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It’s Advent, Time to Prepare!

November 26, 2022November 28, 2022 by Mark Earngey

Time to prepare! This Sunday marks the beginning of the season of Advent. While many of us are wrapping up our work for 2022 and wrapping up our presents for Christmas, a new season begins. In fact, a new year begins. Not a civil calendar year, but…

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From the vault: The Bible in the hands of the sovereign

September 13, 2022September 13, 2022 by ACR Team

The Royal LawBy the Rev. Canon M. L. Loane, M.A., Vice-Principal of Moore College.May 28, 1953At the Coronation of the Boy-King, Edward VI, in 1547, three swords were placed in his hands, one each to represent his right to the realms of England,…

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The Myth of the Via Media, and other Canterbury Tales – Part 4

September 3, 2022September 3, 2022 by Mark Earngey

Mark continues from part 3 of his Gafcon 2022 talk. You can read the entire text here.Authentic Anglican IdentitySo, we have said a lot about the myth of the Via Media and the Canterbury tale of the Three-Legged Stool – perhaps too much!? But if…

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The Myth of the Via Media, and other Canterbury Tales – Part 3

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 by Mark Earngey

Mark continues from part 2 of his Gafcon 2022 talk. You can read the entire text here.Classic Confusion #2: The ‘Three-Legged-Stool’So much for the myth of the Anglican via media. But alas, there is one more tall Canterbury tale which needs to…

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The Myth of the Via Media, and other Canterbury Tales – Part 2

August 25, 2022August 25, 2022 by Mark Earngey

Mark continues from part 1 of his Gafcon 2022 talk. You can read the entire text here.Classic Confusion #1: The ‘Via Media’So, onto our first classic confusion about Anglican identity: the so-called Via Media. This Latin term can be translated…

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The Myth of the Via Media, and other Canterbury Tales[1] – Part 1

August 23, 2022August 23, 2022 by Mark Earngey

GAFCON Australasia 2022 The Pressing Challenge of Anglican Identity“Sometimes it is called fudge … And I say, hey, I like fudge, it’s a lot better than killing each other.”[2] So said Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, on the topic of Anglican…

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The Myth of the Via Media, and other Canterbury Tales [1]

August 23, 2022August 23, 2022 by Mark Earngey

GAFCON Australasia 2022The Pressing Challenge of Anglican Identity“Sometimes it is called fudge … And I say, hey, I like fudge, it’s a lot better than killing each other.”[2] So said Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, on the topic of Anglican…