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From Baptist Press
For Christians living in predominantly Muslim Egypt, the week of June 24 began with a heavy question: What does the election of an Islamic-fundamentalist president mean for the future of Christians in the country?
That question rings as loud as the cheers that erupted from Cairo's Tahrir Square when Egyptian officials announced Muslim [...]
Westminster Abbey’s Choir sang for Pope Benedict XVI, with the Cappella Musicale Pontificia ‘Sistina’, the Sistine Chapel Choir, at the Papal Mass marking the Solemnity of St Peter and St Paul in St Peter’s Basilica, Rome, on Friday 29th June, a historic occasion of great significance for Anglican-Catholic relations.
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From Christian Today
Ann Widdecombe will be speaking out against assisted suicide and euthanasia at a rally in central London next week.
The rally is a collaboration between Care Not Killing, Right to Life, CARE and the All Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group.
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From Christian Post
The Bishop of Leicester has acknowledged the need to reform the House of Lords but has raised questions about religious representation and the number of bishops.
The Rt Rev Tim Stevens, who is also Convenor of the Lords Spiritual, challenged the proposal in the draft Bill to leave the number of bishops at 12 [...]
By Brendan O'Neill
I want to argue that socialism is dead from the perspective of someone who considers himself a socialist. From the perspective of someone who believes that socialism was a spectacularly important and positive development in human history, but who also believes we need to be sober about the fact that it no longer [...].jpg)
By Damian Thompson, Telegraph
Where does the Church of England really stand on gay marriage? That’s a tricky one, but let me try to simplify things by presenting two snapshots of Anglican opinion.
The conservative point of view is that allowing gay weddings would “alter the intrinsic nature of marriage as the union of a man and [...].jpg)
By Michael Cook, BioEdge
The new government of French President Francois Hollande has announced that it will move soon to legalise same-sex marriage and same-sex adoption. With pressure building up in countries like the US, Australia and the UK, perhaps it is time to ask where the children for male couples will come from. This is [...].gif)
By Dr Lisa Nolland
Lisa Severine Nolland MA MCS PhD (University of Bristol). Convener, Working Party on the Sexualisation of Children, Lords and Commons Family and Child Protection Group, Westminster, Jim Dobbin MP, Chair. 29 June 2012 ls.n@talktalk.net
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By George Carey, Mailonline
You might think it ill-behoves a retired Archbishop to comment on economic matters about which I have no expertise, but the banking crisis is not merely a matter for the markets. The banking sector is an important part of the network of institutions which build a civil society.
Thus evidence of corruption in [...]
: The Ohio Anglican.blog Opinion , News , History , Information and Random Thoughts Of A Lost Orthodox Anglican Traditionalist Looking To Build A Home In Northern . Ohio Saturday , June 30, 2012 The First Martyrs of Rome Ancient Roman historians non-Christian relate the first wholesale massacres of Christians by the Roman government as follows : In the year 64, much of the city of Rome burned . It was widely speculated that the Emperor Nero had ordered the fire in order that he might rebuild to his fancy . In order to divert suspicion from himself , Nero accused the Christians of setting the fires , and had many of them put to death in various cruel ways : eaten in the arena by wild beasts , covered with pitch and burned as torches to light the Emperor's nightly revels , and so on . The.jpg)
By Kathy Gyngell, Mailonline
The number of violent and persistently badly behaved children is on the rise. More pupils are being suspended from school for abuse or assault.
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By Bill Muehlenberg, CultureWatch
OK, I have learned my lesson: no more writing about the “latest” cases of anti-Christian bigotry. That’s because as soon as the ink starts to dry – or rather, as soon as I have posted an article on this – it is already out of date. The cases are simply mounting up, [...].jpg)
Church Times Leader
THE General Synod is in trouble. In ten days' time, it is to consider giving final approval to the consecration of women bishops. In the normal run of things, this would be the stage for a general debate in which the participants return to first principles, examine whether the legislation does or does [...].jpg)
By Ed Thornton, Church Times
THE Government on Wednesday published its long-awaited House of Lords Reform Bill. As predicted (News, 30 March), it proposes reducing the Bishops' bench from 26 to 12, reflecting the smaller size of a reformed Second Chamber.
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by Peter Stockland, MercatorNet
If assisted suicide is legalised in Canada, we cross the barrier from civilisation to savagery.
No surprise I was in an outraged funk this past week over the decision by the Supreme Court of British Columbia to strike down federal laws against medically delivered suicide.
The judgment was, of course, morally horrifying, intellectually fraudulent, [...]
From Carolyn Moynihan, MercatorNet
[...] Meanwhile one American has been causing her own stir thousands of miles away in New Zealand and Australia.
Psychiatrist Dr Miriam Grossman has been giving talks in Auckland, Melbourne and Sydney on sex education and what young people are NOT being told about the risks of early and uncommitted sex. I was [...]
By Dr Lisa Nolland IMPACT ON THE CHURCH Though David Cameron initially claimed there would be separate marriage ‘tracks’ and that religious bodies would be exempt from performing SSM , this promise is looking increasingly unlikely to be fulfilled. According to various sources, if SSM is legalised, the local church will have to officiate at [...]
June 2012 From Christian Today A new Global Charter has been issued by academics and activists to uphold the right to freedom of thought, conscience and belief enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The drafting of the Global Charter of Conscience was overseen by English author and critic, Dr Os Guinness, and German [...]
From Stand Firm with thanks to Reading and praying this morning, I was arrested by the lesson from Numbers 16: …and the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Get away from this congregation, so that I may consume them in a moment.” And they fell on their faces. Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, put [...]: The Ohio Anglican.blog Opinion , News , History , Information and Random Thoughts Of A Lost Orthodox Anglican Traditionalist Looking To Build A Home In Northern . Ohio Friday , June 29, 2012 SS Peter and Paul the Apostles Tradition affirms that both Saints Peter and Paul were martyred in Rome under the Roman Emperor Nero in the year 67. However , their martyrdoms probably did not occur on the same day , and this feast puts them together possibly for the translation of their relics , rather than for the feast of the . martrydom It is believed Peter was crucified and Paul was beheaded . According to the accounts of Ignatius of Antioch , Clement of Rome , and Irenaeus , Peter most likely set up his apostolate in Rome following his governing of the Church in Jerusalem . Paul also preached in
June 27th, 2012 Posted in TEC | By David Virtue, VOL Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori released her Budget Proposal for consideration at the upcoming General Convention of the Episcopal Church this past week. Deep in the heart of her budget request was $2 million for 20 new churches. This is what she calls a [...]: The Ohio Anglican.blog Opinion , News , History , Information and Random Thoughts Of A Lost Orthodox Anglican Traditionalist Looking To Build A Home In Northern . Ohio Thursday , June 28, 2012 Irenaeus of Lyons pronounced ear-a-NAY-us was probably born around 125. As a young man in Smyrna near Ephesus , in what is now western Turkey he heard the preaching of Polycarp , who as a young man had heard the preaching of the Apostle John . Afterward , probably while still a young man , Polycarp moved west to Lyons in southern France . In 177, Pothinus , the bishop of Lyons , sent him on a mission to Rome . During his absence a severe persecution broke out in Lyons , claiming the lives of the bishop and others . When Irenaeus returned to Lyons , he was made bishop . He died around 202. He is: The Ohio Anglican.blog Opinion , News , History , Information and Random Thoughts Of A Lost Orthodox Anglican Traditionalist Looking To Build A Home In Northern . Ohio Wednesday , June 27, 2012 Cyril of Alexandria ca . 378 444 was the Patriarch of Alexandria when the city was at its height of influence and power within the Roman Empire . Cyril wrote extensively and was a leading protagonist in the Christological controversies of the later 4th , and 5th centuries . Saint Cyril is known for countering the heresy by Nestorius , which claimed that the Incarnate Christ was not fully and simultaneously God and man . He was a central figure in the First Council of Ephesus in 431, which led to the deposition of Nestorius as Archbishop of Constantinople . Cyril is counted among the Church Fathers
June 2012 From The American College of Pediatricians The core case against gay marriage is extremely simple: If a mother’s missing, that’s important; if a father’s missing, that’s also important. We should think of it this way: When you were growing up, didn’t you notice the psychological difference between your mother and your father? Wasn’t [...]: The Ohio Anglican.blog Opinion , News , History , Information and Random Thoughts Of A Lost Orthodox Anglican Traditionalist Looking To Build A Home In Northern . Ohio Tuesday , June 26, 2012 John of the Goths Saint John , Bishop of the Goths , lived during the eighth century . The future saint was born in answer to the fervent prayer of his parents . From an early age , he lived a life of . asceticism The saint made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem , and spent three years visiting all the holy places . Then he returned to his native country . At that time the emperor Constantine Copronymos the Iconoclast 741-775 banished the Gothic bishop , and the Goths fervently entreated St John to become their . bishop St John went to Georgia , which was isolated from the Iconoclast heresy . There he was
A resigned (retired) Episcopal Bishop was arrested and tried on charges of trespass in New York City. His offense? He joined (actually led) a group of protesters in their attempt to take over and occupy a vacant plot of ground that was owned by Trinity Church on Wall Street—ECUSA’s wealthiest parish. How does he [...]: The Ohio Anglican.blog Opinion , News , History , Information and Random Thoughts Of A Lost Orthodox Anglican Traditionalist Looking To Build A Home In Northern . Ohio Monday , June 25, 2012 Adalbert of Egmond also called Adelbert of Egmond d first half of the 8th century in Egmond was a Northumbrian Anglo-Saxon missionary . He was one of Willibrord's companions in preaching the gospel in Holland and . Frisia The Life of Adalbert is not rich in fact . He is said to have been born in Northumbria and , according to some sources , to have been first a monk at the Abbey of Rathmelsigi possibly on the site of the later Mellifont Abbey , Co . Louth and to have assisted in Ireland with the missionary work of Egbert . He then went in c 690 to assist Willibrord who had also been at Rathmelsigi in: The Ohio Anglican.blog Opinion , News , History , Information and Random Thoughts Of A Lost Orthodox Anglican Traditionalist Looking To Build A Home In Northern . Ohio Sunday , June 24, 2012 Third Sunday after Trinity The . Collect O LORD , we beseech thee mercifully to hear us and grant that we , to whom thou hast given an hearty desire to pray , may , by thy mighty aid , be defended and comforted in all dangers and adversities through Jesus Christ our Lord . . Amen The Epistle 1 St . Peter v . 5. ALL of you be subject one to another , and be clothed with humility : for God resisteth the proud , and giveth grace to the humble . Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God , that he may exalt you in due time : casting all your care upon him for he careth for you . Be sober ,
by LifeSiteNews staff Azim Shariff, a psychologist at the University of Oregon, studies the impacts of specific beliefs within religion on people’s behaviors. EUGENE, OR June 21, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Religions are thought to serve as bulwarks against unethical behaviors. However, when it comes to predicting criminal behavior, the specific religious beliefs one holds is [...]: The Ohio Anglican.blog Opinion , News , History , Information and Random Thoughts Of A Lost Orthodox Anglican Traditionalist Looking To Build A Home In Northern . Ohio Saturday , June 23, 2012 Audrey of Ely Ætheldreda , Æthelthryth , or Æðelþryð , c . 636-June 23, 679 Queen of Northumbria born probably about 636 died at Ely , 23 June , 679. While still very young she was given in marriage by her father , Anna , King of East Anglia , to a certain Tonbert , a subordinate prince , from whom she received as morning gift a tract of land locally known as the Isle of Ely . She never lived in wedlock with Tonbert , however , and for five years after his early death was left to foster her vocation to . religion Her father then arranged for her a marriage of political convenience with Egfrid , son
This declaration just came from the Standing Committee of the sovereign Diocese of South Carolina: 1. As the Standing Committee of the sovereign Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of South Carolina, we view with dismay and great sadness what appears to be the inevitable outcome of the 2012 General Convention of the Episcopal Church, [...]: The Ohio Anglican.blog Opinion , News , History , Information and Random Thoughts Of A Lost Orthodox Anglican Traditionalist Looking To Build A Home In Northern . Ohio Friday , June 22, 2012 Alban the Protomartyr of Britain St . Alban was born in the third century in Roman Britain , and was martyred around 304. According to the English Christian historian , the Venerable Bede , Alban was a pagan , and a soldier in the Roman . Army Alban offered refuge to a Christian priest named Amphibalus during a persecution . The priest ended up converting him , and when soldiers arrived at his home , Alban dressed in the priest's clothes to protect him . Alban was taken prisoner allowing the priest to flee . When compelled to offer sacrifice to the pagan gods , Alban refused to renounce his new faith
: The Ohio Anglican.blog Opinion , News , History , Information and Random Thoughts Of A Lost Orthodox Anglican Traditionalist Looking To Build A Home In Northern . Ohio Thursday , June 21, 2012 Onesimos Nesib in Oromo orthography , Onesimoos Nasiib about 1856 21 June 1931 was a native Oromo who converted to Lutheran Christianity and translated the Christian Bible into the Oromo language . His name at birth was Hika he took the name Onesimus after the Biblical character , upon converting to . Christianity The Mekane Yesus Church honored him by naming their seminary in Addis Ababa for . him Propers for Onesimos Nesib Translator and Missionary The . Collect ALMIGHTY and everlasting God , we thank thee for thy servant Onesimos Nesib , whom thou didst call to preach the Gospel to the Oromo: The Ohio Anglican.blog Opinion , News , History , Information and Random Thoughts Of A Lost Orthodox Anglican Traditionalist Looking To Build A Home In Northern . Ohio Wednesday , June 20, 2012 Macarius of Petra Bishop of Petra . Attended the Council of Sardica . When the Arian heresy began to spread , he changed his name from Arius to Macarius to show his opposition . The Arians , gaining power in the area , exiled Macarius to Africa where he lived the rest of his days . Propers for Macarius of Petra Confessor and Bishop The . Collect O ALMIGHTY God , who hast called us to faith in thee , and hast compassed us about with so great a cloud of witnesses Grant that we , encouraged by the good examples of thy Saints , and especially of thy servant Macarius , may persevere in running the race
: The Ohio Anglican.blog Opinion , News , History , Information and Random Thoughts Of A Lost Orthodox Anglican Traditionalist Looking To Build A Home In Northern . Ohio Tuesday , June 19, 2012 Sadhu Sundar Singh was born into a Sikh family in the village of Rampur Punjab state in northern India . Sikhism , founded about 1500 AD , is a religion that teaches belief in one God and rejects the caste system it had become one of the established religions in the area , standing apart from both Hinduism and Islam . Sundar Singh's mother took him to sit at the feet of a sadhu , an ascetic holy man , who lived in the jungle some miles away , while also sending him to Ewing Christian High School , Ludhiana , in order to learn . English Singh was raised a member of the Sikh religion . Prior to his: The Ohio Anglican.blog Opinion , News , History , Information and Random Thoughts Of A Lost Orthodox Anglican Traditionalist Looking To Build A Home In Northern . Ohio Monday , June 18, 2012 Bernard Mizeki Bernard Mizeki was born in Portuguese East Africa Mozambique in about 1861. When he was twelve or a little older , he left his home and went to Capetown , South Africa , where for the next ten years he worked as a laborer , living in the slums of Capetown , but perceiving the disastrous effects of drunkenness on many workers in the slums firmly refusing to drink alcohol , and remaining largely uncorrupted by his surroundings . After his day's work , he attended night classes at an Anglican school . Under the influence of his teachers , from the Society of Saint John the Evangelist SSJE: The Ohio Anglican.blog Opinion , News , History , Information and Random Thoughts Of A Lost Orthodox Anglican Traditionalist Looking To Build A Home In Northern . Ohio Sunday , June 17, 2012 The Second Sunday after Trinity The . Collect O LORD , who never failest to help and govern those whom thou dost bring up in thy steadfast fear and love Keep us , we beseech thee , under the protection of thy good providence , and make us to have a perpetual fear and love of thy holy Name through Jesus Christ our Lord . . Amen The Epistle 1 St . John iii . 13. MARVEL not , my brethren , if the world hate you . We know that we have passed from death unto life , because we love the brethren . He that loveth not his brother abideth in death . Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer : and ye know that
: The Ohio Anglican.blog Opinion , News , History , Information and Random Thoughts Of A Lost Orthodox Anglican Traditionalist Looking To Build A Home In Northern . Ohio Saturday , June 16, 2012 Joseph Butler 18 May 1692 O.S . 16 June 1752 was an English bishop , theologian , apologist , and philosopher . He was born in Wantage in the English county of Berkshire now Oxfordshire He is known , among other things , for his critique of Thomas Hobbes's egoism and John Locke's theory of personal identity . During his life and after his death , Butler influenced many philosophers , including David Hume , Thomas Reid , and Adam . Smith The son of a Presbyterian linen-draper , he was destined for the ministry of that church , and—along with future archbishop Thomas Secker—entered Samuel Jones's: The Ohio Anglican.blog Opinion , News , History , Information and Random Thoughts Of A Lost Orthodox Anglican Traditionalist Looking To Build A Home In Northern . Ohio Friday , June 15, 2012 Edburga of Winchester died June 15, 960 was the daughter of King Edward the Elder of England and his third wife , Eadgifu of Kent . There is little contemporary information for her life , but in a Winchester charter dated 939, she was the beneficiary of land at Droxford in Hampshire granted by her half-brother King . Athelstan She was a nun at , and possibly abbess of , the Nunnaminster in Winchester where she was buried . Following her canonisation in 972, some of her remains were transferred to Pershore Abbey in Worcestershire , which is dedicated to her . Her feast is celebrated June 15. In the: The Ohio Anglican.blog Opinion , News , History , Information and Random Thoughts Of A Lost Orthodox Anglican Traditionalist Looking To Build A Home In Northern . Ohio Thursday , June 14, 2012 Basil of Caesarea One of the Cappadocian Fathers , Basil was born at Caesarea in Cappadocia around 330. His brother was Gregory of Nyssa and his sister Macrina . He was a brilliant theologian , a founder of monasticism and a devout . bishop While receiving his education at the highly esteemed schools in Constantinople and Athens , he befriended Gregory Nazianzus , who no doubt influenced his decision to choose the monastic life . Later he was made bishop of Caesarea . Basil is recognized for his significant contribution on the development of dogma regarding the Holy Ghost . His efforts provided the: The Ohio Anglican.blog Opinion , News , History , Information and Random Thoughts Of A Lost Orthodox Anglican Traditionalist Looking To Build A Home In Northern . Ohio Wednesday , June 13, 2012 Anthony of Padua ca . 1195 June 13, 1231 also known as Saint Anthony of Lisbon and Saint Anthony of Padua , was born in Lisbon , Portugal , as Fernando Martins de Bulhão to a wealthy family and who died in Padua , . Italy Fernando spent the first twenty-five years of his life in Portugal . Desiring to become a missionary , he joined the Franciscans and was sent to Morocco to preach to the Muslims . His health failed , and he returned almost immediately and was sent to Italy , where he seemed headed for an uneventful . obscurity However , a conference of Dominicans and Franciscans was scheduled ,
: . The Ohio Anglican.blog Opinion , News , History , Information and Random Thoughts Of A Lost Orthodox Anglican Traditionalist Looking To Build A Home In Northern . Ohio Tuesday , June 12, 2012 G.K . Chesterton Gilbert Keith Chesterton usually called G.K . Chesterton or simply GKC was born in London in 1874. He became a well-known writer and lecturer . He was officially received into the Roman Catholic Church in 1922, but had been writing from a Romanist point of view for a long time before that . Some of his writing is specifically Roman Catholic , and in my judgement he sometimes takes a passing swipe at Protestant positions without troubling to understand them . However , much of his writing is generic Christian , and is read with profit and delight by many readers , theologically: The Ohio Anglican.blog Opinion , News , History , Information and Random Thoughts Of A Lost Orthodox Anglican Traditionalist Looking To Build A Home In Northern . Ohio Monday , June 11, 2012 Barnabas the Apostle Joseph , a Levite , born in Cyprus , whom the apostles called Barnabas son of encouragement sold a field he owned , brought the money , and turned it over to the apostles . Acts 4:36f This is the first mention we have of Barnabas . He has been honored with the title of apostle , although he was not one of the original . twelve His new name fits what we know of his actions . When Saul or Paul came to Jerusalem after his conversion , most of the Christians there wanted nothing to do with him . They had known him as a persecutor and an enemy of the Church . But Barnabas was willing: The Ohio Anglican.blog Opinion , News , History , Information and Random Thoughts Of A Lost Orthodox Anglican Traditionalist Looking To Build A Home In Northern . Ohio Sunday , June 10, 2012 The First Sunday after Trinity The . Collect O GOD , the strength of all those who put their trust in thee Mercifully accept our prayers and because , through the weakness of our mortal nature , we can do no good thing without thee , grant us the help of thy grace , that in keeping thy commandments we may please thee , both in will and deed through Jesus Christ our Lord . . Amen The Epistle 1 St . John iv . 7. BELOVED , let us love one another : for love is of God and every one that loveth is born of God , and knoweth God . He that loveth not knoweth not God for God is love . In this was manifested
: The Ohio Anglican.blog Opinion , News , History , Information and Random Thoughts Of A Lost Orthodox Anglican Traditionalist Looking To Build A Home In Northern . Ohio Sunday , June 10, 2012 The First Book of Common Prayer In 1549, under the reign of Edward VI , successor to Henry VIII , the primary language of public worship in England and other areas ruled by Edward was changed from Latin to English , and the first Book of Common Prayer came into use . It was first used on Pentecost Sunday , 9 June 1549, and the occasion is now commemorated on the first convenient day following Pentecost . The Book was the work of a commission of scholars , but primarily of Thomas Cranmer , Archbishop of Canterbury . It was based primarily upon the Latin worship tradition of the Use of Sarum similar to