“The Christian religion, as I understand it,” John Adams declared to Benjamin Rush in 1810, “is the brightness of the glory and the express portrait of the eternal, self-existent independent, benevolent, all-powerful and all-merciful Creator, Preserver and Father of the Universe. . . . Neither savage nor civilized man without a revelation could ever have discovered or invented it.”
The Church of England does not have a full say in who gets to be bishop in each diocese. The involvement of the British government, however, may be reduced significantly as a result of a proposed constitutional change in which the Prime Minister will no longer be given a choice between two bishop candidates, of which only one could be formally nominated by the Queen.
Lesli Pepper Grant That We May Text by St. Francis of Assisi acrylics and prismacolor pencils 3′ x 3′ This piece was created for a
A release today from InclusiveChurch.net provides insight into how recent actions by African provinces, such as the increasing number of bishops providing “pastoral oversight” in North America, undermine the Anglican Communion and threaten the Covenant’s “original intention, which was to affirm the bonds of fellowship which exist.”
Bishop Geralyn Wolf has told a priest who professes to be both a Christian and a Muslim that she is “not to exercise any of
At a “reconciliation Eucharist” held July 4 in Houston, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori talked about the relationship between freedom and reconciliation, saying that neither is fully experienced despite being “fully around us.”
Many can sympathize with Peter Akinola’s struggle to grow the church against the odds even though they might object to some of his recent actions. A new interview by Ruth Gledhill reveals some of the underlying factors in the Nigerian archbishop’s rise to international “power.”
Five weeks before his death, when he received an inquiry about his religious beliefs from a Congregationalist minister who was president of Yale College, Benjamin Franklin replied: “Here is my Creed: I believe in one God, Creator of the Universe: That he governs the World by his Providence.
Does anyone besides church-obsessed bloggers or seminary professors care any more about the difference between Episcopal and Presbyterian polities (there’s a church word for you), or what Calvin or Cranmer or the Thirty-Nine Articles say about predestination?
Zachariah Jok Char was only five years old when he walked 1,000 miles for the first time. One of the Lost Boys and Girls of Sudan, he braved the desert heat and attacks by lions and hyenas, without shelter, food, water or adult protection.