by Jonathan Warren. “People ask me, sometimes, if I am in good heart about being Archbishop … My answer is ‘Yes’ … But the phrase ‘in good heart’, gives me pause, because after all, we are here as a church to represent Christ crucified and the compassion of Christ crucified before the world. And, because…
Michael Ramsey, Conversion, and Christian Reunion
Introducing Michael Ramsey One feature of Anglican church history I am especially interested to highlight in these essays is the role that the Archbishop of Canterbury has played in crafting the temper and character of Anglicanism as a theological and spiritual tradition. For Anglicans, bishops are the chief symbol of Christian unity, and no episcopal…
The Broad Churchmanship of William Reed Huntington
Huntington’s “Church-Idea” Moving across the Atlantic, this week we focus on a prominent priest in the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States1, William Reed Huntington (1838-1909). In the great age of “church parties” or factions in Anglicanism that was the nineteenth century, Huntington was one of the leading advocates of church reunion, not only…
Edward Pusey and the Oxford Movement
Edward Bouverie Pusey (1800-1882) was simultaneously one of the most erudite and most polarizing figures in the Church of England in the nineteenth century. Along with John Henry Newman, Pusey was one of the most important leaders of the Oxford Movement1, a catholicizing reform movement in the Church of England committed to baptismal regeneration, Christ’s…
Welcome to the Team!
We are pleased to announce that we have added two new writers to Anglican Pastor. Canon David Roseberry will be writing from thirty years of pastoral experience. He is the planter and pastor of Christ Church, Plano, Texas, and was the founding leader of Anglican 1000. Fr Jonathan Warren works for InterVarsity Texas Christian Scholars…
Is Catholic Biblical? Does Baptism Save us?
In my “Journey” series, I mentioned wrestling with the question: Do catholic and biblical go together? One of the key aspects of this exploration was understanding the significance of baptism. What Do You Mean by Catholic? When I use the word ‘catholic’, I mean the ancient and continuing, shared and historic practices and theology of…
Denise Levertov’s ‘On A Theme By Thomas Merton’
Lent with the Poets #4. Series Introduction is here. Why are some writers of faith celebrated in American Christianity while others are not? That is my question about today’s poet, Denise Levertov. Among Christians devoted to the arts, Levertov is profoundly appreciated. Yet she hasn’t received the wider acclaim and affection that many afford to Frederick…
Quotes from Madeleine L’Engle
Humility The moment humility becomes self-conscious, it becomes hubris. One cannot be humble and aware of oneself at the same time…Humility is throwing oneself away in complete concentration on something or someone else. –A Circle of Quiet The Creed You can’t understand the Creed like your Baedeker guide to Athens. Its in the language of…
Rainer Maria Rilke’s ‘No One Lives His Life’
Introducing Anglican Pastor’s Lent with the Poets Series Today is a day of new beginnings for all of us walking this Lenten journey. Ash Wednesday began the Lenten season yesterday and we’re focused on living into the disciplines we’ve undertaken for these next 40 days. Today is also a new beginning for me as I join…
New Writer at Anglican Pastor
We are pleased to announce that Fr Jack King will be joining us as a writer at Anglican Pastor. Fr Jack will be writing a blog here called The Poetry of Faith. The blog title is a nod to Denise Levertov’s poem “Poetics of Faith.” His first series, beginning in Lent will be “Lent with the…
