So now let us examine some of the leading merits of the Church of England Prayer Book.
1. The amount of Scripture.
The first merit of the Prayer Book is the large quantity of God's Word which it contains. Very much of it consists of extracts from the Bible. A large part of the Prayer Book is the Psalter and the Epistles and Gospels. More than one half of the Church of England form of worship consists of selected passages of Holy Scripture.
2. The sound doctrine.
Read moreThis will tear the fabric of our Communion at its deepest level (our emphasis ed.), and may lead to further division on this and further issues as provinces have to decide in consequence whether they can remain in communion with provinces that choose not to break communion with the Episcopal Church (USA). Similar considerations apply to the situation pertaining in the Diocese of New Westminster.'
Read moreClaims the Dennis Canon failed to pass both Houses of the 1979 General Convention are unfounded.
While the minutes of the House of Deputies and other important papers from the 1979 General Convention have not survived, sufficient documentary evidence exists in the Archives of the Episcopal Church to cast doubt on published claims that the Dennis Canon was overlooked and not brought to a vote in the final hours of the 1979 General Convention.
Read moreHis first tome in a trilogy on the future of Christianity, The Next Christendom, served Western Christianity an eviction notice from the corner office of global Christendom in order to make room for its darker-skinned and modestly dressed replacement.
Read moreChina, devoured by hunger so many times in its history, now feels a spiritual hunger beneath the neon exterior of its suddenly great cities. Four hundred million Chinese on the prosperous coast have moved from poverty to affluence in a single generation, and 10 million to 15 million new migrants come from the countryside each year, the greatest movement of people in history.
Read moreIt is a threadbare, tired slogan, oft used by theological drag racers, short-circuiting on the fast track, that St Paul is "not a systematic theologian". What that is supposed to mean may be questioned. Holy Church is indeed glad to identify St Irenaeus of Lyons as her first "Systematic Theologian", called forth to answer the root-and-branch attack on Orthodoxy posed by the various strains of rampant Gnosticism.
Read moreThe tomb is located near the modern day West Bank city of Nablus, or biblical Shechem.
Currently, Jewish pilgrimage to Joseph's Tomb is legal only several times per year in convoys protected by the Israel Defense Forces. Still, some Jews regularly attempt clandestine visits to the holy site.
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Read moreThe report specifically called the Episcopal Church to "express regret" for their decisions, and place moratoriums on both same-sex blessings and the election of bishops living in homosexual relationships. The 2006 General Convention of the Episcopal Church elected not to meet these requests. That decision has since been reaffirmed by the House of Bishops and The Episcopal Church's Executive Council.
Read moreAnglican Catholic Church. 'We affirm that the Church of our fathers, sustained by the most Holy Trinity, lives yet, and that we, being moved by the Holy Spirit to walk only in that way, are determined to continue in the Catholic Faith, Apostolic Order, Orthodox Worship and Evangelical Witness of the traditional Anglican Church, doing all things necessary for the continuance of the same.' (From the Affirmation of St Louis)
Read moreWe need to remind ourselves that the Bible does not view mission and evangelism merely as a good idea or something to be done when people feel like it! The Bible talks of God as a mission God; his acts are saving acts in history, carried out with speed and diligence, and using men and women to accomplish his purposes. Biblical mission moves people to act with a high sense of urgency, faithfulness, zeal and passion for the salvation of souls.
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