Declaration of Dependence Christopher Wells September 24, 2020 Commentary, Ecclesiology, Editorial, The Episcopal Church By Christopher Wells All of you brothers over in Africa / Tell all the folks in Egypt, and Israel, too. / Please don’t miss this train at the station. / ‘Cause if you miss it, I feel sorry, sorry for you. —“Lo... Read More...
The Priesthood of All Believers: The Uses and Abuses of a Doctrine Guest Contributor September 7, 2020 Commentary, Ecclesiology, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By Elizabeth Anderson “A lay theologian,” the bishop said with obvious repugnance, “is simply a logical contradiction, which undermines the entire ecclesiology of the Episcopal Church. People who are compete... Read More...
Pandemic: 14th-Century Style Bishop John Bauerschmidt August 11, 2020 Commentary, Ecclesiology, The Episcopal Church By John Bauerschmidt As the church continues to respond to the coronavirus and the disruption that has resulted, the historical memory of an earlier pandemic lurks in the back of the mind, ready to be brought forward. We seek context and a means of understa... Read More...
Spiritual Communion and Eucharistic Ecclesiology Guest Contributor June 15, 2020 Commentary, Ecclesiology, Ministry, Ressourcement Pastors and theologians are searching for options for sacramental celebration while under social distancing regulations. Some proposals, such as “virtual Communion,” further perpetuate the individualistic tendencies that pervade American Christianity by obscuring the ecclesial contours of the sacrament.
Ascension and Anglicanism: Pandemic in the Church of England Guest Contributor May 21, 2020 Church of England, Commentary, Ecclesiology, Ministry By Simon Cuff Today we celebrate a feast in the Church’s year that often struggles to find a place in our theologies, though it is secure in our creed: the Ascension. Jesus is taken up out of the apostles’ s... Read More...
Is the Church Essential? Guest Contributor April 29, 2020 Anglican Church of Canada, Commentary, Ecclesiology, Ministry By Don Beyers Although it is too early for us to say how the COVID-19 virus will transform our church, we can be sure the implications of the pandemic will reshape ministry for many years to come. Yet I wonder, how might it change us today? This could be the... Read More...
Who Needs Catechesis? Guest Contributor April 23, 2020 ACNA, Catechesis, Commentary, Ecclesiology, Ministry By Alex Fogleman From the beginning, Christians have connected teaching and baptism through the Great Commission — baptizing in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and “teaching them to obey all tha... Read More...
Wanted: Field Guide to Adjudicate Communion across Distance Christopher Wells April 15, 2020 Commentary, Ecclesiology, Editorial, The Episcopal Church By Christopher Wells I come to the conclusion of my series on the visibility and invisibility of the Church (part 1, part 2, part 3). How to draw things together? Let me propose three, programmatic points th... Read More...
