Dear readers,

As the shadows lengthen, autumn approaches, the feast of St Michael and All Angels reminds us of Christ’s triumph over “the great dragon [who] was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray.” Our prayers are, as St Augustine says, so many javelins hurled at the adversary. And so, we pray, may it be with this Issue No. 13 of The Anglican Way.

The main articles found herein should ring the bell of familiarity to participants in our annual conference this past February in Savannah. These papers on the Eucharist were given on the second day of that conference. Neil Robertson lays the general theological foundation by discussing the Augustinian understanding of the soul that informs the Communion office in the Prayer Book. PBS(USA) Chair Gavin Dunbar explores the concept of eucharistic sacrifice in the – “our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving” – in that liturgy. And, finally, Samuel Fornecker, elucidates the rich eschatology taught implicitly in Holy Communion, most especially in the post-communion prayers and Gloria in excelsis (in its classical Anglican position). These are robust papers – expanded from their conference form – that will reward slow reading and reflection. Conference participants may wonder, “where is Bishop Ashley Null’s paper?” For that you’ll have to wait just a bit longer for the Advent Issue.

The regular features in this issue include seasonally-idoneous companion poems “On Dragons” and “On Seraphim” accompanied by brilliant original artwork by art editor John Hager. In our profiles series, you will find a piece on the non-juror Bishop Robert Frampton, by

John William Klein. In Dunbar’s catechetical series, I Am His, we begin part three, “A law to live by.” And, to round out this issue, Editor-in-Chief Alistair Macdonald-Radcliff reflects on the recent Roman honor bestowed on sometime-Anglican J. H. Newman.