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Anglican, Burkean, clerk in holy orders

Jeremy Taylor country

"God, as the author of Nature and of Grace, does agree perfectly with Himself" - Benjamin Whichcote

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[These readings from Zwingli and Bullinger will resume after Advent and Christmas.]
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
From Zwingli's 'Of Baptism' - affirming that the Baptism of John is the same as Christian Baptism (a common Reformed stance), Zwingli uses the Lord's Baptism by John to justify the Baptism of infants (p.167):
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
From Zwingli's 'Of Baptism' - the contrast with Article XXV is stark, "nothing but an external ceremony" v. "effectual signs of grace" (p.156):
November 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
And as an example of this choral tradition, William Boyce's Te Deum in C Major. Boyce was appointed composer to the Chapel Royal in 1736.

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Te Deum & Jubilate in C Major: Te Deum
YouTube video by Rochester Cathedral Choir - Topic
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November 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
From Zwingli's 'Of Baptism' - where he denies that the reference to water in John 3 has application to Baptism (p.154). By contrast, this is the very passage that the BCP has for the Baptism of such as are of Riper Years:
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
From Zwingli's 'Of Baptism' - the denial that Baptism washes away sin again contrasts with the BCP. That said, his reference to infants and sin reflects what an important group of 17thC Episcopalian divines would say (p.153):
November 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM