tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692250288602207814.post3250710759413213729..comments2023-10-29T00:31:33.789-07:00Comments on Prayer Book Anglican: "doctrine, discipline and worship. . . .of the church"Canon Tallishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05182884929479435751noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692250288602207814.post-70442801058192622142008-05-15T17:10:00.000-07:002008-05-15T17:10:00.000-07:00Death Bredon, I actually think that the canon was ...Death Bredon,<BR/> I actually think that the canon was followed much better than we might be inclined to think. If it had not been Anglicanism would have collapsed much sooner and we would be left with even greater ruins that is now the case. Instead there are those of us who know what it was intended to be and some places where it comes close to being so.<BR/> I remember a time so very long ago when the rector of my church was teaching the faith to a class of seventh and and eighth graders. One of them surprised him with a very astute theological question which required more than a simple answer. He paused for a moment and then began quoting Hooker and Thomas Acquinas as if their words were his own. I was astounded at the reaction of the class whose heads nodded affirmatively as the explanation continued. At the end the qwestioner responded, "That makes sense; I am surprised I didn't think of it myself." And they went on with the class.<BR/> You may think this story extraordinary, but it seemed such an ordinary happening in such an ordinary place, a place where the Gospel as delivered by our Lord and Saviour was truly known and truly practised. But it was also a place where Morning and Evening Prayer were read in the church every single day and no prayer book holy day escaped without a celebration of the eucharist. We need so many more places to replace it for the new heresies have destroyed what it was albeit the building remains but the angels don't sing there anymore.Canon Tallishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05182884929479435751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692250288602207814.post-75175772063839256192008-05-14T13:08:00.000-07:002008-05-14T13:08:00.000-07:00Browne's commentary on the 39 Articles is also ver...Browne's commentary on the 39 Articles is also very good for explaining the PROBABLE motivation and intended meaning behind each Article, particularly in demonstrating how each Article differs from (Protestant) Continental or (Roman) Catholic thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692250288602207814.post-10019117508310870862008-05-14T13:05:00.000-07:002008-05-14T13:05:00.000-07:00"See to it that you teach nothing. . . which you w..."See to it that you teach nothing. . . which you would have religiously held and believed by the people, save what is agreeable to the teaching of the Old or New Testament, and what the Catholic fathers and ancient bishops have collected from this self-same doctrine."<BR/><BR/>How unfortunate that this Canon was never seriously enforced in the C. of E. Conforming Puritans, and in more recent times (1) Liberal and Liberation Theologians, and (2) Anglo-Catholic Theologians have either knowingly or reckless violated the Canon, which strives to enjoin the dogmatic (though not liturigical spiritual) minmalism and rectitude of the Undivided Church.<BR/><BR/>Were the Canon followed, no preacher would ever need to go beyond, or even deeply into, St John Damascene's Exposition or Vernon Staley's Catechism. And that is as it should be -- Christianity being a Faith, a Way of Life, not an occasion for intellectual indulgence or 'masturbation.' (Pardon my French, by I think this drives home the point against Scholasticism, Papal and Protestant alike.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692250288602207814.post-3262326682898610142008-03-30T17:52:00.000-07:002008-03-30T17:52:00.000-07:00Alice,I am very glad that you liked my theological...Alice,<BR/><BR/>I am very glad that you liked my theological kindergarten. To me it represents a sort of bare minimun list that should be read and re-read in order to begin to understand the grandeur of Christian Theology.<BR/><BR/>I, fortunately, went to a grade school in a small town in Oklahoma which in retrospect seemed to function on the basis of Sayer's Lost Tools. They could not teach us Greek or Latin so they make sure that we knew and understood English which surely was the Latin of the last century and maybe of this also. I had no idea how much classical logic they had taught us until I took two courses in it at university. They turned out to be like review work. I only wish that my own children had received something like the same education somewhere other than the dinner table.Canon Tallishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05182884929479435751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692250288602207814.post-24682279782137458412008-03-30T17:20:00.000-07:002008-03-30T17:20:00.000-07:00Dear Canon Tallis,I remember now that you left a c...Dear Canon Tallis,<BR/><BR/>I remember now that you left a comment on this entry. Did you also read the Response to Sayers' Lost Tools? It is here:<BR/>http://teachgoodwriting.blogspot.com/2008/02/response-to-dorothy-l-sayers-lost-tools.htmlAlice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692250288602207814.post-61329477129183559012008-03-30T17:15:00.000-07:002008-03-30T17:15:00.000-07:00A terrific reading list. I'm reading The Narnia Ch...A terrific reading list. I'm reading The Narnia Chronicles again. I always find new symbolism I had overlooked when reading before.<BR/><BR/>Have you read Sayers' Lost Tools of Learning? It is available here:<BR/>http://teachgoodwriting.blogspot.com/2008/01/dorothy-sayers-lost-tools-of-learning.htmlAlice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.com