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On False Prophets & Teachers

Scripture is littered with the motif of false prophets and teachers. But discerning them may be harder than we think.

As This Church Has Received It: To What Are We Vowing?

Clergy in the Episcopal Church vow to uphold the doctrine of Christ as this church has received it. What does that mean?

Christological Dispute Leads to Writer’s Banishment

Susanna J. Carlyon: “They have over-intellectualized and theorized it and come out with a dogma that doesn’t align with the Scriptures.”

On Doctrine: Seven Theses

By George Sumner “Doctrine,” which means “teaching,” has both more general and more technical senses. The former (general) refers to what a group...

The Logic of ‘But on the other hand…’

By George Sumner Every Christian doctrine involves, somehow or other, saying two things at once. This doesn’t point to an occasional knot, but shows the...

Respecting the Mystery: On Christian Doctrine

Christian doctrine functions, above all, as a safeguard for mystery. It holds in flaming tension what would otherwise devolve into drab truisms.

Seeing Ancient Words Anew: Looking through the Dictionary Darkly

The time between Easter and Trinity Sunday is ideal for instruction in trinitarian doctrine.

A Woman Can Be a Doctor

Four Women Doctors of the Church reinforces the hard-won wisdom that women can take “the initiative … to launch themselves into the life of the Church.”

Broadcast Honor for ‘Love Is the Way’

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s sermon for the royal wedding in 2018 wins the Sandford St. Martin Trustees’ Award.

Ordinariate Evangelism and Archbishop Sheen

Abp. Fulton J. Sheen: “The only way to win audiences is to tell people about the life and death of Christ. Every other approach is a waste.”

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