If you’re interested in the Book of Common Prayer, you should get yourself a copy of the “new” 1662 Book of Common Prayer International Edition. The editors of this new edition of the classic Anglican Prayer Book (Samuel Bray and Drew Keane) have done a wonderful job of making the 1662 BCP more accessible to a wider audience,…
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Best Bible Study Resources: Revelation
One of the great things about the Daily Office Lectionary is that it takes you through the majority of the Bible every year. If you’d like to learn a bit more about the books of the Bible as you work your way through, we’re compiling these “Best Bible Study Resources” posts for every book of the Bible….
Let’s talk about Baptism!
Last week in The Curate, we took a look at what Anglicans have to say about the meaning and number of “sacrament/s” in general. This week, let’s take a closer look at what Anglicans believe about the first of the two “sacraments of the Gospel,” Baptism! Article 27: Of Baptism Article 27 of the 39…
What even IS a sacrament, anyway?
One of the terrible ironies of church history is that the sacraments, which are supposed to both enable and embody our unity as Christians, have often been the source of intense division. But, as one of my seminary profs (a Lutheran) reminded us, the response to this division can’t be to ignore the sacraments! In…
🙏 How to pray the Anglican way [Welcome to The Curate!]
Welcome to The Curate (pronounced “kyoor-it”), a weekly curated email newsletter (get it?!) from Anglican Compass with the very best of Anglicanism, liturgy, sacraments, prayer, etc.! (NOTE: This post was originally an email sent to our subscribers on March 1, 2021.) Whether you’re Anglican or not, if you’d like your walk with Christ to benefit from the wisdom of…
The Historical Dictionary of Anglicanism by Colin Buchanan (Brief Book Review)
The 2015 second edition of Bishop Colin Buchanan’s Historical Dictionary of Anglicanism, published by Rowman & Littlefield, is an extraordinarily comprehensive and informative resource for getting a grasp on the historical breadth and depth of the Anglican tradition. Yes, the book is expensive, but it would be well worth the expense for an Anglican church…
A People’s Companion to Holy Communion (Brief Book Review)
The Seabury Society has published a slim volume called A People’s Companion to Holy Communion, meant to function as a guided tour through the Holy Communion service in the ACNA’s 2019 Prayer Book. As explained in the Preface, this book builds upon the 1914 work of Bernard Iddings Bell, The People’s Book of the Holy…
A Way with Words by Daniel Darling (Brief Book Review)
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I despair about the quality of online conversations among Christians. I’m sure that every tribe has their issues, but we Anglicans can be particularly menacing in Twitter threads and Facebook comments. We’re trying to chart a better, “clarity and charity” path forward here at Anglican Compass, but it’s…
Learning Theology through the Church’s Worship by Dennis Okholm (Review)
Theology and worship are, or at least ought to be, inseparable. Furthermore, every Christian is a theologian, not just the academics. And we Christians should follow the examples of our early brothers and sisters in Christ who “devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers” (Acts 2:42)….
What’s the difference between the 1979 and 2019 Book of Common Prayer? Which Prayer Book should I buy?
I get a fair number of great questions from our readers via our contact form (which goes straight to my email inbox). I’m going to start sharing some common questions and my answers in these blog posts. I hope they’re helpful. If you have a clear, charitable suggestion for how my answer to a given…
