tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27377575329896778902012-02-16T13:53:49.960-06:00"that faith which has been believed everywhere, always, by all." - St. Vincent of LerinsFr. Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522187323106539042noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2737757532989677890.post-22479291507806579072009-03-22T23:15:00.004-05:002009-03-22T23:43:11.847-05:00

Here is the follow up post by the beloved Fr. Doug. Fr. Doug is the Vicar of All Saints Anglican Church in Amaillo Texas. http://www.allsaintsamarillo.org/index.html I inserted two pictures. The first is Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop and architect of the Book of Common Prayer. The second is George Herbert, Anglican priest and poet.March 9, 2009After last week’s post, I received an email from a

Fr. Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522187323106539042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2737757532989677890.post-71803333836059246762009-03-19T13:44:00.001-05:002009-03-19T13:44:39.874-05:00

Greetings all.I haven’t had the time to post any blogs lately due to the fact I’m up to my ears in seminary assignments. So I thought I would post some articles blogged by Fr. Doug who is one of my current seminary professors.Mar 4, 2009How I Got Here from There: My Conversion to Anglicanism from All Saints Anglican Church by Fr. DougIt’s been said that a paradigm shift occurs for one of three

Fr. Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522187323106539042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2737757532989677890.post-45639257256315903592008-11-29T11:10:00.006-06:002008-12-03T17:26:26.002-06:00

I could have just as easily titled this post "How to find the true meaning of Christmas." It never fails year after year that I hear someone inquire about or pray for a discovery of the true meaning of Christmas. Usually what they mean is that they long for a meaningful Christmas. I think at least part of the answer is found in the observance of Advent.Advent is a time of preparation and anything

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This essay is designed to show that the ancient fathers taught a doctrine of Justification based on a non-meritorious faith and that the reformers were correcting Roman errors by returning to the doctrines taught by the ancient Church and Holy Scripture.The Early ChurchThe early Church’s teaching concerning the nature and purpose of Christ’s work of redemption can be summarized in the following

Fr. Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12522187323106539042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2737757532989677890.post-34191588679660821062008-11-13T22:15:00.006-06:002008-11-14T14:16:51.812-06:00

The purpose for this weblog is to raise awareness of the need for Christian unity - a unity based on and grounded in truth and not at the expense of it. St. Vincent’s Commonitory and especially the Vincentian Canon speaks strongly and relevantly to the Church’s current state of affairs.St. Vincent’s concern in writing his Commonitory was in his own words to "be able to distinguish the truth of

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Church and monastery of the Lérins AbbeySt. Vincent was a fifth century monk who resided at the monastery of Lerins in Gaul, the region we know as modern day France. He is famous for a treatise he wrote entitled "A COMMONITORY" which means a calling to remembrance. His stated purpose for writing this treatise is to provide himself with a general rule whereby to distinguish Catholic truth from

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With this initial post I begin with an excerpt from St. Vincent's "Commonitory." I've put the "Vincentian Canon" in bold type. Protestants and Catholics alike would benefit from a serious consideration of its implications. CHAPTER II. A General Rule for distinguishing the Truth of the Catholic Faith from the Falsehood of Heretical Pravity. [4.] I HAVE often then inquired earnestly and

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