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From Damien Thompson’s blog: Announcement tomorrow on Catholic-Anglican relations; Archbishops of Canterbury and Westminster at joint press conference By Damian Thompson Religion Last updated: October 19th, 2009 Something big seems to be brewing in Rome and London. This from the … Continue reading →

Oh Dear, Oh Dear, Oh Dear… Intrigued by what on earth a “prophet school” might be, I followed this link from Cathnews this morning. There we are told: The PROPHET SCHOOL is a 12 month program beginning with a weekend … Continue reading →

This ad, found in a local newspaper, raises all sorts of questions. The meeting place (the “upper room”?) is somewhat ironic too…

Cathnews reports this morning about opposition within the Australian Anglican Church to the push by the Sydney Anglicans to allow lay presidency at the Eucharist. Melbourne Anglican Dr Muriel Porter, one of the 28 signatories to the tribunal’s reference, said … Continue reading →

Fraser Pearce has drawn my attention to a paper by American Lutheran (ELCA) Pastor James Arne Nestingen (“Joining the Unchurched“) about the current mess that the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has created by voting at their most recent synod … Continue reading →

I was rather struck just now reading something in my wife’s AGM report to her parish. She was reporting a comment that was expressed by a guest speaker at one of the gatherings she attended recently. The comment was that … Continue reading →

I am very much enjoying the ongoing discussion on Arcoamaticus’ two blogs, “Glosses from an Old Manse” and Lutheran Catholicity. Of course, in claiming “catholicity” for the Lutheran tradition (if not the Lutheran Church) the dear fellow has set himself … Continue reading →

This Report says that: Deaths from unsafe abortion kill 70,000 women a year, a Guttmacher Institute report has found, leading to a call for further easing of developing nations abortion laws, a move rejected by a US bishops’ pro-life spokesperson. … Continue reading →

In fact, I wouldn’t call it a “principle”, but rather an “aspect” of being “catholic”. Acroamaticus, like many non-Catholics trying to be “small-c catholic”, concentrates on dogmatic characteristics. But the Creeds remind us that there is something else in view: … Continue reading →

Acroamaticus, previously mentioned on this blog, has begun to post on his “Lutheran Catholicity” blog. The first post takes up the challenge for him to try to define “catholicity” apart from communion with the bishop of Rome. He has outlined … Continue reading →