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Good Friday

Posted on 18/04/2014 by Scott Anderson

A homily Crucifixion is probably the most barbarous death ever devised. It was used by the Romans, not only as a punishment, but as a deterrent: anyone tempted to rebellion would think long and hard if once they had seen … Continue reading →

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A reminiscence of Margaret Street

Posted on 05/04/2014 by Scott Anderson

There is concern about a school in Birmingham which, it is asserted, is being targeted by Muslim extremists. A teacher was quoted, earlier in the week, saying that “there is some gender segregation in religious assemblies”. About fifty years ago … Continue reading →

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Sweet Spirit, comfort me

Posted on 02/04/2014 by Scott Anderson

I went recently to Southwark Cathedral for the funeral of the musician Jeremy de Satgé, who had organised the music and singers for my ordination at Most Precious Blood. The boys of Westminster Cathedral choir sang at the funeral, and … Continue reading →

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Let us now praise famous women …

Posted on 01/04/2014 by Scott Anderson

… at least, famous in the C S Lewis sense. If I remember rightly, for I have not got my copy of ‘The Great Divorce’ to hand, he heard singing and joyful tumult, and asked his guide who was coming. … Continue reading →

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I vow to thee my country

Posted on 30/03/2014 by Scott Anderson

The unravelling of the relationship between the Church and the State in Britain has accelerated rapidly in the last thirty years. But the process has been going on rather longer than we care to remember. I don’t mean that disestablishment … Continue reading →

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Ordinariate Pilgrims of faith

Posted on 18/03/2014 by Scott Anderson

At the beginning of Lent around 500 people were present at Southwark Cathedral for their Rite of Election. Among these 500 are Catechumens – those who have come from unbelief and are to be baptised at Easter – and Candidates … Continue reading →

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The Lenten Fast

Posted on 10/03/2014 by Scott Anderson

Robert Herrick (1592-1674) was an Anglican cleric of the 17th century. He was vicar of Dean Prior in the county of Devon. From this parish he was ejected by the Puritans and restored by King Charles II. This poem appears … Continue reading →

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Nicholas Ferrar: a call to holiness in difficult times

Posted on 08/03/2014 by Scott Anderson

In 1625 the Ferrar family purchased the manor house and church at Little Gidding in Huntingdonshire, nor far from Cambridge. Nicholas Ferrar had prospects at the royal court, but with the loss of the family fortune, he retired to Little … Continue reading →

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Anglican Patrimony: the voice of the laity (2)

Posted on 27/02/2014 by Scott Anderson

Fr Philip North has described the General Synod of the Church of England as “clumsy, dysfunctional and dangerous”. As an Anglican – and an Anglo-Catholic – Fr North has reason to use these harsh terms, given the way that the … Continue reading →

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Anglican Patrimony: the voice of the laity

Posted on 22/02/2014 by Scott Anderson

One of the most obvious features of a parish church in the C of E is its Church Council. It has huge legal responsibility for the building and finances, and more general authority – in tandem with the Vicar – … Continue reading →

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