The Prayer Book's 2017 conference was held on the theme: Anglicanism: Catholic and Reformed - Revisiting the Reformation Legacy 1517-2017.It took place at St John's Church, Savannah, Georgia, from midday on Thursday 16th to midday Saturday 18th, February 2017.In the anniversary year of Luther's ninety-five theses which started the Reformation, this conference explored how Anglicanism emerged with an identity that is both truly reformed and enduringly catholic.And we are pleased to … [Read more...]
Sola Scriptura and the Anglican Way
By the Rev. Gavin Dunbar HERE IN THE SOUTH a lot of Episcopalians or Anglicans are Christians who came out of a Southern Baptist or Methodist background, and are either carrying that with them (‘conservatives’) or trying to escape it (‘liberals’). The result, it seems to me, is that when discussing authorities for doctrine, such Anglicans/ Episcopalians, both conservative and liberal, often fall into a false dichotomy.On the one side, there is an uncritical absorption of ideas from … [Read more...]
Scruton’s Church: A Personal History
Our Church: A Personal History of the Church of England, by Roger Scruton. (London: Atlantic Books, 2012.)One of the most interesting public intellectuals in the English world has written about his love of the Church of England and the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. Roger Scruton, author of books on art and aesthetics, politics, eighteenth century philosophy, religion, wine and hunting, has written Our Church as a personal history to explain his attachment to the Church of England.One might … [Read more...]