Doctrine – Covenant

On Doctrine: Seven Theses

By George Sumner “Doctrine,” which means “teaching,” has both more general and more technical senses. The former (general) refers to what a group believes at a particular time. The latter (technical) carr... Read More...

The Logic of ‘But on the other hand…’

By George Sumner Every Christian doctrine involves, somehow or other, saying two things at once. This doesn’t point to an occasional knot, but shows the nature of the subject itself. Prior to grappling with ... Read More...

Respecting the Mystery: On Christian Doctrine

Christian doctrine functions, above all, as a safeguard for mystery. It holds in flaming tension what would otherwise devolve into drab truisms.

Seeing Ancient Words Anew: Looking through the Dictionary Darkly

The time between Easter and Trinity Sunday is ideal for instruction in trinitarian doctrine.

A Woman Can Be a Doctor

Four Women Doctors of the Church reinforces the hard-won wisdom that women can take “the initiative … to launch themselves into the life of the Church.”

Ordinariate Evangelism and Archbishop Sheen

Abp. Fulton J. Sheen: “The only way to win audiences is to tell people about the life and death of Christ. Every other approach is a waste.”

Stumbling again against MTD

Those locked into “now” lack an ability to see their life experience in a collective fashion with input from others.

Instruments of Communion: The Primates’ Meeting, the ACC, and their predecessors

Which bodies have moral authority to speak on behalf of the Anglican Communion to its individual churches?

The hope and joy of peace

Frustration: Good for the Soul?

Coleridge: Rowan Williams on the Bible and Poetry; Taylor Swift and Catharism; the Lives of Virgil and Andrei Rublev

How to Preach Badly, Part Three

A guide to the Covenant

Frustration: Good for the Soul?

Coleridge: Rowan Williams on the Bible and Poetry; Taylor Swift and Catharism; the Lives of Virgil and Andrei Rublev

How to Preach Badly, Part Three

How To Preach Badly, Part Two

How to Preach Badly, Part One: Good Preaching

Death Cafés and the Resurrection of the Body

Are we done with the '79 prayer book?

On the Necessity of Transparency in Title IV Proceedings

From the Archives: The Three Sacred Ministers: An Outmoded Concept? (1965)

Remembering Life’s Journey

From the Archives: Worship in an Era of Permanent Change

From Law to Grace: The Gospel in the Holy Eucharist

Jacob’s Ladder for Christians: A Meditation Upon the Seven Sacraments

Ascension song

Coleridge: Rowan Williams on the Bible and Poetry; Taylor Swift and Catharism; the Lives of Virgil and Andrei Rublev

Trinity, Technocracy, and Grace: Thoughts Occasioned by Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer

The Ethical Problem With AI Might Be Different Than You Think

The Queen is Dead. Long Live the Queen

Coleridge: Shane McCrae’s and Wes Anderson’s Episcopal Faith; Pynchon as America’s Theologian; and Bach’s Boundless Abundance

Of Third Rate Clergymen: Bishop Grafton Speaks

On Doctrine: Seven Theses

The Logic of ‘But on the other hand…’

Respecting the Mystery: On Christian Doctrine

Seeing Ancient Words Anew: Looking through the Dictionary Darkly

A Woman Can Be a Doctor

Ordinariate Evangelism and Archbishop Sheen

Stumbling again against MTD

Instruments of Communion: The Primates’ Meeting, the ACC, and their predecessors

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