Like the rest of society, the Church has developed systems of customs and protocols relating to forms of address, styles, and titles. Sure, there are those who disregard such things as archaic or pretentious. Though for many they are helpful and beloved ancient traditions that help their faith and life in the Church.
Regardless myriad of beliefs about the Historic Episcopacy and Apostolic Succession, we as Anglicans and catholic Christians have always held the episcopacy in high regard It is sadly obvious that by merely being part of this lineage has not always meant a preservation of the apostolic and orthodox teaching. Physical lineage may be important, but adherence to the doctrine and teachings of Jesus Christ handed to us by the Apostles is, and always should be, essential to the life and mission of the Church.
As the ACNA moves out of its infancy and a focus on parish church planting, we should consider the founding of other timeless church institutions, like cathedrals, that have the ability to fully and corporately live out the Prayer Book spiritual life that draws so many people into the Anglican Way.
Over the last decade people around the world have been exposed to the beauties of Anglican liturgy and music through a series of high profile weddings and funerals: The royal weddings of William and Kate at Westminster Abbey (2011), Harry and Meghan at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle (2018), Read more…
The Great Vigil of Easter is unlike any service of the liturgical year. It is my favorite liturgy and that of many others. I’ve run across many stories (including those told in Evangelicals on the Canterbury Trail) of people who have been drawn into Anglicanism (or other liturgical traditions) because they Read more…
For nearly 2,000 years Christians have prayed and sung in procession through villages, on pilgrimages, and in the church as both a practical means of moving from one place to another and as liturgical acts of devotion. The Anglican Litany was once the most popular devotion for Anglican Christians. At Read more…
The following is a list of various ancient and modern customs that can aid in setting Lent apart from the rest of the year.
A list of the essential and other helpful books and online resources for use in planning the liturgy and physical use during the liturgy.
Here are some of the best examples of each Christmas Hymn in the 1982 Episcopal Church Hymnal. Plus some bonus recordings!
The O Antiphons help us remember that Christ was the fulfillment of hundreds of years of prophecy and God’s promise to his people to send a Messiah. Likewise, in Advent, we remember these promises of Christ’s first coming and eagerly await His second