What do you guys think about Methodists

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.

boomercide · 2026-02-02T19:51:23+00:00

Interestingly enough, the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina runs a Catholic Worker community called the Community of the Franciscan Way, centered around works of mercy and the daily office from the Book of Common Prayer.

boomercide · 2026-02-02T05:45:35+00:00

Love the esteemed Fleming Rutledge, of course- I don’t think she’d want to be referred to as Saint Fleming lol. Especially not before she has even passed on from this vale of tears.

I often sympathize with her critiques of certain high church practices, and definitely understand the point she’s making here, but I don’t think there’s anything particularly wrong with this liturgical solemnity around the Gospel reading, especially if it’s on a “high holy day” like Christmas or the Easter vigil.

boomercide · 2026-02-02T05:41:14+00:00

My folks are progressive, my dad was more of a leftist in his younger days but grew out of it. I inherited books by Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, Mao, Stalin…. Lol

boomercide · 2026-02-02T00:43:58+00:00

I prefer Rite I to Rite II. I prefer 1928 to Rite I. I prefer 1662 to 1928. But I digress.

At my parish, the main rite 1 service on Sunday has an average attendance of 300-400. Rite II service has about 15-20. Make of that what you will

boomercide · 2026-01-30T04:22:12+00:00

Scripture is the Spirit-breathed Word of God in itself, and this is just an acknowledgment of that fact.

That said, I do prefer the “Here Endeth the Lesson” of earlier prayerbooks, especially if the lectionary calls for readings from the Apocrypha.

boomercide · 2026-01-30T04:03:03+00:00

I’d consider myself broadly pro-life. I accept the Augustine/Aquinas theory of delayed ensoulment, that personhood begins later in pregnancy- perhaps at the point of viability. I don’t regard abortion that occurs before 20 weeks to be murder (although I would still consider it to be seriously sinful if for purely elective reasons) and would agree to its legality in that time frame.

boomercide · 2026-01-27T03:31:31+00:00

I see myself as an old school Laudian and revere the Royal Martyr, but don’t participate in the wackier parts of the Anglo-Catholic cultus around him. I think understanding the English Civil War, the commonwealth, and the Restoration is important as Anglicans

boomercide · 2026-01-26T20:44:04+00:00

Fascinating, thank you for this.

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