – then I’m firmly at the latter end of that spectrum. So I pray the rumours are correct, and may Pope Francis work
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I want to think a bit more about processions. Too often they appear to degenerate to little more than a church catwalk where people show off their liturgical wearable art. Don’t they? If that’s what they are – I certainly don’t want to play. Let’s start at the end. Let’s start at the procession leaving
In a city that appears to be being transformed from green and gothic to grey tilt-slab, rectangles and glass, last week’s unveiling of a “living cathedral” concept (image above) for Christchurch’s Cathedral Square I hope will raise the level of architectural discussion in this one-chance-to-get-it-right city’s rebuild. I was recently in Napier, destroyed by 1931
The Lavabo refers to the washing of hands normally prior to leading the Eucharistic Prayer. This is the first post in a short series looking at this practice. I decided to write this post after a priest told me of criticism from some people when the priest had taken up the practice after reading my
