Human beings, left to themselves, have imagined God in all sorts of shapes; but – although there were one or two instances, in Ancient Greece and Ancient Egypt, of gods being pictured as boys – it took Christianity to introduce the world to the idea of God in the form of a baby: in the
Archbishop of Canterbury’s Christmas Message to the Anglican Communion Read More »
In the midst of Roman Catholics re-translating the Latin original into better, more Anglican-sounding English, comes pressure now, from the pope and others, to move the Sign of Peace from the Roman Catholic position, just prior to communion, to the Anglican position between the prayers and the preparation of the gifts (offertory). The move is
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The third Sunday in Advent falls on 11 December to 17 December. Some Sundays during the liturgical year have taken their names from the first word in Latin of the Introit, the entrance antiphon at the Eucharist. Gaudete Sunday is one of these. The Introit is Philippians 4:4-6 Gaudete in Domino semper: iterum dico, gaudete
Bishop Phineas Angus Rody will not recognise the new “Anglican” North American Province. He thinks the founders of this province are bigoted and clearly prejudiced against homosexuals. “They regularly quote Leviticus 18:22 against homosexual activity, but they just pick and choose a verse out of context. Three verses earlier is a whole teaching for heterosexuals
New or True Anglican Communion – BREAKING NEWS Read More »
I THINK this badge has been fixed now! Thanks to the person who let me know it wasn’t working! I always appreciate being told parts of the site are not going properly – I am still very much a learner in HTML etc. 🙂 Many people like, from time to time, to add a badge
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Rev. John and Mrs. Margaret Merton (above) were among the approximately four hundred present at the service to remember and celebrate forty years after Thomas Merton’s death, in the Christ’s College Chapel where Thomas Merton’s father, Owen, would have regularly worshipped as a student. John Merton is a first cousin of Thomas Merton and is
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Wow! the Macpac advertising team must have sat around for hours brainstorming – and I really hope they charged the company like a raging bull to have come up with the profoundly creative, and seasonally appropriate advertising brochure “ADVENTure sale” (above). Is it just Christianity and its sacred seasons that is fair game for commercial
ADVENTure – Christians get over yourself Read More »
The internet is an amazing place! Cyberspace is a new land in which we find and create community. Recently someone contacted me: “I always enjoy your blog Bosco, but of late, it has been even more enriching. I love how your blog is a true ecclesia for so many – church is above all people
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