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What’s the difference between the 1979 and 2019 Book of Common Prayer? Which Prayer Book should I buy?
What’s the difference between the 1979 and 2019 Book of Common Prayer? Which Prayer Book should I buy?

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 question might be improved, […]

By Joshua Steele|2020-12-22T10:33:48-06:00December 22nd, 2020|Categories: Anglicanism, Editorial|Tags: book of common prayer, questions, reader question|0 Comments

(Why) Are Priests and the Liturgy Necessary for Holy Communion?
(Why) Are Priests and the Liturgy Necessary for Holy Communion?

(Why) Are Priests and the Liturgy Necessary for Holy Communion?

Many people coming into the Anglican tradition from other traditions have questions. Quite often, these questions center on the sacramental nature of the Church.

This pattern makes sense. After all, the Anglican Church emphasizes sacraments more than some other branches of the Christian Church. All churches have preachers of the Word. Not all have a developed sacramental theology nor a formal […]