Number of adult baptisms in France rises again this year as crucifixes are erected across countryside

Apr 18, 2023 by

by Thomas Colsy, Catholic Herald: There was significant rise in the number of baptisms at this year’s Easter vigil in France, according to figures published before the Easter Triduum by the French National Service for Catechesis and...

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What unity does the Church of England require?

Mar 8, 2023 by

 by Martin Davie: A response to the Archbishop of York’s article ‘Water is thicker than blood.’ What is the archbishop’s argument? In his recent article ‘Water is thicker than blood’ in the journal New Directions[1] the Archbishop of York...

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General Convention to consider proposal to end Episcopal Church’s baptism requirement for Communion

May 11, 2022 by

by David Paulsen, ENS: General Convention’s committees on Prayer Book, Liturgy and Music heard testimony May 3 on a diverse selection of resolutions, from proposals to add the late Bishop Barbara Harris to the church’s calendar of feasts...

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Damned by a pronoun: priest invalidates baptism of hundreds by changing one word

Feb 16, 2022 by

by Archbishop Cranmer: The rite of baptism in the Roman Catholic Church is clear: the priest must say, “I baptise you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” But a priest in Phoenix, Arizona has been saying,...

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Why We Still Need John Stott’s Classic Book on the Holy Spirit

Oct 11, 2021 by

by Michael Horton, TGC: Few conference talks have flowered so richly into an evangelical classic as John Stott’s Baptism and Fullness: The Work of the Holy Spirit Today. Published in 1964, this book appeared just before the explosive...

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The gift of life: what the Catechism teaches about baptism

Mar 22, 2021 by

by Martin Davie: I want to begin this seventh post in my series on the teaching of the Prayer Book Catechism by inviting you to imagine a young couple who have announced to their family and friends that they have now produced a baby....

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