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Sunday, April 15, 2012

The Apocryphal Destiny of Man

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God created man to be immortal, and made him to be an image of his own eternity. Nevertheless through envy of the devil came death into the ...
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Saturday, April 14, 2012

Archepiscopal Visitation

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Just a reminder that the Most Rev Dr Mark Haverland, Metropolitan Archbishop and acting Primate of the Anglican Catholic Church is visiting ...
Thursday, April 12, 2012

Future fractions and Ecclesiological Integrity

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Looking at the state of Christianity in the U.K., one might be forgiven for not being very optimistic. Not only is there greater antipathy t...
Sunday, April 08, 2012

The Day of Resurrection 2012: The Dignity of the Human Condition

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Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! There is in the world today a terrible tendency to look at human beings in a terribly negativ...
Saturday, April 07, 2012

The Passionate Antagonists: 6 Simon Peter

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Peter an Antagonist? Really? While I've been reflecting on these characters from the crucifixion, I have been thinking of just how vuler...
Friday, April 06, 2012

The Passionate Antagonists: 5 Gestas the not-so-penitent Thief

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"If thou be Christ, save thyself and us." These are the sole recorded words of a man whom tradition has named Gestas, one of the m...
Thursday, April 05, 2012

The Passionate Antagonists: 4 Barabbas and the Crowd

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What makes a crowd call out in favour of someone who has proven guilt of being a revolutionary and a murderer? Was it simply the incitement ...
Wednesday, April 04, 2012

The Passionate Antagonists: 3 Pontius Pilate

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Like Judas, Pilate is another complex character. Much of what we know of him comes from the Gospels, though there are apocryphal mentions in...
Tuesday, April 03, 2012

The Passionate Antagonists: 2 Judas Iscariot

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Of all the people in the Passion Narrative, none is more wretched than Judas Iscariot. There's so little of him really mentioned in the ...
Monday, April 02, 2012

The Passionate Antagonists: 1 Caiaphas and the Chief Priests

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As we begin the Passion Narrative of St Matthew's Gospel, we meet the people who have had it in for Jesus ever since He started teaching...

The Passionate Antagonists: 0 Introduction

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This year, I'd like to spend some time reflecting on the characters in the Passion, primarily those whom I collectively refer to as The ...
Sunday, April 01, 2012

Palm Sunday: Gory Garments and Saving Wrath.

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Bishop A. Cleveland Coxe Who is this with garments gory, Triumphing from Bozrah’s way; This that weareth robes of glory, Bright with more th...
Sunday, March 25, 2012

Passion and Spiritual Eczema

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There's little more infuriating than having an unscratchable itch. Any sufferers from eczema will be more than aware of that itch which ...
Monday, March 19, 2012

Crosser and Crosser

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The tensions between the sacred and the secular seem to be growing of late. Many Christians feel that there is some anti-Christian sentiment...
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Sunday, March 18, 2012

Breadcrumbs and Theosis

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Labour not for the meat which perisheth , but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Institutional entropy and Christian Chaos

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No process is possible whose sole result is the transfer of heat from a body of lower temperature to a body of higher temperature. Rudolf Cl...
Monday, March 05, 2012

Just a reminder

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Our Archbishop Mark Haverland will be visiting the Diocese in April. He will be celebrating Mass at Central Hall, Westminster as part of the...
Sunday, March 04, 2012

Lent II: Love and Sensibilities

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Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. And, behold , a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cri...
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Compensation, fairness and Katy Perry

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Admittedly, this was a last minute job after a confusion of dates. Consequently, the Lenten Theme is not obvious, but I believe it's the...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012

First Sunday in Lent: Naughty but nice?

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Cakes! Yum! Years ago, there was a series of adverts for pastries and cakes whose slogan was "Fresh cream cakes, naughty but nice!...