The Triduum – the most sacred time in the church’s year… The time encompassing the death and resurrection of Christ… Holy Thursday to Easter Day… These days are one liturgy of three interlocking rites… The Liturgy of Maundy Thursday The Liturgy of Good Friday The Great Vigil of Easter The Eucharist on Thursday evening, in
As usual at this time of year (and also other times of the year) I spot debates about how we are redeemed (“soteriology”). The debates can get heated. And do. People can get pretty heated about theories of creation also. I believe in the Creator; which means I believe we are created. I trust and
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Some are developing a new way to think about church; instead of thinking in terms of a solid wall or fence with “these persons are in – those persons are out”. Lots of people are doing this re-thinking. “Missional” and “Emergent” approaches are part of this. We are being reminded that in some places (eg.
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I am concerned about theological education, study, and formation within the Anglican Communion; especially of ordinands – and this ongoing in the life of the ordained; especially within my province; and also of all the People of God. My primary ministry is about this amongst young people. I pick up with interest the reports from
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BREAKING NEWS In a move that has taken many by surprise Pope Benedict XVI and Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams today signed an agreement on sacraments in cyberspace. The document, In recognitionem sacramenta in virtualis mundi (IRSIVM), has been years in the preparation. Theologians were caught out by the rapid growth of cyberspace and the
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Is the following a complete, formal sentence? “Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.” IMO it is not. As far as I can spot, in the new English translation of the Roman Missal the collect in every case is composed of two “sentences”
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I have regularly, on this site, pointed out when Roman Catholics and Anglicans/Episcopalians are praying the same collect/opening prayer at a celebration. I am no strong advocate of the new Roman Catholic English missal translation, but one thing that this new translation has done is made it more visible and obvious that Roman Catholics are
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Relatively recently I sought to go to a church service. I checked the church’s regular service times on their website. I could not go at the times provided on the site. Apparently, I later discovered, no one could. The regular service times had, quite some time ago, been changed. No one had updated the site.
