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  1. CanadianAnglican

    Do you commune when visiting other traditions?

    I do not receive from other traditions. The Eucharist represents the highest level of communion one can hold, and to receive in a tradition which denies fundamental tenets of the faith (including, ironically enough, the presence of Christ in the Eucharist) is to bear false witness to oneness of...
  2. CanadianAnglican

    Anyone up for a chat thread?

    My mother has advanced Alzheimer's and so far hasn't understood much of what's been going on, hence perhaps the picture might trigger something for her. Quick edit: for a sense of scale, that picture is probably a good 1/6 of the length of the church which is a completely rectangular building...
  3. CanadianAnglican

    Anyone up for a chat thread?

    Quick update. I can't remember if I had mentioned it before but the parish where I'm serving moved to a new building about ten years ago. The original parish building was a particular style of tiny wooden construction that was insufficient for a growing congregation (I was told at one wedding...
  4. CanadianAnglican

    Episcopalians & Liberal Anglicans: What do these Scriptures mean to you?

    While the language of the Articles is decidedly borrowing from the continental Reformers, I'm curious which doctrines you would suggest are significant breaks from the beliefs of the early Church?
  5. CanadianAnglican

    Anyone up for a chat thread?

    I'm one of those weird types that is in fact a morning person. So actually sleeping in is rather weird for me. I'm used to two services (most of the larger urban parishes have two, being some split between a BCP service and BAS service or said/sung). As for learning to worship in a new context...
  6. CanadianAnglican

    Anyone up for a chat thread?

    So this past Sunday was my first Sunday in my placement. All went relatively well. While poking through the dusty corners of the vestry we found a closet with a stuck door which when dislodged contained the old servers cassock/surplices, so that leads to more potential to establish a server...
  7. CanadianAnglican

    Anyone up for a chat thread?

    My rector doesn't even wear a cassock, so he's one to talk! He also admitted he hasn't actually read the Parson's Handbook. I'm thinking of getting him a copy as a parting gift when my placement is up. I actually love Dearmer. He's my kind of snob. I just happen to disagree with him that Sarum...
  8. CanadianAnglican

    Anyone up for a chat thread?

    One of the problems is that there is no seminary in my diocese. So rather than having the libraries distributed directly, you need to know the priests. I managed to snag some from another recently retired priest earlier this year. These ones were more memorable because the other priest was...
  9. CanadianAnglican

    Anyone up for a chat thread?

    Perhaps to add a happier note, a retired priest has been letting me pick through his library. I found copies of several out of print books (including a first Canadian edition of the Screwtape Letters from the 40s) and perhaps most interestingly "Readinerss and Decency" the manual of instruction...
  10. CanadianAnglican

    Anyone up for a chat thread?

    I did something similar to you, Shane. I ordered from Almy (big mistake, the surplice did not fit at all!) and then decided to try a place from Malaysia. The prices are similar to PSG, though I hadn't found them at the time. My cassock had come from these guys at took about 3 weeks (2 weeks to...
  11. CanadianAnglican

    Anyone up for a chat thread?

    We're going to see what my courseload is like. I preached a farewell sermon at my home parish, which the bishop happened to be present for (he lives in the parish and had a rare Sunday where he wasn't scheduled to be anywhere so he decided to come), but have no plans to preach again until the...
  12. CanadianAnglican

    Anyone up for a chat thread?

    A day and a half. Sunday and either Holy Communion on Wednesdays at the parish or Thursdays at the nursing home in town, plus outreach to the residents, and then a meeting with the rector on either Wednesday or Thursday after the the service. I'm trying not to judge too much since I've only...
  13. CanadianAnglican

    Anyone up for a chat thread?

    I've met the rector a few times and seem to get along with him, but I don't know too much about the parish itself beyond its size (75-100 ASA, which is considerably smaller than my home parish). They also lack a BCP service, so it's going to be a huge transition for me in that respect. I'm not...
  14. CanadianAnglican

    Anyone up for a chat thread?

    Today was my final Sunday at my "home" parish. I have been a regular member there for about 12 years, though my connection goes back about 24 years on my side (as long as the current rector has been there) and found out today that some members of the parish (through my grandmother) had been...
  15. CanadianAnglican

    what are your beliefs about the Blessed Virgin Mary?

    Mary as Theotokos or Mother of God‎: Theotokos, though I view this primarily as a Christological statement. She is the Ark of the new Covenant. Perpetual Virginity: Assumption: I hold this as a personal pious belief and promote it as such. Immaculate Conception: I reject this. I would have less...
  16. CanadianAnglican

    St. Lawrence Lounge (Vocations, lay-ministries, and discernment)

    Congratulations! That's wonderful news! May God inspire you more and more in your ministry.
  17. CanadianAnglican

    A Reasonable Sacrifice

    I think infant baptism should be discussed separately. In terms of intellect, my understanding would be it's an issue of competence/understanding. As creatures of God who have been given the faculties to understand what he has done for us, the only possible sacrifice we can offer in return (as...
  18. CanadianAnglican

    A Reasonable Sacrifice

    I would say yes, and again from that quote from The English Liturgy: "words which are based on Romans 12: I, where to the offerings of dead animals St Paul opposes the sacrifice which only a responsible human being can make, namely, that of himself." This suggests the importance of intellect.
  19. CanadianAnglican

    A Reasonable Sacrifice

    The book I quoted from actually discusses that in an earlier chapter. The quotation was a bit out of context but is more in reference to how that prayer helps to reorient the Eucharist back towards the more traditional understandings and away from the understanding that had become normative in...
  20. CanadianAnglican

    A Reasonable Sacrifice

    The English Liturgy: In the Light of the Bible by WK Lowther Clarke It's a wonderful book. The 1662 BCP Eucharistic Liturgy is divided into 40 topics so that the book can also be read as a Lenten devotional during the 40 days of Lent. I actually did that this past Lent and found it very helpful...