Video Morning Prayer

At the beginning of the sixteenth century the principal worship throughout England was the Mass, of which the Sarum Rite was the most widely used. The focal point was the elevation of the Host, not the act of Communion. The laity rarely communicated other than at Easter, and so they poured out their devotion to…

Thursday, February 21, 2019 Article XXVIII and the Continuing Churches The Affirmation of Saint Louis (1977) is the foundational document of the Continuing Church.  The Affirmation distinguishes the Continuing Churches from earlier Anglican bodies, such as the Episcopal Church prior to 1976, which were vaguer and deliberately more ‘comprehensive’ in their doctrine and moral teaching than are the…

St. Michael the Archangel PodCast             Overview  

CHAPTER 2 From Catholic to Protestant and back again: Henry VIII (to Catholic); Edward (to Protestant); Mary (to Catholic). Also a few Continent Reformers added in and HERE WE GO!!!   Mary Tudor:  (1516-1558) England’s first female monarch, Mary I ruled for just five years. The only surviving child of Henry VIII and his first…

Lancelot Andrewes Works, Sermons, Volume One SERMONS OF REPENTANCE AND FASTING, PREACHED ON ASH-WEDNESDAY. Preached before King James, at Whitehall, on Wednesday, the Tenth of February, A.D. MDCXIX. Transcribed by Dr Marianne Dorman AD 2001 Joel ii: 12-13 Therefore also now, saith the Lord, Turn ye even to Me with all your heart, and with fasting, and…

THE 1928 BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER –  Part 1 The Book of Common Prayer has a history of more than four and a half centuries of daily liturgical use and is in direct and organic continuity with the beliefs, practices and liturgies of the undivided Church in the West. It is now time to take…