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November 22 2008 By virtueonline Subversion of the Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church:

The particular concern of this essay is that the measures now being taken by the Office of the Presiding Bishop and the House of Bishops to address this crisis lack an adequate constitutional and canonical foundation. Further, because of this lack, those who belong to TEC are in fact being confronted with attempts to address the present crisis by actions that effect changes in the polity of their church that are neither constitutional nor canonical.

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November 16 2008 By virtueonline The Book of Common Prayer and the New Settlement - Robin Jordan

The Common Cause Theological Statement articulates the following position on the 1662 Book of Common Prayer and the 1662 Ordinal:

"We receive The Book of Common Prayer as set forth by the Church of England in 1662, together with the Ordinal attached to the same, as a standard for Anglican doctrine and discipline, and, with the Books which preceded it, as the standard for the Anglican tradition of worship."

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November 04 2008 By virtueonline JERUSALEM: Archeologist finds 3,000-year old Hebrew text

The shard contains five lines of text divided by black lines and measures 15 by 15 centimeters, or about 6 inches square.

Archaeologists have yet to decipher the text, but initial interpretation indicates it formed part of a letter and contains the roots of the words "judge," "slave," and "king," according to the university. That may indicate it was a legal text, which archaeologists say would provide insights into Hebrew law, society, and beliefs.

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October 27 2008 By virtueonline Two Excellent Books, One Vital Conclusion - Robert J. Sanders

Richard Bauckham is professor of New Testament studies and Bishop Wardlaw Professor at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. His Jesus and the Eyewitnesses is a scholarly tour de force for his thesis that the four canonical gospels are immediate eyewitness testimony. In two cases, Matthew and John, the authors were eye-witnesses, while Luke and Mark were written by those who directly recorded eyewitness testimony, above all, that of Peter.

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October 19 2008 By virtueonline Can A Christian File A Bankruptcy And Not Violate Scriptural Principles?

* Romans 13 tells us that (v.1) the governing authorities are established by God, that the government is (v.4) "God's servant to do you good," and therefore that we are to (v.5) "submit to the authorities."

* In Titus 3:1, the Apostle Paul tells Titus to, "Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities ..."

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October 16 2008 By virtueonline LONDON: Communiqué from A Common Word conference

We wish to express our particular gratitude to the His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, for convening the conference in partnership with the Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme and the Royal Aal Al-Bayt Foundation, and for hosting us at Lambeth Palace. We are grateful too for the extraordinarily generous hospitality offered by the Colleges and University of Cambridge.

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October 16 2008 By virtueonline Ground-breaking dig backs Jesus' divinity

"One of them names a benefactor called Gaianus who is described as a centurion. Another mentions a woman called Akeptous who '...offered this table in memorial of the God Jesus Christ'."

The inscriptions cast more doubt on claims made by prominent atheists and popular authors that Jesus' divinity was an invention by the fourth century church.

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September 20 2008 By virtueonline God, Evolution and Charles Darwin

In the other trench lie the militant Godless who - bizarrely - wholly agree with the creationists. Darwinism, they proclaim, does indeed undermine religious belief and a good thing too. Darwin is their icon and they frantically genuflect before his image, in a way brilliantly parodied by the satirical magazine The Onion.

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September 12 2008 By virtueonline Are Religion and Peace Compatible?

But is it true, I asked, that religion has done more than anything else to inspire violence?

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September 06 2008 By virtueonline JERUSALEM: Wall dating to Second Temple unearthed

The sturdy wall, which is believed to have run 6 km. around Jerusalem, was previously exposed by an American archeologist at the end of the 19th century, the state run archeological body said.

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