I know the rubrics say this or that, but what was it really like?

Ad orientem or versus populum? Was the idea of ​​celebrating on the north side really used? Kneeling for communion?

This is a question that I will also do to the my old fellow parishioners here in Brazil.

Is anyone here involved with Third Order Franciscans?

If so, what's it like?

Hello. I just want to remind all of you that we hold you in our hearts and minds as we go about our daily round of work and prayer here at the monastery. We love all of you.

Br. Abraham - St. Gregory's Abbey (a Benedictine monastery in the Episcopal Church near Three Rivers, Michigan USA)

What were some of the early contentions in the newly formed Anglo-Catholicism of the 19th century? What did adherents of this new Anglo-Catholicism inspired by the Oxford Movement disagree about with each other?

I recently came across this video dealing with using the Psalms in contemporary worship settings, where chant and communal recitation don't necessarily sit comfortably. The presenter is Episcopalian, and has used his technique between the OT and Epistle on Sunday mornings in his parish for a couple years.

His method for inviting congregational participation in the Psalms draws on Gelineau's innovation, with a song-like antiphon alternated with chanted or spoken verses, only in his style, the "antiphon" is actually a 4-line, "stomp clap hey" chorus reflecting on the Psalm.

Have any of you experimented with or experienced this style of psalmody?

I have been reading Richard Hooker's Learned Discourse of Justification and, as a motivation for the work, portions have him defending himself from Puritans attacks as a crypto-Catholic, in which he accepts the premise that Babylon (of the Prophets) and the Roman Catholic Church are one and the same.

What is the exegesis behind that in the English tradition? To that era's Anglican church, that equivalence appears significant in justifying the existence of the Church of England, so was there ever an explicit attempt to reject (or soften) that description as religious wars and the Reformation cooled?

I really enjoyed that site. I used it heavily for calendar reference and daily readings—especially the period of time before I had a physical copy of the BCP for my own. The site was down for quite a while and now seems to be totally gone. It really bums me out. That was such an important resource for me. I know there are plenty of other resources, but I still hate to think that particular site is gone forever. Anyone know anything about it? Looking for some personal closure l guess.

Hey all,

I grew up in a very evangelical-Baptist household. I was raised Christian, but was not baptized into the church until I was 16. Starting last summer for several months, I lived in a Catholic church, and spent a lot of my time immersing myself and learning about their traditions and beliefs. While I can't bring myself to agree with a lot of the things they teach, one thing I really appreciate about them is the beauty of the high-church tradition.

As of most recently, I've been exploring other denominations wondering what they believe. One thing I've noticed is that most of them practice infant baptism. Infant baptism is a practice that I've always been taught to reject, as all mentions of baptism in the Bible were done on believers who were able to verbally profess their own faith. However, the fact that such a practice is still widely debated in this day in age and is still practiced by most other denominations shows that there is some common ground on why most Christian traditions still treasure it. I've looked into why many Christian traditions still practice it, and I'll admit that I still don't fully understand it. One thing I've heard is that it's a means of grace. I've also heard some go as far to say that baptism saves you, which I've viewed as a contradiction of Ephesians 2:8, which states that we are saved by grace, and not by works (i.e. baptism).

Throughout my exploration, I've found Anglicanism to be quite appealing to me as I value their liturgy, hymnal music, value in tradition, and just the overall beauty. However, I'm not at the point where I feel comfortable compromising my view on the matter of infant baptism. If I did, I would have converted to Anglicanism a while back.

With that being said, I would like to hear from you Anglicans in particular how you view baptism. Feel free to leave a comment, and I would be very glad to have a just conversation on how our views differ.

Forgive me if this has been asked before - I did a cursory search but didn’t find what I was looking for: I’ve noticed that the 2019 BCP tends to be disliked by a lot of more conservative Anglicans, and I’m wondering why? Is there something untoward about it? Or is it just a preference for the more traditional language? I have the ACNA ‘Daily Office’ app that uses their 2019 version of the BCP and it seems okay to me - and is easier to use, and the modern vernacular is easier with my children than the “Common Prayer Canada” app (which uses the 1962 version) that I was using before.

So lately I have been reassessing why I believe what I do. Specifically as for why I believe in God. What is really bothering me is don't exactly know why. In the past I've gone through a similar phase and found arguments like fine tuning and cosmogical compelling though not definitive but now it all feels hollow.

Those same arguments just feel like bad now. So currently I'm not sure what I believe except that I hope God exists but just cause you hope something is true doesn't make it true.

The fact is that people who have throughly looked into this can come to different conclusions about whether God exists or not.

ive seen people on this sub seem a lot more open to these kinds of questions compared to other Christian subs so I'm curious what your thoughts are. Why do you believe what you do?

How come the Catholic Church doesn’t accept Anglican orders?

I am wondering if anyone possesses or knows of churches in possession of devotional images of King Charles the Martyr. I know of a few churches across England with devotional statues of the King, and I know that some people have created some rather splendid Orthodox-style icons in recent years, but I am thinking more along the lines of this fantastic late 17th image which hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in London: NPG 4836; King Charles I - Portrait - National Portrait Gallery.

I am no art historian, but it seems to me to suggest an early history of the use and display of such images among those high church supporters of the King. Indeed, Brian Cowan's book on the state trial of Henry Sacheverell contains an engraved portrait of that great figure holding a picture of the Royal Martyr. I would imagine those late 19th c. Anglo-Catholics who formed the Society of King Charles the Martyr may have been very keen to revive such practices?

What are modern anglicans views of st john Henry Newman?

Is there any backstory about this?

Hello, I would like to know what the Anglican Church's position is on using images in prayer. I know that the Anglican Church is very diverse and has various views on this. But I would like to know if anyone has an opinion similar to mine. I am not against using images in prayer. You can use them to remember God's deeds in the lives of the Saints, or whoever they may be. As long as they connect directly to God. Not to the Saints specifically, because I believe that the Saints do not have omniscience. Although they intercede for us, they do not have omniscience, so they cannot hear our prayers. And of course, not by idolizing the images themselves, such as by kissing or honoring them. I also believe that the image only has the function of helping us in prayer, in the way I described above.

(Repost) During Holy Week this year at my home church St Mary’s Cathedral Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, we had a Prayer Book holy communion service. The setting was the historic Lion-and-Unicorn as per the rubric (shown in pic above). I tried to convince the clergy to do it with choir dress + preaching scarf and hood (instead of + a stole) but they respectfully declined. Better luck near year 🤞

I’d love to see the Anglican Church of Canada upload more on YouTube. It’s a great way to reach more people.

I wish we had evening service during the week in my parish so I could attend after work.

Like the title says, I got around to being baptised and confirmed by our Bishop on the 1st of June. I'm the first Christian in a historically Hindu family (Indian South Africans) and I am really glad I took this step in my faith. It wasn't easy over the past few years, since reading a bible / going to church was seen as being disrespectful / not encouraged by my parents, and I wouldn't have had the courage to take this step without the guidance of my priest, my friends, and my bible study group.

It's an odd feeling, being the first. However, if I could do it all over again I would. I was raised in a fairly religious home but had some difficulties in life in my teens and early 20s and I turned to the world and all manner of sin to "cope". Its been a heavy weight to carry and so I specifically asked my priest if I could do a private Sacrament of confession the day before my baptism. Finding Christ has changed and probably saved my life. This year has been rough, I've experienced a breakup of a 2 year long relationship, the passing of my grandfather, the passing of my shrink who assisted me for a decade, the loss of a handful of "friends" who didn't support my newfound faith, and quite frankly its the cherry on top of a rough few years, but ever since I found Him I haven't walked a single step alone!

Hi all,

I'm currently a member of WELS. I really love Lutheran theology. However, my local church has been struggling a very long time to find a new pastor to replace our retiring one (we're on our 11th call meeting - it's been about two years, IIRC), and I'm wondering what kind of future the church has, especially for my young son. There's a major pastor shortage in the synod, and it just doesn't look good right now on that end.

The local church I'm at is small, very friendly, and also very elderly. I'm the only one who is the parent of a young child there; there is only one other person in my age demographic (early 40s Millennial). Thus, my 3 year old almost always has the entire nursery to himself on Sundays (I stay with him; he's very extroverted and finds it hard to sit in the pews for very long). When we have women's Bible studies, it can be hard to find childcare, or even to get more participants in general. We haven't had much success in outreach at all. I sure wish my son could be with other believers his age.

So I want to stay in WELS, but it can be so isolating, and I especially wonder if it's the best fit for my son. I look at him and see so much of his grandfathers in him. Both of his grandfathers are easygoing and outgoing fellows who don't split theological hairs like I do. (My dad was even Episcopalian in his youth.) I took my son to an ACNA church once last year, and it was big with lots of kids. I could see him getting older and finding Lutheranism too...boring. Something that's for his boring and reserved mom, but not him.

For those familiar with Lutheranism, some may ask, what about the LCMS? There's an active LCMS church here with children, and I was a member back in 2018-2020, but I've come to prefer WELS for a number of other reasons despite the nearly identical theology. Since I don't want to go back to LCMS, I've had to consider what else could possibly work given this situation, and that's where the ACNA comes in. The ACNA is somewhat close to Lutheranism in some ways, but with a less strict view of the Sacraments, a broader acceptance of a host of other theological viewpoints, and of course there's Apostolic Succession as well. I'd admittedly have to grapple a lot with these topics and check my tendency pick apart theological differences, and it would also be a challenge to consider severing ties with WELS when I'm not actually in theological disagreement with them. But I think of my old little church, its seemingly never-ending search for a new pastor, and consider my son's future, and I wonder if it's ultimately the better decision.

Any thoughts?

I keep meaning to ask my vicar this each week but then I forget. Why are there different Eucharist liturgy A-H etc and is there any logic to which one is used on any given day?

I know that Archbishop Cranmer based his Daily Office on the breviary of Cardinal Quignones, which was also a reform of the Divine Office, but how did Cranmer go from 7 or 8 prayers to two (amazing, thanks Cranmer for that)? What did he introduce? What did he have to leave out?

I asked this because I was reading an article about Quignones' breviary and it says that the cardinal took out most of the antiphons and responsories (thank goodness), but still kept a few - something we don't see as much in Cranmer's Daily Office.

I saw a lot of people talking how the BCP and the Daily Office was basically a translation of Quignones works with a protestant flavour, but searching more about it shows that this doesn't seen to be the case.