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Downing Street has announced this morning that Jonathan Baker, currently Bishop of Ebbsfleet, has been appointed to succeed John Broadhurst in the Bishopric of Fulham. He will be moving to St Dunstan in the West Church in Fleet Street which will be the base for his ministry.
Bishop Jonathan grew up in Pinner in Middlesex, and [...]
By Edward Leigh MP, Gainsborough Standard
[...] I am glad to represent a constituency in which people are quite ready to write to me letting me know of the issues and matters which concern them most. No subject has ever been the cause of greater concern to those in Gainsborough who write to me than that [...].jpg)
by John Bingham, Telegraph
The Church of England is in danger of losing the trust of millions of worshippers because of “ridiculous” secrecy over the choice of the next Archbishop of Canterbury, clergy have warned.
The committee choosing the next leader of the world’s 77 million Anglicans is facing growing discontent from within the Church amid [...]
By Eric Mataxas, LifeSite News
By now you’ve no doubt heard of Malala Yousuzai, the 14-year-old Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban for supporting education for girls. What happened to Malala has become a cause célèbre for the treatment of females around the world, and particularly in Muslim-majority nations.
According to the United Nations [...]
: 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 , October 31, 2012 Reformation Day On 31 Oct 1517 the Eve of All Saints Brother Martin Luther a Augustinian Friar posted his 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church , Wittenberg , Saxony outlining erroneous and corrupt practices taking place in the medieval . Church Through the centuries the story has been twisted to sound as if Br . Martin was making a declaration of war against the Church and Bishop of Rome , this is a totally false view of the event . Luther had been intending to reform the Church from within and not to split from the Roman Communion . Of course challenging a fragmented and corrupt ChurchBy George Conger, Anglican Ink
Tyranny of the majority can destroy the Middle East's new democracies
Democracy can kill a society unless it is tempered with a respect for human rights and equality, the former Bishop of Rochester told a London audience last week in a forum devoted to “Christianity at a Crossroads in the Middle East.”
Speaking [...]
By Ed West, Telegraph
As Rowan Williams retires as Archbishop of Canterbury Martin Bashir in the Mail pays tribute to his work:
His has been a miserable tenure marked by the sharpest theological divisions within the worldwide Anglican Church, the deepest entrenchment and animosity between evangelical and liberal clergy and, worst of all, the most foggy and [...]
By John Smeaton, SPUC
On 1 October, Anthony McCarthy, SPUC's education and publications manager, debated at University College Cork Philosophical Society on the subject of same-sex marriage.
Also opposing same-sex marriage was Brendan O'Neill, editor of Spiked Online. Speaking in favour of same-sex marriage were Katherine Zappone, a lesbian senator from Canada, and Max Krzyzanowski, an Irish [...].bmp)
The Culture (The Times) 28 October page 56 “Earlier this year, Boris Johnson banned Christian groups from advertising gay-conversion therapy on London buses, but in Bible Belt America, that therapy is a popular choice for men with same-sex attraction”, introducing “Stacey Dooley in the USA – Meeting people who have undergone or are going through [...]From Christian Today
The Parliamentary Officer of the Catholic Church in Scotland has attacked gay lobby group Stonewall for "disparaging" those who do not share its views.
Scottish Catholic leaders Cardinal Keith O' Brien and Archbishop Philip Tartaglia are among the nominations for the group's 'Bigot of the Year' award.
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Please plan and plead so that there might be proper provision in the Church of England for orthodox Christians who cannot accept the ministryof a female bishop.
Prayer for today from Daniel's prayer
Give thanks that God is great and awesome, with a mighty hand, able to do all things, so we can plead with [...]Christian Concern Press Release
Two of Britain’s best-known banks have threatened to withdraw their support for a Stonewall event unless the campaign group drops the controversial ‘Bigot of the Year’ award at this Thursday’s (01NOV) awards dinner.
Following action by Christian Concern, the banks’ statements come in email responses to members of the public who have expressed [...]By Joseph Backholme, Family Policy Institute of Washington
Every time someone mentions the fact that individuals have been sued or fired because of their beliefs about marriage, those trying to redefine marriage scoff, “Impossible”. Every time we mention the fact that children have been taught about same-sex “marriage” in public schools they’re outraged by the lies [...]By Chris Sugden, Evangelicals Now
The gay marriage debate is international. The British Prime Minister is committed to it and in 2011 linked British Overseas Aid to similar developments in human rights in receiver countries. It is debated at the United Nations and the Organisation for Security and Co-Operation in Europe. In South Africa an Anglican [...]By Rupert Shortt, Telegraph
Imagine the unspeakable fury that would erupt across the Islamic world if a Christian-led government in Khartoum had been responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Sudanese Muslims over the past 30 years. Or if Christian gunmen were firebombing mosques in Iraq during Friday prayers. Or if Muslim girls in [...].jpg)
By Kirsten Andersen, LifeSite News
They used to call them “swingers.” Not anymore. These days, like most “alternative lifestyle” groups, they’ve adopted a new, more clinical-sounding description – polyamorist – and incorporated it into the names of a small but growing number of advocacy and social networking organizations.
As the battle over the true definition of marriage [...]
: 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 , October 30, 2012 Marcellus the Centurion The best known of the saints called Marcellus was a centurion in the reign of the Emperor Diocletian . Christians were soldiers in the Roman legions but , during the feasting and merrymaking at Tangier that accompanied the celebration of the emperor's birthday , Marcellus found he could be one no longer . He dropped his soldier's belt , the sign of his allegiance , by the standards of the legion , and threw down his cane--his symbol of authority as an officer--and his arms . I serve Jesus Christ , the eternal king , he said , from now on I serve your emperors no more . TheBy Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali, Res Publica
There has been a good press for marriage lately. More people are marrying and more people are staying married. This is welcome news. I have recently been with a number of community groups that promote marriage in schools, colleges and generally in society. This has been an encouraging and hopeful [...].jpg)
By John Richardson
[..] My eye was particularly caught by the section attached as an annex, which sets out the legal advice given to the bishops. Of particular importance is paragraph 4. As many readers will know, the ‘phrase which pays’ in Clause 5(1)c is now that the Code of Practice (yet to be written) will [...]
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. 13 These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are
Bishop Ian Anderson in response to my e-mail inquiry refused to say which prayer book his denomination uses and whether or not his denomination approves of high church Arminianism. As you can guess this usually indicates a high church view on such matters. (See: Ian Anderson's blog. No, he's not the British rocker from the band Jethro Tull).
The theology of glory seems to have infected : 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 , October 29, 2012 James Hannington was born at Hurstpierpoint in Sussex , England , on 3 September 1847. A poor scholar , he left school at fifteen to work in his father's Brighton counting house . At twenty-one , Hannington decided to pursue a clerical career , and entered university at St . Mary's Hall , Oxford , where he again proved to be a desultory student . In 1872, the death of his mother spurred a change in Hannington's life : he was awarded his B.A . and on 1 March 1874 was ordained as a deacon , and took charge of the small parish of Trentishoe in . Devon Around 1882, Hannington heard of the murder of: 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 , October 28, 2012 The 21st Sunday After Trinity The . Collect GRANT , we beseech thee , merciful Lord , to thy faithful people pardon and peace , that they may be cleansed from all their sins , and serve thee with a quiet mind through Jesus Christ our Lord . . Amen The Epistle Ephesians vi . 10. MY brethren , be strong in the Lord , and in the power of his might . Put on the whole armour of God , that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil . For we wrestle not against flesh and blood , but against principalities , against powers , against the rulers of the darkness of this world , against spiritual: 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 , October 27, 2012 Frumentius of Ethiopia Of Lebanese origin , brother of Saint Aedeius . Student of the philosopher Meropius . While on a voyage on the Red Sea , the ship wrecked on the Ethiopian shore , and only Frumentius and Aedeius survived . They were taken to the king at Axum as a curiosity , and became members of the court , Frumentius serving as . secretary When the king died they stayed as part of the queen‘s court . She permitted them to introduce Christianity to the country , and open trade between Ethiopia and the west . Frumentius convinced Saint Athanasius of Alexandria to send missionaries from: 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 , October 26, 2012 Alfred the Great Old English : Ælfrēd , Ælfrǣd , elf counsel 849 26 October 899 was King of Wessex from 871 to 899. Alfred is noted for his defence of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of southern England against the Vikings , becoming the only English monarch to be accorded the epithet the Great Alfred was the first King of the West Saxons to style himself King of the Anglo-Saxons Details of his life are described in a work by the Welsh scholar and bishop Asser . Alfred was a learned man who encouraged education and improved his kingdom's legal system and military structure . He is regarded as a saint by: 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 , October 24, 2012 The Martyrs of Najran Najran was a predominantly Christian city in the ancient Himyarite Kingdom of Yemen . The kingdom was known for it's religious diversity with the majority being of the Jewish faith and after some initial problems , Christianity had flourished in the . area Some members of the Himyarite nobility saw Christianity as a threat , not for religious reasons , but saw it as an extension of Byzantine and Ethiopian influence , yet it was tolerated . In A.D . 517 Yūsuf Dhū Nuwas Dunaan usurped the throne and combined political and religious reasons as justification for a pogrom: 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 , October 23, 2012 James of Jerusalem Hebrew : יעקב or Jacob Greek Iάκωβος died 62AD also known as James of Jerusalem , James Adelphotheos , James , the Brother of the Lord , was an important figure in Early Christianity . According to Christian tradition , he was the first Bishop of Jerusalem , the author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament , and the first of the Seventy of St . Luke 10:1–20. Paul of Tarsus in Galatians 2:9 KJV characterized James as such : James , Cephas , and John , who seemed to be pillars He is described in the New Testament as a brother of the Lord and in the Liturgy of St James as: 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 , October 22, 2012 Mellon of Rouen A Brythonic pagan , Mellon traveled to Rome , Italy to bring tribute to the emperor from the British Isles . While making a sacrifice to the god Mars , he heard Pope Stephen I preaching nearby . He soon after converted to Christianity , and was baptized by Stephen . He sold his property , gave it to the poor , studied further , and was ordained . He was led to evangelize the area of Rouen in modern France . First bishop of Rouen . Healer and miracle . worker Propers for Mellon Bishop and Evangelist The Collect ALMIGHTY and everlasting God , we thank thee for thy servant Mellon ,: 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 , October 21, 2012 The 20th Sunday After Trinity The . Collect ALMIGHTY and most merciful God , of thy bountiful goodness keep us , we beseech thee , from all things that may hurt us that we , being ready both in body and soul , may cheerfully accomplish those things which thou commandest through Jesus Christ our Lord . . Amen The Epistle Ephesians v . 15. SEE then that ye walk circumspectly , not as fools , but as wise , redeeming the time , because the days are evil . Wherefore be ye not unwise , but understanding what the will of the Lord is . And be not drunk with wine , wherein is excess but be filled with 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 Sunday , October 21, 2012 Hilarion of Gaza was born of a Pagan family at Thabatha , Gaza in the Roman province of Syria Palaestina . He studied rhetoric in Alexandria and was there converted to Christianity . After that , he shunned the pleasures of his day and spent his time attending church . According to St . Jerome , he was a thin and delicate youth of fragile . health After hearing of Saint Anthony , Hilarion , at the age of fifteen , went to live with him in the desert for two months . As Anthony's hermitage was busy with visitors seeking cures for diseases or demonic affliction , Hilarion returned home along with: 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 , October 20, 2012 Acca of Hexham Grew up in the household of Saint Bosa of York , and became his spiritual student , aide , and travelling companion . Benedictine monk . Close friend of and chaplain to Saint Wilfrid , and accompanied him on trips to the continent . Friend of the Venerable Bede , who dedicated some of his writings to Acca . Abbot of Saint Andrews at Hexham , England in 709, nominated by Saint Wilfrid just before that holy man died . Bishop of Hexham . Built churches , and re-outfitted the principal church at Hexham . Had a beautiful singing voice , and encouraged the revival of vocal music 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 Friday , October 19, 2012 Jerzy Popiełuszko September 14, 1947 October 19, 1984 was a Roman Catholic priest from Poland , associated with the Solidarity union . He was murdered by three agents of the Polish communist internal intelligence agency , the Służba Bezpieczeństwa , English : Security Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who were shortly thereafter tried and convicted of the murder . He has been recognized as a martyr by the Roman Catholic Church , and was beatified on June 6, 2010. Born in Okopy near Suchowola , Jerzy Popiełuszko was a charismatic priest who was first sent to strikers in the Warsaw
: 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 , October 19, 2012 Henry Martyn 18 February 1781 16 October 1812 was an Anglican priest and missionary to the peoples of India and Persia . Born in Truro , Cornwall , he was educated at Truro Grammar School and St John's College , Cambridge . A chance encounter with Charles Simeon led him to become a missionary . He was ordained a priest in the Church of England and became a chaplain for the British East India Company . Martyn arrived in India in April 1806, where he preached and occupied himself in the study of linguistics . He translated the whole of the New Testament into Urdu , Persian and Judaeo-Persic . 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 Friday , October 19, 2012 Frideswide of Oxford c . 650 19 October 727 Old English : Friðuswīþ also known as Frithuswith , Frideswith , Fritheswithe , Frevisse , or simply Fris was an English princess and abbess who is credited with establishing Christ Church in . Oxford Born in Oxford , which was then in the Kingdom of Mercia , St . Frideswide was the daughter of pious parents , sub-King Didan and Sefrida . These two committed her to the care of a holy woman named , Elgitha , but , after her mother's death , Frideswide returned to live with her father . She persuaded him to build her a church at the gates of Oxford and ,: 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 , October 17, 2012 Nothelm of Canterbury was a medieval Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury . A correspondent of both Bede and Boniface , it was Nothelm who gathered materials from Canterbury for Bede's historical works . After his appointment to the archbishopric in 735, he attended to ecclesiastical matters , including holding church councils . Although later antiquaries felt that Nothelm was the author of a number of works , later research has shown them to be authored by . others Nothelm was a contemporary of Boniface and Bede , whom he supplied with correspondence from the papal library following a trip to: 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 , October 15, 2012 Teresa of Avila The third child of Don Alonso Sanchez de Cepeda by his second wife , Doña Beatriz Davila y Ahumada , who died when the saint was in her fourteenth year , Teresa was brought up by her saintly father , a lover of serious books , and a tender and pious mother . After her death and the marriage of her eldest sister , Teresa was sent for her education to the Augustinian nuns at Avila , but owing to illness she left at the end of eighteen months , and for some years remained with her father and occasionally with other relatives , notably an uncle who made her acquainted with the Letters: 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 , October 14, 2012 The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity The . Collect O GOD , forasmuch as without thee we are not able to please thee Mercifully grant that thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts through Jesus Christ our Lord . . Amen The Epistle Ephesians iv . 17. THIS I say therefore , and testify in the Lord , that yet henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk , in the vanity of their mind , having the understanding darkened , being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them , because of the blindness of their heart : who being past feeling have given themselves: 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 , October 14, 2012 Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky Schereschewsky was born in Tauroggen , Russian Lithuania 6 May 1831. He appears to have been named for his father . His mother was Rosa Salvatha . Orphaned as a young boy , it is speculated he was raised by a half-brother who was a timber merchant in good circumstance . Having shown himself to be a promising student , he was given the best education available and it was his family's intention that he become a . rabbi At age 15 he entered The Rabbinical School at Zhitomir and was responsible for supporting himself working as a tutor and a glazier . While at 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 Saturday , October 13, 2012 Translation of Edward the Confessor Edward was born in 1003. He was the last Saxon king to rule for more than a few months in England . He is called Edward the Confessor to distinguish him from another King of England , Edward the Martyr c962-979 In Christian biographies , the term confessor is often used to denote someone who has born witness to the faith by his life , but who did not die as a martyr . Edward was the son of King Ethelred the Unready . This does not mean that he was unprepared , but rather that he was stubborn and willful , and would not accept rede , meaning advice or . counsel: 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 , October 12, 2012 Edwin of Northumbria c . 586 12 October 632 633 was the son of Ælle king of Deira and seems to have had at least two siblings . His sister Acha was married to Æthelfrith , king of neighboring Bernicia . An otherwise unknown sibling fathered Hereric , who in turn fathered Abbess Hilda of Whitby and Hereswith , wife to king Anna of East Anglia's brother . Æthelric After the death of his father Edwin was deposed and exiled by Æthelric an usurper . Edwin traveled around the kingdoms of Britain and had found refuge in several royal houses , eventually marrying Cwenburg , Princess of Mercia . From