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Was there a reason for saying no to the RSVCE? Just curious.

There has been some chatter among the ACC clergy in my part of the world about authorizing some or all of the ACNA liturgy - though I don't think anything will come of it. I know in my own jurisdiction there are a couple of parishes that use one of the three-year lectionaries out there, but...

From glancing through the HWHM Calendar online, I didn't see any non-Christians unless one wants to be extra critical of the days for Righteous Gentiles and Genocide Remembrance. I can say it's a broader/more inclusive calendar than Lesser Feasts and Fasts had.

Exorcism does exist in Anglican churches. A standardized rite that is an equivalent of the Roman Rite is not readily available or published anywhere that I am aware of. This is something a priest would get from the bishop if/when it were needed. My grandfather was an Episcopal priest and...

I I'm the administrator at a Lutheran church in town and every year for Easter we participate in a large joint service and I have to purchase 20 of those wafers (some 400ish people come) as part of our efforts in 'hospitality'. As it was explained to me, someone who truly can't have ANY...

Indeed, that was what I rather crudely tried to touch on by comparing my two experiences in confirmation.

I meant in the sense that the ongoing conversation in the Episcopal Church on the nature of confirmation and the associated rites are simply not occurring in my jurisdiction because of our commitment to the classical liturgies.

I don't have a dog in this fight since I'm in a jurisdiction that uses the 1928 Prayer Book, but I thought I'd recount that growing up when I was confirmed in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, the pastor asked me “Do you intend to continue steadfast in this confession and to suffer all, even...

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Excellent news! I hope your time with your bishop is fruitful.

I used to have a Toomey cassock. They make good affordable products. Hope the exchange process is painless.

I may have missed the post earlier in this thread where you indicated from whom you purchased it, but would you mind saying what brand it is?

The answers you will get will depend on whether you're asking members of more progressive churches within the Anglican Communion or traditionalist groups with varieties in between. Not to push the question back on you, but if you were curious about the stance of a particular Anglican church we...

I don't usually think of what I'm doing in those terms and I'm not sure I've ever wondered how God "is doing" but the latter phrase "and how are you doing in his eyes" could be used to describe self-examin that takes place before and during the confession and absolution in the Holy Eucharist...

I'm sorry you've had poor luck talking to your Catholic priest(s) about this. I hope your conversation with the vicar is fruitful.

Greetings! The best advice is to take it slow and to pray about it. I would also advise you to speak to your priest. I am shooting in the dark here other than what you've stated in the OP, but it may be that you're just experiencing a "dry spell" and you're responding by reacting to what you...

I didn't mean to derail the thread, but the Three-legged stool is not a symbol that Hooker meant, nor is it part of the revival that took place in the 19th-century. Likewise, it is not a symbol that our Protestant, [Roman] Catholic, or Orthodox friends would agree with us on. In short, it's...

I personally think if we're going to insist on defining Anglicanism with the three-legged stool (which I think is a mistake) we ought to at least recognize that Hooker did not rank the three equally, nor did John Keble in his introduction to Hooker even as he elevated "tradition."

I am not aware of any Book of Common Prayer that mandates elevation - most actually seem to prohibit it by prescribing other actions. That being said, jurisdictions that use a version of the Anglican/English/American Missal will find elevation in those rubrics.

I may be wrong, but from my Episcopalian friends/family the reason seems to be that NT Wright has more "street cred" among the Evangelical wing than Tutu or Spong and that's why he's cited with some frequency.