A few years ago, a fellow priest (hi Jerry!) and I began using the phrase with which I've titled this post on websites and printed matter to refer to our traditional Anglican liturgy. We had realized that the word "traditional" had come to have some bad connotations...for example, to a Roman Catholic, it meant "all... Continue Reading →
ACNA Liturgical Revision
Many have asked in other venues about the ACNA prayerbook revision process that is ongoing. For those who are interested, here is the guiding principles that committee is following, and here is the Ordinal they have produced. This Ordinal is the first published liturgy from that group. They plan to have a Eucharist produced by... Continue Reading →
Anglican BCP MMXII
Here continues the discussion of traditional Anglican liturgy in contemporary modern English--without the blandness one generally finds in contemporary English. As the preface says: This book is intended for Anglicans regardless of ecclesial affiliation and churchmanship, yet it is the product of two converging paths. The first path is the desire of some for an... Continue Reading →
Apostolic Succession in Anglicanism: Preservation of the American Episcopate
In 1783 the Anglican parishes in the infant United States were in severe disarray. There were no bishops on the continent, and some were even beginning to consider abandoning the very concept of Apostolic Succession. The priests William White and Samuel Seabury, a former Royal Army chaplain, exchanged a series of letters about the future... Continue Reading →
Review of a Western Rite Liturgy
I have recently had the opportunity to examine one of the liturgies in use by the Western Rite Orthodox and must admit to no little surprise. Let me begin with some simple factual observations. To begin with, the liturgy includes with it a traditional Gregorian chant setting, the Missa de Angelis. In terms of order,... Continue Reading →
Ministerial Overkill
One of the more unpleasant things one can observe about liturgy is almost exclusively limited to the modern types of Anglicans, such as those found in the new Anglican Church in North America and its constituent bodies—at least those that still actually practice liturgy. Now, I’ve only seen the problem myself in North America, but... Continue Reading →
Praying the Office (part two)
As I noted earlier in part one of this series, praying the Office is a daily requirement for Anglican clergy, and a valuable and recommended practice for laity as well. For some Anglicans, it’s a simple matter of just picking up their BCP and Bible. Alas, for most of us, it’s trickier than that. For... Continue Reading →
Praying the Office (part one)
Praying the Office is a daily requirement for Anglican clergy, and a valuable and recommended practice for laity as well. For some Anglicans, it’s a simple matter of just picking up their BCP or DOB (the Daily Office Book, pictured here, which contains not only the Office, but all the readings from the lectionary, in... Continue Reading →
Communion, Anglican Style
One doesn’t have to go far these days to read in an Anglican service leaflet some variant of the words: “all baptized Christians may receive Holy Communion.” In some places there are additional notes like “all baptized and penitent…”, “all who believe the Body and Blood of Christ are truly present…”, "all who are permitted... Continue Reading →
Anglican Mass in Modern English – Beta
I have received numerous comments privately and on the Anglo-Catholic Central forum, for which I am very thankful. Please accept my gratitude, all who passed on your thoughts to me. As a result, please see the second draft of the Anglican Mass in Modern English. Again, I welcome your critique.
Anglo-Catholic Central 