Anglicans Online has noticed a trend on church notice boards of not only listing when services begin but a new phenomenum of listing the time when services end. They wonder why this is happening….
One reason seminary chapels are traditionally “ecclesiastical peculiars” is so that they will have the freedom to push the edges of liturgical practice in the direction of the church’s emerging theology.
“The Anglican church in Jamaica will include the lyrics of songs rendered by two of the country’s most famed reggae artistes – Bob Marley and Peter Tosh – in the next publication of its church hymnal due by the end of the year.”
The Tridentine Mass, the older form of the Catholic liturgy, has been experiencing a revival among traditionalists. Today, the New York Times reports, Pope Benedict XIV has given authorization for priests to use the traditional rite if they wish to do so.