JOURNEY INTO HOLINESS: PRAYING WITH THE TRACTARIANS (Part 2) Guest Contributor September 23, 2020 Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church By John Orens The first part of this essay explored the embodied character of grace in Tractarian spirituality. Yet we must recognize that it is precisely in this embodiedness that we are called beyond indiv... Read More...
JOURNEY INTO HOLINESS: PRAYING WITH THE TRACTARIANS (Part 1) Guest Contributor September 22, 2020 Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church By John Orens The liturgical debt Episcopalians owe the Tractarian pioneers of the Anglo-Catholic revival is incalculable. Although they themselves were not much interested in ceremony, almost everything tha... Read More...
The Flesh of the Mystical Body (Part 2) Guest Contributor August 18, 2020 Anglican Church of Canada, Commentary, Ecclesiology, Liturgy By Paul (H. Matthew Lee) What I have written about the fleshiness of the Mystical Body in the first half of this essay implies that an effacement of Christian orthodoxy might lurk behind the phenomenon of online worship as it has multiplied in the wake of t... Read More...
The Flesh of the Mystical Body (Part 1) Guest Contributor August 17, 2020 Anglican Church of Canada, Commentary, Ecclesiology, Liturgy By Paul (H. Matthew Lee) A quarter of a year has passed since the pandemic hit in the Western world, and most Anglican churches have been closed to regular congregations through this time. The bishops plan t... Read More...
Of Literal Resurrection and Spiritual Communion Guest Contributor May 4, 2020 Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church By Elizabeth Anderson There are a handful of predictable theological debates that seem to crop up at certain times of the liturgical year. Is purple the appropriate color for Advent, or is it blue? What theo... Read More...
Against Virtual Communion George Sumner April 14, 2020 Commentary, Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By George Sumner Since the rubrics clearly prohibit remotely consecrating bread and wine, the question of virtual communion is not one which could lead to immediate action, which is for the best. We can therefore have a dispassionate discussion of it. Fi... Read More...
Communion in Chaos in the UMC Guest Contributor March 27, 2020 Commentary, Ecclesiology, Liturgy, Ministry, United Methodist Church The coronavirus pandemic has shuttered United Methodist Churches throughout much of the United States. Over the past week Methodist pastors have made many difficult decisions. More are still to come.
Worship in a Time of Pandemic (Part 2) Fr. Matthew S.C. Olver March 25, 2020 Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By Matthew S. C. Olver Part one of this essay considered questions of administering Holy Communion during the pandemic as well as the question of whether or not to hold public worship. Today I consider the r... Read More...
