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Statement from Rome on Reception of Anglican Groups and Re-ordination (Editorial)

Posted 21 October 2009 - 7:12am by alpine

by The Rev'd Keith J Acker (Rector of Alpine Anglican Church of the Blessed Trinity, Alpine CA)

Moving toward full communion should be a desire of all Christians in seeking to live out our Lord Jesus' prayer that   we "may be one." As Anglicans we maintain that we are part of the One, Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church as it "upholds the faith and order of the undivided Church." The Statement is one we should read carefully and consider, in humility, how it challenges our Anglican understanding.  (read more...)

Rethinking Prayer Book Revision

Posted 25 March 2009 - 10:25pm by alpine

A recovery of a common scriptural language will facilitate the development of a new Book of Common Prayer for Anglicanism in North America.

By: The Rev. Keith Acker, Alpine Anglican Church of the Blessed Trinity, Alpine CA (Reformed Episcopal Church)

Fundamental to the English Reformation was a recovery of Holy Scripture and Liturgy in the language of the people. Most prayer book revisions, and especially those which have caused alienation and division, have approached the process as seeking modernization or adding variety to our prayers. However, I believe that the Book of Common Prayer possesses a greater principle of common scriptural language as its foundation for revision. If emerging Anglicanism in the United States is to approve a new Book of Common Prayer, we need to regain a common scriptural language.  (read more...)

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