18 April 2016

The Book of Common Prayer in ARABIC

Perhaps if we are going to teach the love and peace of God in the Arabic speaking regions we should use the prayer book written in Arabic.  Just an overly simple thought:



In Christ's love, Fr. Robert Pax

POT OF e-GOLD



This is a pot of gold of Anglican e-resources, especially Books of Common Prayer, for all our use and study.


In Christ's love, Fr. Robert Pax

17 April 2016

BIBLES: Online and Ready to Download

<https://www.olivetree.com/store/home.php?cat=262&free=on>

I will always use King James Version Bible (properly called the Authorized Bible) in my personal worship and prayers.  The English Standard Version, edited by J.I. Packer, is one of the best translations in decades.  The Oxford edition also has the Apocrypha, which all Bibles should have.  I hope to find the Jerusalem Bible online <http://www.seraphim.my/bible/jb/jb-nt%20content.htm> some day.  Tolkien translated part of it.  I found it!

I have several minister friends who use and like Logos Software.  I am not familiar enough with it to recommend or not, and I trust these colleagues opinion.


In Christ's love, Fr. Robert Pax

16 April 2016

ANGLICAN: E-Sources

Important BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER and ANGLICAN Sites



<justus.anglican.org>

Those of you looking for the Book of Common Prayer from different countries and languages, from many time periods, in different formats this is your site.  It is an amazing resource.




Common Prayer is a wonderful site for those who use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer (PEC, USA).  It presents the Services of Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer, Occasional Services, Ordo Calendar, and more.  It does not offer the 1928 Liturgy of the Mass.  The above site does have the 1928 Book of Common Prayer (PEC,USA).



<http://anglicanhistory.org>

Project Canterbury presents one of the finest collections of material from the Church and  Anglican authors on the internet.  I use this resource all of the time. 




This site provides various alternatives for electronically downloading the text of The Catholic Religion : a manual of instruction for members of the Anglican Church, by the Rev. Vernon Staley.  This book is an essential work to understand the Anglican faith.  Fr. Staley has several other important works to aid in the understanding of the practice of the Church.



                                                                        } The Rev. Robert K. Herrell 
herrell.ed@gmail.com  or (720) 261-6815





Project Canterbury   http://anglicanhistory.org


The Rev. Percy Dearmer

The Parson's Handbook. First edition, 1899

London: Mowbray, 1912. [external link]

London: A. R. Mowbray & Co., 1920. [External link]


The Rev. Vernon Staley

Oxford and London: A.R. Mowbray, 1900. [External link]

Oxford: A.R. Mowbray, 1901. [External link]

Hierurgia Anglicana: Documents and Extracts Illustrative of the Ceremonial of the Anglican Church after the Reformation.
London: The De La More Press, 1902-04. [External links]

London and New York: Longmans, Green, 1907. [External link]

London: A.R. Mowbray, 1907. [External link]

London: Mowbray, 1908. [1917 edition; External link]


The Rev. J.H. Blunt




Yet other important ANGLICAN publications:


By the Editors of "The Order of Divine Service," &c., &c.
Oxford: Mowbray & Co., 1894.

By Robert Frederick Lau.
New York: Edwin S. Gorham, 1917.

With Select Readings from the Writings of the Rev. F. D. Maurice, M.A.
Edited by the Right Rev. John William Colenso, D.D., Lord Bishop of Natal.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1874.

By W.K. Lowther Clarke
London: SPCK, 1922.

Alcuin Club Tracts:

Warham Guild Publications:
By Percy Dearmer.
London: The Warham Guild, 1927.
By Ernest Hermitage Day.
London: The Warham Guild, 1928.
By Ernest Hermitage Day.

ELondon: The Warham Guild, 1928.


In Christ's love, Fr. Robert Pax

ANGLICAN: Authors and Texts

ANGLICAN AUTHORS AND TEXTS:  (And So Many Others)

By Subject Area


Old Testament Studies            -  Introduction to the Old Testament, R.H. Harrison

New Testament Studies            -  Introduction to the New Testament, Donald Guthrie

General Church History            -  The Christian Tradition, 5 vols, J. Pelikan
                                                -  A History of the Church in England, J.R.H. Moorman
                                                -  History of the Christian Church, Williston Walker
                                                -  The Oxford History of Christianity, John McManners, ed.

Anglican Church History            -  Anglicanism, More and Cross
                                                -  Anglicanism, Stephen Neill
                                                -  The Unity of Anglicanism, Henry R. McAdoo
                                                -  The Anglican Spiritual Tradition, J.R.H. Moorman
                                                -  The Anglican Spirit, A. Michael Ramsey

Theology and Doctrine            -  Dogmatic Theology, Francis Hall            
                                                -  Concise Theology, J.I. Packer
                                                -  The Romance of Orthodoxy, Homer Rogers (Uncommon Sense)
                                                -  Theological Dictionary, J.H. Blunt

Liturgics                                    -  The Annotated Book of Common Prayer, J.H. Blunt
                                                -  Liturgy and Worship, Lowther Clarke
                                                -  The Parson’s Handbook, Percy Dearmer
                                                -  Ceremonial of the English Church, Vernon Staley
                                                -  The Library of Liturgiology & Ecclesiology for English
                                                            Readers:  Essays on Ceremonial, Vernon Staley, ed.

Sacraments                                    -  The Sacramental System, Morgan Dix
                                                -  Eucharist, A. Schmemen

Practical Theology                        -  A Priest to the Temple, George Herbert
                                                -  Knowing God, J.I. Packer
                                                -  God in the Dock, C.S. Lewis
                                                -  A Manual for Priests
                                                -  The Parson’s Handbook, Percy Dearmer
                                                -  Homiletics and Pastoral Theology, Wm. Shedd

Other Anglican Topics            -  Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis
                                                -  Faith and Practice, Frank E. Wilson
                                                -  The Catholic Religion, Vernon Staley
                                                -  The Romance of Orthodoxy, Homer F. Rogers  (Uncommon Sense)
                                                -  18 Words, J.I. Packer
                                                -  Praying the Lord’s Prayer, J.I. Packer

Anglican Mysticism                        -  Mysticism, Richard Hooker
                                                -  Practical Mysticism, Evelyn Underhill

Online and Social                       

The Book of Common Prayer: Online
Worldwide and Historic

Anglican Church in North America
Bringing Right Believers Together

Virtue On Line
The Global Voice of Orthodox Anglicanism

Global Anglican Theological Institute (GATI)
Theological Training for Biblical Anglicans Worldwide

Anglicans Online
In and Out of Communion

Project Canterbury
Anglican Literature and Writers

            OTHERS:

                        -  Facebook:  RHKeystone for Militia Christi
                                               
                        -  N.T. Wright <NTWrightPage.com> 
                                               
                        -  Anglican Radio (online) www.anglicanradio.com
                                                                                   
                        -  Just Peace Apologistics                                                                                                                                     http://justpeaceapologetics.blogspot.com
                                               
                        -  BBC Choral Evensong                                                                                                                                     http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tp7r
                                               
                        -  The Anglican Theololgical Review                                                                                                             http://www.anglicantheologicalreview.org




GUILDS AND GROUPS:  (And So Many Others)

The Altar Guild looks after all things pertaining to the Sanctuary in the Church.  They are responsible for set up for all of the services on Sundays and mid-week, for weddings, funerals, ordinations, enthronements and all other special events held in the parish.  The Altar Guild also looks after all the linens and frontals used at each altar as well as the flowers and ordering and taking care of all the candles.  Often the care of all vestment falls to the Altar Guild.  They are considered by many of the clergy as nearly invaluable to the running of a parish.

Acolyte/Server/Crucifer/Verger, The International Order of Saint Vincent - A worldwide fellowship of lay ministers associated with liturgy and sanctuary service in the western branches of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. Men, women, boys and girls dedicated to servanthood, discipline, cooperation, education and the preservation of liturgical knowledge, preparation for service, responsibility and reverence. Members follow a rule of life that includes daily prayer, reading of Scripture, and regular participation in and reception of the sacraments.

Readers/Ushers/Greeters

Stitchers/Needle Crafts, St. Margaret’s Guild

The Alcuin Club is an Anglican organization devoted to preserving or restoring church ceremony, arrangement, ornament and practice in an orthodox manner. It was founded in 1897, with its first publication, English Altars by W. H. St. John Hope, appearing in 1899. The Club is dedicated to the Book of Common Prayer and conformity to its exact rubric.

Choir/Director/Musicians, Association of Anglican Musicians - Recognizing that the music of the church finds its primary expression within the framework of the liturgy, this Association takes as its purpose the elevation, stimulation, and support of music and the allied arts in all their aspects in the Anglican church, and especially in their relationship to liturgy.

Apologists, Society of the Holy Cross (SSC) - To defend and strengthen the spiritual life of the clergy, to defend the faith of the Church, and to carry on and aid mission work both at home and abroad. The Society has provinces in England and Scotland, Wales, Australia and the Americas.

The Church Union - The Church Union, a society within the Church of England, is the oldest surviving Anglo-Catholic society, tracing its roots back to the foundation of the 'English Church Union' in 1859.

Forward in Faith/North America - Forward in Faith is a worldwide association of Anglicans who are unable in conscience to accept the ordination of women as priests or as bishops.'

Brotherhood of St Andrew - A worldwide ministry to men in the Anglican Church begun in 1883, including a new African office in Mukono, Uganda serving chapters in Ghana, Uganda, Zaire (Congo), Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya. The Brotherhood has chapters throughout the world, including the Philippines, Japan, and the West Indies, for the keeping of a strict Rule of Life.

Lesser Franciscans is a fellowship of like-minded Christians who agree annually to follow a common rule and mission. They are not a religious order; they are instead a fellowship of faithful who believe God is calling the world in Christ to a renewal of heart and soul.  Most of the existing orders of monastics are represented within the Anglican Communion.


The White Poppy League, Anglican Pacifist Network - A body of people within the Anglican Communion who reject war as a means of solving international disputes, and believe that peace and justice should be sought through non-violent means.


In Christ's love, Fr. Robert Pax