Anglican Aspirant Professor

This is why Anglicans need to be careful borrowing wholesale  from the Catholic Church. There is some great traditions, and some real poison in Vatican II church doctrine.  I even ran into de Chardin in an Episcopalian book on discernment.  The Church must discern when it borrows, otherwise we will get away from Christ and the Bible, and thusly stop being a church.

The Anglican Liturgical Calendar and Christmastide  is a great feature of the tradition. This article is a slog, but it really demonstrates the features that are part of Anglicanism. The yearly repetition of the calendar, having a balance in our worship and the full aspects of God and Jesus and the Scripture is very healthy.

China is also rewriting the Ten Commandments  and this is what would happen in any materialist society where progressives win. For other historical examples, see Korea under the Japanese, where they banned the Old Testament and Revelations, because of unpatriotic commentary.  I could pick any communist country in history to make the point as well.  Orthodox Christianity is a challenge to all forms of materialism. They have a theology too, its an anti-theology.

China goes after Christians  more and more often lately. Their hands off approach to unofficial and non party churches has been policy since the 1990s. It should be an obvious aside, but before that the Communists made it their full time job to kill, exile, and forcefully convert Christians. Now under President Xi, China is returning to classic isolationist East Asian policy. The Koreans in the last dynasty (Choson 1390s-1910) and Japan (Tokugawa 1600-1868) who both expelled and killed Christians because they fundamentally subvert the system. The Bible and Christ's message is subversive. Remember this in an age where materialist-progressiveness is rising in the West. Pray.

Reflections and Meditations: Why Anglicanism?            At its most basic, the answer is the tradition and depth: he apostolic tradition, the strong back-bone of orthodoxy, the international reach, and the ecclesiastical structure. Having spent my youth and young adulthood in various non-denominational and mainline churches, I saw them run into issues of argumentation and faith which Anglicanism addresses. Namely, no explanation where the structure comes from, no objective standards, and complete ignorance of history. Together, these contribute to a pure subjectivism which while reflecting the culture, is neither orthodox nor true.            The first pillar that is lacking in many denominations is the Apostolic traditions. The link from Biblical times to now in the Church. The idea that part of the traditions passes down and studied, and we cannot know how one can even be Christian in the 21 st century without understanding the last 20 centuries. This includes giving th

 This blog is a journey of discovery.  Finding the truth about reality and spirituality. Finding the location of The Good, The Beautiful, and The True. Find where God has gone and reclaim him. It will be reflections of my own journey back to God, and future reflections on such. For the first question, why do our churches no longer look like this?