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Church Planting, Victorian Style

The Rev. Steve Rice reviews Anglo-Catholic Church Planting: Can It Work?

A Masterly Survey of Cathedral Histories

Simon Cotton reviews The History of England’s Cathedrals.

The Church of England After COVID: Quo Vadis?

This essay is being published jointly with Psephizo. The Church of England is beginning to recognize that the years of COVID had a hugely corrosive effect....

A Hymn for Queen Catherine

Ask Anglicans or Episcopalians how they, their church, and their tradition came to be, and the near-universal, reflexive answer will inevitably come back, “Because...

LLF Lead Bishop Resigns Over Conservative Appointment

The decision throws yet another twist into the Church of England’s contentious move toward blessing same-sex relationships, three weeks before General Synod is scheduled to convene and work on the next stages of Living in Love and Faith.

Quintet of Quips and Quibbles

I wrote these five poems  — four quips and one quibble  — during an eight-day silent retreat at the Jesuit Centre, St Beuno’s, North Wales...

After COVID: The Deepening Decline of the Church of England

COVID was bad for the Church of England. And new data show just how bad. Overall, the church lost one in five of its...

Thomas Becket: Martyrdom at Christmas

For nearly seven years, I worked at the Church of England’s Council for Christian Unity, as part of the staff of the Archbishops’ Council....

Love Amid War: St. John’s Day

In his Christmas message from 1942, the Archbishop of Canterbury, William Temple, contrasts Augustus’ empire — “it had been won by force and rested...

Two C of E Bishops: Same-Sex Liturgies ‘Illegal’

The General Synod narrowly approved prayers for same-sex unions in November.

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