Links page from Anglican Church of Canada website. Lots of worldwide links
Links page from the Society of Archbishop Justus
The amazing(but ever so slightly partisan) Louie Crew website
Information about rhe history of African American Episcopalians
Anglicans Online, a great place to start for all Anglican organizations
September 13 Anglican identity and authority; introduction to the course
September 20 Origins and the early Middle Ages
For today, please read about 50 pages of Bede's Ecclesiastical History. Include the following sections: I.7 and 23; III. 5 and 6; III. 25; IV. 5, 23, and 24; V. 23 and 24. Bede died in 735.
September 27The later Middle Ages
For your reading today, you've got a choice.
- Follow the link to the original documents relating to the martyrdom of Thomas à Becket, the archbishop of Canterbury who championed the rights of the Church against the rights of the Crown, and was assassinated by four knights in his cathedral on December 29, 1170. The website is maintained by a former professor at Loyola University, New Orleans. Another brief primary source is linked here; and another one here.
- Or, do some reading in the "Revelations of Divine Love" of Julian of Norwich. Julian lived roughly 1342-1413, and was consecrated as an anchoress, a solitary enclosed in a cell attached to a parish church in Norwich, England. This work is an account of sixteen revelations she received on May 8-9, 1373.
- Or, read some of Chaucer's Canterbury tales.
October 4 The Sixteenth Century
For today, please read:
October 11The
Book of Common Prayer
For today, please read through the Book of Common Prayer (Canada 1959) as thoroughly and as comprehensively as you can. An online version isn't as easy to read, but you can search the text. Although we'll use the 1959 BCP to help us think about the English Reformation, remember that although it's in the Reformation tradition, it's not really a Reformation document: it's a revision of the 1918 Canada BCP, which is in turn a revision of the 1662 English BCP, which in turn is a revision of the 1552 BCP. If you want, you can follow these links to the 1549 BCP and the 1552 BCP.
October 25The Seventeenth Century in England
For today, please read the Westminster Confession. Please note that this is not a document endorsed by any church in the Anglican Communion today! It was written by Puritan divines. But it reflects discussions in the Anglican world of the period. Please browse the first eighteen chapters, and compare them with the relevant portions of the Thirty-Nine Articles, looking for important differences.
November 1North America 1490–1867
Your assignment for today is to read one of the following two works.
- William White, Case of the Episcopal Churches
- John Strachan, Sermon on the death of Bishop Mountain
You can also check my website on Canadian Anglican history.
November 8 The Anglican World 1689–1867
For today, please read one of the two following works:
- E.B. Pusey, The Presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist
- John Wesley, Sermon on the Use of Money
November 15 The Anglican world since 1867, part 1: Liturgy
Please read widely in the Book of Alternative Services. Include the introduction to the volume and some of the introductions to specific services. (Some parts are in an online version.)
November 22 The Anglican world since 1867, part 2: Issues
For today, please browse through the resolutions of the Lambeth Conference 1867-1988 and for the Lambeth Conference 1998. In particular, please read:
- Lambeth Conference resolutions on women
- A few statistics from the Anglican Church of Canada
- Two perspectives on the Church and gay sexuality
- The websites of Trinity and Wycliffe Colleges
November 29 The Anglican world since 1867, part 3: Global Anglicanism
Preparatory reading to be announced.
December 7 Ecumenical perspectives on Anglicanism .
For today, please read:
- Lambeth Conference 1998, section 4
- The Waterloo Declaration (between the Anglican and Lutheran Churches in Canada)
- Windsor
report
