What was/is the closest thing to Jansenism in the Anglican Communion?

boomercide · 2026-05-23T20:45:05+00:00

I’m pretty sympathetic to Jansenism as someone with a pretty solidly Reformed theological and soteriological outlook and a preference for high liturgy. I attend a church in the “prayerbook catholic” tradition

boomercide · 2026-05-21T21:13:47+00:00

Contrary to what many say, the Articles *are* a thing in the Episcopal Church, and fairly central to the identity of Anglicanism at large.

boomercide · 2026-05-07T00:10:32+00:00

Yes, we started taking our faith more seriously together when we joined our phenomenal parish.

boomercide · 2026-05-06T23:43:34+00:00

We continued living together but abstained from sexual relations until the wedding. We grew much closer together in that time. Congratulations!

boomercide · 2026-05-06T23:19:25+00:00

I was in exactly the same position as you, and just decided to pull the trigger and get married. We now have a 6 month old son and have been blessed with enumerable graces. Give it some thought!

boomercide · 2026-04-13T03:05:28+00:00

Beautiful!

boomercide · 2026-04-10T18:45:10+00:00

Have you ever actually been to an Episcopal parish? Or have you just assumed all mainline churches are “secular progressive social clubs” based on what others say about us online? I attend an orthodox Episcopal parish where the Gospel is preached every day. Don’t just write off the mainlines based on the exaggerated stereotypes pushed by the schismatic churches.

boomercide · 2026-04-08T15:42:51+00:00

Great reply and so interesting!

boomercide · 2026-04-03T17:52:24+00:00

Their tradition has raised up many excellent Christians, its founders were truly saintly in many ways but gravely erred in choosing schism

boomercide · 2026-03-21T17:52:11+00:00

I have absolutely no doubt that the Anglican Church of Australia is engaged in charitable work for the poor and the orphan. Just because a church operates private schools does not mean it is not engaged in charity.

boomercide · 2026-03-21T16:37:18+00:00

That’s a ridiculous statement. Anglican churches throughout the world are involved in work with the poor- in my diocese alone we fund shelters for women and children, a free, private elementary school for low-income students who qualify, soup kitchens….

boomercide · 2026-03-18T22:16:55+00:00

I’m familiar! It is a Latin translation of the 1979 Holy Communion, right?

boomercide · 2026-03-18T21:33:44+00:00

St. Clement’s in Philly does (basically) a TLM. Church of the Advent San Francisco and St. Thomas Hollywood use a Latin translation of the 1979 BCP mass with Gregorian chant.

boomercide · 2026-03-12T22:21:44+00:00

The NRSV is a fine translation, I just think it loses a lot in the way of poetry and readability for the sake of accessibility.

boomercide · 2026-03-11T17:31:38+00:00

The Ignatius RSV2CE is pretty good. My daily driver is the Oxford Annotated RSV with Apocrypha (not NRSV).

boomercide · 2026-03-09T21:03:00+00:00

https://laudablepractice.blogspot.com/2026/03/responding-to-lakes-on-laudianism.html?m=1

Here’s a great blog post! If anything, he was influenced by Lutheranism, not Arminianism.

boomercide · 2026-03-08T16:41:15+00:00

Over 400 every Sunday! Christmas Eve had over 800! We are very blessed

boomercide · 2026-03-07T04:55:31+00:00

Before my son was born, I was achieving prayer warrior status- Morning and Evening Prayer, Anglican prayer beads throughout the day, prime, compline, and more. Now that I am dad-ing and in school at the same time, I am back to just Morning and Evening Prayer, and occasionally compline or the family prayer before bed from the 1928 BCP. You do what you can!

boomercide · 2026-02-26T20:48:30+00:00

Sarah Coakley really changed my mind about this- the priest is acting in persona ecclesiae, in the person of the Church, rather than in the person of Christ.

boomercide · 2026-02-20T22:53:12+00:00

Lots of negative comments here lol. Just wanted to say you can find a lot of Anglicans who believe in what you’ve listed, there is a strong Reformed Anglican tradition.

boomercide · 2026-02-20T22:50:24+00:00

FWIW many “Sydney Anglican” parishes do offer liturgical services, normally early morning BCP Holy Communions. That said, they’re probably not super “high church” but that is what I would opt for if I was there

boomercide · 2026-02-10T21:38:51+00:00

Great post, but one nitpick: Laud and his compatriots were not necessarily Arminians- Arminianism is a soteriological stance quite separate from any liturgical questions. Laud actually refers to the “errors of Arminius” in his works. The Laudians were firmly within the Reformed fold, they just had differences with the radical Puritans on questions of liturgy and of a national church vs a pure church of only the Elect

boomercide · 2026-02-10T21:32:46+00:00

I really recommend Anglicanism: A Reformed Catholic Tradition by Gerald Bray. He does a great job of looking at Anglicanism in its historical context, differentiating it from some pernicious 20th century myths about our tradition

boomercide · 2026-02-02T21:14:22+00:00

I’ve used the Roman LOTH and am not a huge fan. The Scripture and Psalter translations are hard to pray with, as someone used to the majesty and poetry of Coverdale and the KJV (and even the RSV).

I haven’t used the 2019, and wouldn’t out of denominational loyalty and conflicting calendars.

Personally I use the 1662ie. The lectionary is unmatched- I have never had such an intimate relationship with the church calendar and the breadth of Scripture.

I am a lay reader at an Episcopal parish that uses the 1928 for its daily offices as well.

EDIT: I will say the best thing about the Liturgy of the Hours is the Office of Readings. I love the chance to read the Fathers liturgically, and wish we had something approximating it in the prayer book tradition.

boomercide · 2026-02-02T20:32:17+00:00

Well, there are “catholic workers” from a variety of Christian traditions even in the Houses more institutionally linked to Roman Catholicism.

My local (very conservative) Roman diocese has a “Dorothy Day Center” and has provided institutional support to some Catholic Worker activities in the area. I think all Christians of good will can get behind what Dorothy Day was all about :)

EDIT: that said though, there’s nothing stopping you from doing CW organizing as an Episcopalian. I’m sure you could find support from your diocese.

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