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1 Alec Vidler on Christian Faith and Secular Despair Born in Rye
Alec Vidler On Christian Faith and Secular Despair Born in Rye, Sussex, son of a shipping businessman, Alec Vidler ( 1899‐1991)was educated at Sutton Valence School, Kent, read theology at Selwyn College, Cambridge (B.A. 1921),then trained for the Anglican ministry at Wells Theological College. He disliked Wells and transferred to the Oratory of the Good Shepherd, Cambridge, an Anglo‐Catholic community of celibates, and was ordained priest in 1923. He retained a life‐time affection for the celibate monkish life, never marrying but having a wide range of friends, including Malcolm Muggeridge, who was at Selwyn with him. Muggeridge’s father was a prominent Labourite and Vidler imbibed leftist sympathies in that circle. His first curacy was in Newcastle, working in the slums. He soon came to love his work with working class parishioners and was reluctantly transferred to St Aidan’s Birmingham, where he became involved in a celebrated stoush with the bishop E. W. Barnes, himself a controversialist of note. Vidler’s Anglo‐ Catholic approach to ritual clashed with Barnes’s evangelicalism. Vidler began a prolific career of publication in the 1920s and 30s. In 1931 he joined friends like Wilfred Ward at the Oratory House in Cambridge, steeping himself in religious history and theology, including that of Reinhold Niebuhr and “liberal Catholicism”. In 1939 Vidler became warden of St Deiniol’s Library, Hawarden (founded by a legacy from Gladstone) and also editor of the leading Anglican journal Theology, which he ran until 1964, exerting considerable progressive influence across those years. He also facilitated a number of religious think‐tanks in these, and later, years. -
The Messenger August 2020
The Messenger August 2020 Rector’s Corner With a few services under our belt now following the Phase 4 guidelines for returning to in-person worship, we continue to warm up the changes: two service times, masks, socially distant seating, no music or passing of the peace, and communion of one kind. These changes might have been, and may still be, difficult to accept, but you, the people of Grace, have shown the utmost patience and resilience throughout this pandemic. As we continue to adapt, I thought we might have a little fun with church history and go back in time to look at a few of the more curious changes that came out of our origin story, the English Reformation, and our roots in the Church of England. Henry VIII’s split from the Church in Rome in the 1530s plunged the English Church into more than a century-long identity crisis, with traditionalists and reformers playing tug of war for the Church’s soul, heaving back and forth on the rope that was the spectrum of catholic-to-reformed proclivities. All the while, the changing inclinations of the monarchy, now the head of the Church of England, dictated from above. Liturgically speaking, the way we conduct communion now is probably the most glaring change apart from the absence of singing. No longer do we use the altar rail and kneel. The congre- gation approaches the chancel steps single-file, and I dispense the body of Christ with a small pair of salad tongs I requisitioned from the kitchen and sanitized. -
Lent 2020 the Angelus a Publication of the Church of Our Saviour
Lent 2020 THE ANGELUS A Publication of the Church of Our Saviour Lent is a season of preparation for Easter. It begins with Ash The Season Wednesday (February 26 this year) and ends on Holy Saturday (April 11). The liturgy of Ash Wednesday, as found in The Book of Common Prayer, says that one should celebrate Lent “by self- of Lent examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God’s holy Word.” While there are many important liturgical feasts throughout Lent, as part of the Keeping the Feast series, we will mark the Feast of the Annunciation on Wednesday, March 25. Holy Week will begin on April 5 with Palm Sunday. That day we will have a combined 10am Mass and procession, followed by a simple Lenten meal. The last three days of Lent, which includes Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday, are often called the Holy Triduum. Our Easter Season will begin with the Easter Vigil on the evening of Saturday, April 11. During Lent there will be no flowers at the altar, except for Laetare Sunday and the Feast of the Annunciation. Alleluia will not be said during the services, and we will not say or sing the Gloria in Excelsis at the beginning of the Masses (except for the above-mentioned feast day). The verse of scripture which precedes the Gospel at Mass is called the Tract, since it is said or sung without alleluias. We will say the Prayer of Humble Access at each service. The liturgical color is a dark and somber purple, usually with silver, rather than gold, trim. -
Book Reviews the DOCTRINE of GRACE in the APOSTOLIC FATHERS
Book Reviews THE DOCTRINE OF GRACE IN THE APOSTOLIC FATHERS. By T. F. Torrance. 15opp. Oliver <8- Boyd. 12/6. Probably all students of theology must have noticed the significant change in the understanding of the term ' grace ' from the time of the New Testament onwards. Perhaps, too, they will have wondered how and why it was that the evangelical Apostolic message degenerated so completely into the pseudo-Christianity of the Dark and Middle Ages. It is the aim of Dr. Torrance in his small but important dis sertation to supply an answer to both these problems. He does so by taking the word ' grace ' and comparing the Biblical usage with that of the accepted Fathers of the sub-Apostolic period : the Didache, I and II Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp, Barnabas, and the Shepherd of Hermas. The resultant study has a threefold value for the theologian. It has, first, a narrower linguistic and historical value as a contribution to the understanding of the conception of grace in the first hundred years or so of Christian theology. As the author himself makes clear in the useful Introduction, this question is not so simple as some readers might suppose, for the term grace had many meanings in Classical and Hellenistic Greek. It is important then to fix the exact con notation in the New Testament itself, and also to achieve an aware ness of any shift of understanding in the immediate post-Apostolic period. The exegetical discussions at the end of each chapter have a considerable value in the accomplishment of this task. -
GENERAL SYNOD February 2021 QUESTIONS & WRITTEN ANSWERS
GENERAL SYNOD February 2021 QUESTIONS & WRITTEN ANSWERS This paper lists written answers to questions submitted under Standing Orders 112-114 & 117. The Business Committee agreed on this occasion to exercise the provision under S.O. 117 to allow members the opportunity to give notice of questions for written answers between Groups of Sessions. The next Question Time also including a provision for supplementary questions will be at the next scheduled Group of Sessions (not, for the avoidance of doubt, at the webinar for Synod members on 27 February 2021). INDEX QUESTION 1 ARCHBISHOPS’ COUNCIL Safeguarding core groups & confidentiality Q1 QUESTIONS 2 – 23 HOUSE OF BISHOPS Vision & Strategy: learnings from local views Q2 Vision & Strategy and Setting God’s People Free Q3 Mission & effective use of church buildings Q4 Optimum level for administrative functions Q5 Climate change: reduction in emissions Q6 Abortion: view about pills by post Q7 Abortion: response to Government consultation Q8 Holy Communion: individual cups Q9 Holy Communion: legal opinion Q10 Holy Communion: distribution in both kinds Q11 LLF: conversion therapy Q12 Transgender and same sex marriage Q13 Selection & same sex marriage: policy Q14 Selection & views on same sex marriage Q15 The Culture of Clericalism Q16 Bullying of clergy by laity Q17 IDG Report: publication & follow up Q18 Safeguarding: scheme for support of survivors Q19 Withdrawn PTOs: guidelines Q20 Safeguarding: costs re Smyth case Q21 Safeguarding: publication of Makin Review Q22 Safeguarding: protocols -
An Early Ecclesiological Tour
AN EARLY ECCLESIOLOGICAL TOUR In 1843 John Mason Neale, one of the founders of the Cambridge Camden Society, composed a short book on a subject that was beginning to attract good numbers of well-educated young men whose imagination was stirred by the drama of the Oxford Movement and the consequent attention directed to the condition of the nation's churches. The Camden Society had been established in 1839 to promote Ecclesiology - 'the study of Gothic Architecture, and of Ecclesiastical Antiquities', - and it rapidly became the main channel for the investigation of Gothic design in all its phases and for the consideration of the appropriate furnishings of an Anglican church in the mid-nineteenth century.i Neale was in his final year at Trinity College in 1839; by 1843 he was Chairman of the Society and already the author of numerous pamphlets on ecclesiological matters, often in conjunction with his close friend at Trinity, Benjamin Webb. The Society encouraged its members to undertake church tours, in a restricted locality, to record the contents and condition of churches in a systematic way, in order to create a register of the medieval buildings of the Church of England.ii During his undergraduate years, Neale made several intensive tours of different localities, which set the pattern for the perambulations that he described in his book of 1843.iii He gave this book an enigmatic title: Hierologus: A Church Tour though England and Wales. Hierologus can be translated as 'A Discourse on Sacred Matters'. The format of the book is modelled on Izaac Walton's Compleat Angler, where the interlocutors are Piscator, Venator and Auceps, the angler, the hunter and the hawker. -
The Cathedral Church of St Peter in Exeter
The Cathedral Church of St Peter in Exeter Financial statements For the year ended 31 December 2019 Exeter Cathedral Contents Page Annual report 1 – 13 Statement of the Responsibilities of the Chapter 14 Independent auditors’ report 15-16 Consolidated statement of financial activities 17 Consolidated balance sheet 18 Cathedral balance sheet 19 Consolidated cash flow statement 20 Notes 21 – 41 Exeter Cathedral Annual Report For the year ended 31 December 2019 REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Governing statute The Cathedral’s Constitution and Statutes were implemented on 24 November 2001 under the Cathedrals’ Measure 1999, and amended on 18 May 2007, 12 March 2014 and 14 January 2016, under the provisions of the Measure. The Chapter The administrative body is the Chapter. The members of the Chapter during the period 1 January 2019 to the date of approval of the annual report and financial statements were as follows: The Very Reverend Jonathan Greener Dean The Reverend Canon Dr Mike Williams Canon Treasurer The Reverend Canon Becky Totterdell Residentiary Canon (until October 2019) The Reverend Canon James Mustard Canon Precentor The Reverend Canon Dr Chris Palmer Canon Chancellor John Endacott FCA Chapter Canon The Venerable Dr Trevor Jones Chapter Canon Jenny Ellis CB Chapter Canon The Reverend Canon Cate Edmond Canon Steward (from October 2019) Address Cathedral Office 1 The Cloisters EXETER, EX1 1HS Staff with Management Responsibilities Administrator Catherine Escott Clerk of Works Christopher Sampson Director of Music Timothy -
St. Thomas the Apostle Anglican Church 110 Francis Street, Cambridge ON, N1S 2A1
St. Thomas The Apostle Anglican Church 110 Francis Street, Cambridge ON, N1S 2A1 “KEEPING IN TOUCH – February 2021” ********************************************************************************************************** Here’s Something Useful!!! (by Pat Fretz) “Magic Cleaning Solution” 1/4 c dawn detergent + 1/2 c lemon juice + 1 c vinegar + 1-1/4 water ********************************************************************************************************** RECIPE OF THE MONTH → “Hamburger Soup” (submitted by Kathy Brown) 1 ½ lbs lean ground beef 3 onions, chopped 3 – 10oz cans beef consommé 1 – 10oz can tomato soup 1 – 28oz can tomatoes 48 oz water 8 tbsp “pot” barley (not “pearl”) 3 carrots, chopped Bay leaf mushroom & chopped celery (optional) ➔ Sauté beef and onions ➔ Put all ingredients in a large 5 quart pot ➔ Cover and bring to the boil ➔ Simmer for 1 ½ hours or more, until the barley fattens Remember to remove the bay leaf before serving. Goes well with French bread or garlic toast. Any leftovers can be frozen to enjoy later. ******************************************************************************************************* A VALENTINE’S DAY JOKE What did the one sheep say to the other on Valentine’s Day? (I love ewe!) What did the other sheep say in return? (You’re not so baaa-d yourself!) 1 PASTOR’S PONDERINGS A season will end (Epiphany) and a new season will begin (Lent) this month of February. We will celebrate Candlemas (also known as The Feast of the Presentation of Jesus Christ), a Principal Feast Day. One of the oldest feast days of the Christian Church, celebrated since the Fourth Century AD. This day celebrates and echoes on the Light that pierces the darkness. Traditionally, candles are brought to the church to be blessed and used when the community gathers in worship, Word and prayer, whether at the church or in the home. -
Christian Public Ethics Sagepub.Co.Uk/Journalspermissions.Nav Tjx.Sagepub.Com Robin Gill
Theology 0(0) 1–9 ! The Author(s) 2015 Reprints and permissions: Christian public ethics sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav tjx.sagepub.com Robin Gill This special online issue of Theology focuses upon Christian public ethics or, more specifically, upon those forms of Christian ethics that have contributed sig- nificantly to public debate. Throughout the 95 years of the journal’s history, there has been discussion about public ethics (even if it has not always been named as such). However, Christian public ethics had a particular flourishing between 1965 and 1975, when Professor Gordon Dunstan (1918–2004) was editor. When I became editor of Theology in January 2014, I acknowledged at once my personal debt to Gordon. He encouraged and published my very first article when I was still a postgraduate in 1967, and several more articles beyond that. And, speaking personally, his example of deep engagement in medical ethics was inspirational. When he died, The Telegraph noted the following among his many achievements: He was president of the Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology and vice-president of the London Medical Group and of the Institute of Medical Ethics. During the 1960s he was a member of a Department of Health Advisory Group on Transplant Policy, and from 1989 to 1993 he served on a Department of Health committee on the Ethics of Gene Therapy. From 1990 onwards he was a member of the Unrelated Live Transplant Regulatory Authority and from 1989 to 1993 he served on the Nuffield Council on Bioethics. (19 January 2004) The two most substantial ethical contributions that I have discovered in searching through back issues of Theology were both published when he was editor and were doubtless directly encouraged by him. -
Completed Thesis
THE UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Human Uniqueness: Twenty-First Century Perspectives from Theology, Science and Archaeology Josephine Kiddle Bsc (Biology) MA (Religion) Thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy February 2013 This Thesis has been completed as a requirement for a postgraduate research degree of the University of Winchester. The word count is: 89350 THE UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER ABSTRACT FOR THESIS Human Uniqueness: Twenty-First Century Perspectives from Theology, Science and Archaeology A project aiming to establish, through the three disciplines, the value of human uniqueness as an integrating factor for science with theology Josephine Kiddle Bsc (Biology) MA (Religion) Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy February 2013 The theme that underlies the thesis is the challenge presented by science, as it developed from the time of the Enlightenment through the centuries until the present day, to Christian theology. The consequent conflict of ideas is traced in respect of biological science and the traditions of Protestant Christian doctrine, together with the advances of the developing discipline of prehistoric archaeology since the early nineteenth century. The common ground from which disagreement stemmed was the existence of human beings and the uniqueness of the human species as a group amongst all other creatures. With the conflict arising from this challenge, centring on the origin and history of human uniqueness, a rift became established between the disciplines which widened as they progressed through to the twentieth century. It is this separation that the thesis takes up and endeavours to analyse in the light of the influence of advancing science on the blending of philosophical scientific ideas with the elements of Christian faith of former centuries. -
From Texts for Common Prayer the Anglican Church in North America
From Texts for Common Prayer The Anglican Church in North America The Purpose Behind the Practice Christians throughout history have believed that worship is done not just with the mind but with the body and spirit as well. Here at Christ the Redeemer we fully embrace this ancient pattern of practice, and we attempt to engage all of our senses as we worship. Because there are some things we can't always see with our eyes, we do visual things —like wearing vestments (colorful garments) and following a cross—to remind us of the larger, spiritual reality of which we’re all a part, Prayer and praise, giving and receiving, standing and kneeling, speaking and listening, smelling and tasting, seeing and doing—these are all means to help us come close, in a physical way, to the spiritual reality of God. The guide you hold in your hands is offered as a resource to help you worship. You are welcome to engage at whatever level you are most comfortable. And no one is watching to see if you’re doing everything “correctly. “ In sincere worship there’s no such thing as a mistake, so just relax and go for it! We’ll be happy to answer any questions following the service. This symbol is a prompt for making the Sign of the Cross. May our Lord Jesus Christ abundantly bless you as you draw near to him today. It’s Okay to turn on your mobile device in church! If you’re using it as a digital worship guide, that is. -
P U Blic Wo R S H I P C O M Munion by Extension
P u blic Wo r s h i p w ith C o m munion by Extension C h u r ch H o u s e P u b li s h i n g P u b l ished by C h u rch House Publis h in g Contents C h u rch House G reat Smith Stre e t London SW1P 3NZ C o py r i ght © The A r ch b i s h o p s ’ Council 200 1 v Notes to Public Worship with Communion by Extension First published 2001 0 7151 2053 0 v i General Notes 1 Order One 1 7 Order Two 3 2 Guidelines issued by the House of Bishops 3 5 A Form of Preparation 4 0 General Rules for Regulating Authorized Forms of Service All righ ts re s e rve d . No part of th is publication may be re p roduced 4 1 Authorization in any form o r by any mean s ,e l e c t ronic o rm e c han i c a l , in c l u d ing p h o t o c o py in g , re c o rd in g ,o r any info r ma tion storage and re t r i eva l s y s t e m , except as stated below, w ithout written permis s i o n . 4 1 Acknowledgements Te x ts fo r local use: the a rr an g e m e n ts which ap p ly to local editions of services cove r re p ro d u c tion on a non-commercial basis both fo r a single occasion and fo r re p eated use.