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The Philadelphia Ordinations: Some Misunderstandings

On July 29, 1974, eleven women were ordained to the priesthood in Philadelphia; they are commonly referred to as the Philadelphia Eleven. The Philadelphia...

The Tears and the Embrace of Ecclesia Mater

Eusebius of Caesarea is well known for his highly optimistic appraisal of the Roman Empire’s turn — first, in toleration, then, in support —...

Margery Kempe’s Strange ‘Forme of Levyngs’ and Lay Vocations

Every year The Living Church’s student essay contest draws several excellent submissions. The first-place essay will be published in the October issue of The...

The Role of Bishops in the Governance of the Church

At its General Synod this year, the Anglican Church of Canada will consider a Constitutional change that would diminish the role of its House...

The Episcopate in Anglican History: Received in Humility Yet Exercised with Responsibility

At its General Synod this year the Anglican Church of Canada will consider a Constitutional change that would diminish the role of its House of...

Common Prayer in America’s Religious Free-Market

By David Ney Contrary to popular opinion, America was not founded by Puritans. It was founded by many religious groups, including Anglicans. Indeed, the Church...

An Elegant and Multi-Layered History

Privilege and Prophecy  Social Activism in the Post-War Episcopal Church By Robert Tobin Oxford University Press, pp. 392, $35 Privilege and Prophecy focuses on the internal conflicts and...

Swedish Full Communion

An important ecumenical outcome of this summer’s General Convention in Baltimore was ratification of a relationship of full communion with the Church of Sweden,...

Too Much Missing

The History of Christianity in Britain and Ireland From the First Century to the Twenty-First By Gerald Bray Apollos Press, pp. xx + 693, $83.99 Gerald Bray’s work...

A Geography of Two Cities: Augustine’s Hippo Regius

By Edward L. Smither In St. Augustine’s magisterial work, The City of God, he sought to make sense of the believer’s sojourn in a fallen...

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