Received tradition, given faithfully

Biographies of common prayer · Part 2

The Collect for Purity: hearts open before God

The Collect for Purity carries a medieval prayer into Anglican common worship, asking the Holy Spirit to cleanse our hearts for love and praise.

Biographies of common prayer · Part 1

The collect for the Second Sunday in Advent: learning to hope

The Second Sunday in Advent’s collect asks God to make our hearing and reading of Scripture fruitful in enduring hope, grounded in his faithfulness in Christ.

The work of receiving

Early Anglican divines argued that reforming worship, doctrine, and ministry could serve the faith received through Scripture and the ancient Church.

The humanity Christ assumed

An Anglican case that women can represent Christ in ordained ministry through shared humanity and ecclesial commission, taking Scripture, tradition, and communion seriously.

Whose kingdom, whose glory?

Eusebius and Augustine expose the risks of giving rulers sacred legitimacy, and ask how the Church can keep its witness free to critique political power.