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Jeremy Taylor country.
"God, as the author of Nature and of Grace, does agree perfectly with Himself" - Benjamin Whichcote.
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Jeremy Taylor country.
"God, as the author of Nature and of Grace, does agree perfectly with Himself" - Benjamin Whichcote.
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On how Cranmer (echoed by Jeremy Taylor) viewed Gardiner as having an impoverished sacramental theology:
"niggardly pinching God's gifts, and diminishing his liberal promises made unto us in them".
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"niggardly pinching God's gifts, and diminishing his liberal promises made unto us in them".
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'Niggardly pinching God's gifts': Cranmer's 'Answer to Gardiner', Jeremy Taylor, and the riches of the Sacraments
Resuming weekly readings from Cranmer's Answer to Gardiner (1551), we turn to Gardiner challenging Cranmer's account of our true feeding on...
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January 14, 2026 at 9:05 AM
On how Cranmer (echoed by Jeremy Taylor) viewed Gardiner as having an impoverished sacramental theology:
"niggardly pinching God's gifts, and diminishing his liberal promises made unto us in them".
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"niggardly pinching God's gifts, and diminishing his liberal promises made unto us in them".
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Jeremy Taylor in 'The Deceitfulness of the Heart', Part I, Sermon VII, from the second volume of the Golden Grove sermons - repentance is not the emotional experience of tears or "gusts of sorrow":
January 14, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Jeremy Taylor in 'The Deceitfulness of the Heart', Part I, Sermon VII, from the second volume of the Golden Grove sermons - repentance is not the emotional experience of tears or "gusts of sorrow":
Jeremy Taylor in 'The Deceitfulness of the Heart', Part I, Sermon VII, from the second volume of the Golden Grove sermons - an example of how Taylor's non-Calvinist understanding of Original Sin did not at all deny the consequences of the Fall:
January 13, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Jeremy Taylor in 'The Deceitfulness of the Heart', Part I, Sermon VII, from the second volume of the Golden Grove sermons - an example of how Taylor's non-Calvinist understanding of Original Sin did not at all deny the consequences of the Fall:
Jeremy Taylor in 'The Invalidity of a Late or Death-bed Repentance', Part II, Sermon VI, from the second volume of the Golden Grove sermons - at the conclusion of this sermon, Taylor points to how the Christian life requires time to "grow and ripen":
January 12, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Jeremy Taylor in 'The Invalidity of a Late or Death-bed Repentance', Part II, Sermon VI, from the second volume of the Golden Grove sermons - at the conclusion of this sermon, Taylor points to how the Christian life requires time to "grow and ripen":
"we enjoy ... the privileges of constitutional liberty according to the British system."
On this Sir John A. Macdonald Day, words of the great statesman of British North America and Canada, whose vision of Confederation secured peace, order, and good government under the Crown.
On this Sir John A. Macdonald Day, words of the great statesman of British North America and Canada, whose vision of Confederation secured peace, order, and good government under the Crown.
January 11, 2026 at 3:31 PM
"we enjoy ... the privileges of constitutional liberty according to the British system."
On this Sir John A. Macdonald Day, words of the great statesman of British North America and Canada, whose vision of Confederation secured peace, order, and good government under the Crown.
On this Sir John A. Macdonald Day, words of the great statesman of British North America and Canada, whose vision of Confederation secured peace, order, and good government under the Crown.
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Look at these facts:
Christ is born; the Spirit is His Forerunner.
He is baptized; the Spirit bears witness.
He is tempted; the Spirit leads Him up.
He works miracles; the Spirit accompanies them.
He ascends; the Spirit takes His place.
-Gregory of Nanzianzus
Baptism Window, Messiah, St. Paul ⚓
Christ is born; the Spirit is His Forerunner.
He is baptized; the Spirit bears witness.
He is tempted; the Spirit leads Him up.
He works miracles; the Spirit accompanies them.
He ascends; the Spirit takes His place.
-Gregory of Nanzianzus
Baptism Window, Messiah, St. Paul ⚓
January 11, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Look at these facts:
Christ is born; the Spirit is His Forerunner.
He is baptized; the Spirit bears witness.
He is tempted; the Spirit leads Him up.
He works miracles; the Spirit accompanies them.
He ascends; the Spirit takes His place.
-Gregory of Nanzianzus
Baptism Window, Messiah, St. Paul ⚓
Christ is born; the Spirit is His Forerunner.
He is baptized; the Spirit bears witness.
He is tempted; the Spirit leads Him up.
He works miracles; the Spirit accompanies them.
He ascends; the Spirit takes His place.
-Gregory of Nanzianzus
Baptism Window, Messiah, St. Paul ⚓
"He was now manifest to
Israel ... he sanctified the water to become sacramental and ministerial in the remission of sins; he by a real event declared, that to them who should rightly be baptized, the kingdom of heaven should certainly be opened"
Jeremy Taylor
Israel ... he sanctified the water to become sacramental and ministerial in the remission of sins; he by a real event declared, that to them who should rightly be baptized, the kingdom of heaven should certainly be opened"
Jeremy Taylor
January 11, 2026 at 12:56 PM
"He was now manifest to
Israel ... he sanctified the water to become sacramental and ministerial in the remission of sins; he by a real event declared, that to them who should rightly be baptized, the kingdom of heaven should certainly be opened"
Jeremy Taylor
Israel ... he sanctified the water to become sacramental and ministerial in the remission of sins; he by a real event declared, that to them who should rightly be baptized, the kingdom of heaven should certainly be opened"
Jeremy Taylor
From the prayer on the scaffold of William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, OTD 1645:
"the establishment of the King and his Posterity after him in their just Rights and Priviledges, the Honour and Conservation of Parliaments in their just power, the preservation of this 1/2
"the establishment of the King and his Posterity after him in their just Rights and Priviledges, the Honour and Conservation of Parliaments in their just power, the preservation of this 1/2
January 10, 2026 at 2:27 PM
From the prayer on the scaffold of William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, OTD 1645:
"the establishment of the King and his Posterity after him in their just Rights and Priviledges, the Honour and Conservation of Parliaments in their just power, the preservation of this 1/2
"the establishment of the King and his Posterity after him in their just Rights and Priviledges, the Honour and Conservation of Parliaments in their just power, the preservation of this 1/2
The Middle Church amidst the sharp frost that has descended upon Jeremy Taylor country, on this eve of the First Sunday after the Epiphany.
January 10, 2026 at 9:05 AM
The Middle Church amidst the sharp frost that has descended upon Jeremy Taylor country, on this eve of the First Sunday after the Epiphany.
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Two lesser known books today, both
illustrated by Ronald Lampitt (1972)
illustrated by Ronald Lampitt (1972)
January 10, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Two lesser known books today, both
illustrated by Ronald Lampitt (1972)
illustrated by Ronald Lampitt (1972)
"Item, that the font be not removed, nor that the curate do baptize in parish churches in any basons" - Archbishop Parker's Advertisements, 1566.
Particularly significant as it aligned with Lutheran practice, amidst the ongoing Lutheran v. Calvinist debate in the Palatinate.
Particularly significant as it aligned with Lutheran practice, amidst the ongoing Lutheran v. Calvinist debate in the Palatinate.
January 9, 2026 at 7:10 PM
"Item, that the font be not removed, nor that the curate do baptize in parish churches in any basons" - Archbishop Parker's Advertisements, 1566.
Particularly significant as it aligned with Lutheran practice, amidst the ongoing Lutheran v. Calvinist debate in the Palatinate.
Particularly significant as it aligned with Lutheran practice, amidst the ongoing Lutheran v. Calvinist debate in the Palatinate.
On the eve of the commemoration of the martyrdom of Archbishop Laud, a view of his most enduring and attractive legacy - "an Anglicanism still to be cherished, the Laudian vision of a folkekirke".
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Archbishop Laud's legacy: the Laudian folkekirke vision
Today is the eve of the commemoration of the martyrdom of Archbishop Laud. Tomorrow, particular corners of Anglican social media will indulg...
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January 9, 2026 at 8:35 AM
On the eve of the commemoration of the martyrdom of Archbishop Laud, a view of his most enduring and attractive legacy - "an Anglicanism still to be cherished, the Laudian vision of a folkekirke".
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Jeremy Taylor in 'The Invalidity of a Late or Death-bed Repentance', Part II, Sermon VI, from the second volume of the Golden Grove sermons - on what the example of the Penitent Thief actually means for us:
January 9, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Jeremy Taylor in 'The Invalidity of a Late or Death-bed Repentance', Part II, Sermon VI, from the second volume of the Golden Grove sermons - on what the example of the Penitent Thief actually means for us:
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Rasmus Jarlov is a MP with Det Konservative Folkeparti, Denmark's Conservative Peoples' Party.
January 8, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Rasmus Jarlov is a MP with Det Konservative Folkeparti, Denmark's Conservative Peoples' Party.
Jeremy Taylor in 'The Invalidity of a Late or Death-bed Repentance', Part II, Sermon VI, from the second volume of the Golden Grove sermons - "To what purpose are all those commandments in Scripture, of every page almost of it ...?":
January 8, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Jeremy Taylor in 'The Invalidity of a Late or Death-bed Repentance', Part II, Sermon VI, from the second volume of the Golden Grove sermons - "To what purpose are all those commandments in Scripture, of every page almost of it ...?":
On the day after Epiphany, it is always a joy to see Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Christians - particularly in ancient lands in which Christianity has been present from the earliest centuries - celebrating Christmas. Here in Georgia, Syria, Iran, and Ethiopia.
January 7, 2026 at 9:50 PM
On the day after Epiphany, it is always a joy to see Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Christians - particularly in ancient lands in which Christianity has been present from the earliest centuries - celebrating Christmas. Here in Georgia, Syria, Iran, and Ethiopia.
"I DOUBT NATO WOULD BE THERE FOR US IF WE REALLY NEEDED THEM"
January 7, 2026 at 8:56 PM
"I DOUBT NATO WOULD BE THERE FOR US IF WE REALLY NEEDED THEM"
"... clarify my understanding, sanctify my will, replenish my memory with arguments of piety; then shall I present to thee an oblation rich and precious as the treble gift of the Levantine princes."
Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor
January 7, 2026 at 7:42 AM
"... clarify my understanding, sanctify my will, replenish my memory with arguments of piety; then shall I present to thee an oblation rich and precious as the treble gift of the Levantine princes."
Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor
This rubric in the CofI BCP 1926 is an invitation to continue to abide in the light and joy of The Epiphany over coming days.
January 6, 2026 at 10:27 PM
This rubric in the CofI BCP 1926 is an invitation to continue to abide in the light and joy of The Epiphany over coming days.
"His book is so consumed with describing this darkness that it leaves almost no trace of light, or evidence of the joy found in salvation" - on Kingsnorth's 'Against the Machine'.
www.metropolitanreview.org/p/against-doom
www.metropolitanreview.org/p/against-doom
Against Doom
On Paul Kingsnorth's 'Against The Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity'
www.metropolitanreview.org
January 6, 2026 at 8:58 PM
"His book is so consumed with describing this darkness that it leaves almost no trace of light, or evidence of the joy found in salvation" - on Kingsnorth's 'Against the Machine'.
www.metropolitanreview.org/p/against-doom
www.metropolitanreview.org/p/against-doom
"Jan. 6. I read prayers this morning at C. Cary Church being Epiphany. I had a small congregation, it being excessive cold, as cold and severe weather on all accounts as in the year 1740."
Parson Woodforde, 1768
Parson Woodforde, 1768
January 6, 2026 at 9:02 AM
"Jan. 6. I read prayers this morning at C. Cary Church being Epiphany. I had a small congregation, it being excessive cold, as cold and severe weather on all accounts as in the year 1740."
Parson Woodforde, 1768
Parson Woodforde, 1768
Jeremy Taylor on the Magi's joy in adoring the Christ Child:
"All other delights are the pleasures of beasts or the sports of children; these are the antepasts and preventions of the full feasts and overflowings of eternity".
"All other delights are the pleasures of beasts or the sports of children; these are the antepasts and preventions of the full feasts and overflowings of eternity".
January 6, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Jeremy Taylor on the Magi's joy in adoring the Christ Child:
"All other delights are the pleasures of beasts or the sports of children; these are the antepasts and preventions of the full feasts and overflowings of eternity".
"All other delights are the pleasures of beasts or the sports of children; these are the antepasts and preventions of the full feasts and overflowings of eternity".
On this Epiphany Eve, the Armenian Chapel of Dzordzor, in north-west Iran, where, over centuries, Armenian Christians looked up at the same night sky into which the magi gazed.
January 5, 2026 at 4:44 PM
On this Epiphany Eve, the Armenian Chapel of Dzordzor, in north-west Iran, where, over centuries, Armenian Christians looked up at the same night sky into which the magi gazed.
A Laudian sermon on Epiphany 1639 as "a significant example of the non-Calvinistic tradition of soteriology in the late 16th and early 17th century Church of England".
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"The star was a spark of Christ's own kindling": a Laudian Epiphany sermon, nature, grace, and Anglican piety
Richard Gardyner's 1639 Epiphany sermon , preached in Christ Church, Oxford, was in many ways, an exemplary Laudian discourse. Gardyner , wh...
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January 5, 2026 at 9:20 AM
A Laudian sermon on Epiphany 1639 as "a significant example of the non-Calvinistic tradition of soteriology in the late 16th and early 17th century Church of England".
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