Arthur Middleton on The Apostolic Tradition of Hippolytus in which he cautioned those who claimed to have a superior form of ministry Evidence for early rites of ordination in ante-Nicene literature is sparse because a theoretical treatment of the Christian [...]
Living in hope Andy Hawes is Warden of Edenham Regional Retreat House Following last month’s ‘Ghostly’ emphasizing ‘the ecumenical imperative’ in the Christian life I have had considerable correspondence in every medium – some of it transatlantic! Some readers found [...]
JOURNEY THROUGH THE AFTERLIFE Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead British Museum 4 November 2010–6 March 2011 ‘THE BRITISH Museum had lost its charm’ wrote Ira Gershwin, either to get a rhyme or to show just how low he felt [...]
Fr Aidan Nichols OP preaches for Fr Andrew Burnham We are, at this Mass, on a cusp, or boundary, or threshold. What I have in mind is in the first place the ritual calendar we’re using. We are on the [...]
The homily preached by Archbishop Vincent Nichols at the ordination to the priesthood of Revd John Broadhurst, Revd Andrew Burnham and Revd Keith Newton on Saturday 15 January 2011 Many ordinations have taken place in this Cathedral during the 100 [...]
A resent developments in the Church of England have many of us, particularly laypeople, in a dense fog. We are on a journey through time, confused by the sayings we have repeated and taken for granted all our lives: ‘One [...]
Julian Mann explains why the current location of Anglican evangelical theological colleges is not ideal for the challenges of twenty-first-century mission If it was ever right to locate Anglican evangelical theological colleges in Oxford, Cambridge and Durham, the needs of [...]
Richard Norman, an ordinand, writes of his concerns for the future I am twenty-two years old and an ordinand in the Church of England: this summer I have been taking the first tentative steps towards securing a curacy. I am [...]
Fr Keith Newton issued this statement soon after his appointment as the First Ordinary for the Personal Ordinariate in Great Britain I am humbled to have been appointed by the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, as the first Ordinary for [...]
James Bradley reports on the beginning of the Ordinariate Between 1 and 15 January 2011, a series of remarkable events took place, which have forever changed the landscape of Christianity in these islands. On New Year’s Day, the former Anglican [...]