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Agnes Prest

They say, that Christ is received in the mouth, and entereth in with the bread and wine: we say, that he is received in the heart, and entereth in by faith.

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Elizabethan Settlement

The Elizabethan Settlement is thoroughly biblical, confessionally reformed, pastorally generous, and liturgically beautiful.

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The Making of a Protestant England

William Perkins defined theology as “the science of living blessedly forever.” “Science” shows the seriousness and care he gave to classical learning. And “living blessedly forever” reveals his commitment to applied Protestant piety.

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Wonky Legacy of Charles Gore

Charles Gore was a shaky wall of feel-good progressivism unanchored to anything permanent, that continues prominent in Anglicanism today.

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Bloody Mary

It was the long-reigning Queen (the "Elizabethan Settlement") that fixed the Church of England's identity once-and-for-all to the historic formularies of Reformation Anglicanism: the two books of Homilies, the 1571 Thirty-nine Articles of Religion, and the 1559/1662 Book of Common Prayer.

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Happy Guy Fawkes Day!

Roman Catholics and Protestants share some Christian creedal beliefs, of course, but they differ on at least two deal-breaking matters.

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Thank your Bishop

Thank your bishop for being the defender of the faith he was consecrated to be for the sake of the faith of our church.

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Jacobus Arminius!

The psychology of decisionism, revivalism, moralism, progressivism, and a generally sunnier outlook on human capacity appeals to the most base elements of human nature - we all love the idea that performance contributes to our salvation.

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The Bible and the Caveman

When people read the Bible for themselves they are led to consider the character and story of God, and his solution for the guilt, shame and restlessness that every man, woman and child carries with them before they know the rest that God supplies.

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Lancelot Andrewes

Andrewes, who was Laudian Arminian in his theology, still believed that the righteousness that saves is not self-righteousness (or infused/inherent righteousness), but the righteousness of Christ credited to the account of undeserving sinners.

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Reformation Sunday

Keep us, O Lord, constant in faith and zealous in witness, that, like your servants Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley, Thomas Cranmer, and the other English reformers,

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