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The Evangelicals

Posted on 11/12/2024 by Scott Anderson

I was brought up – prepared for Confirmation and confirmed – in an Evangelical parish of the Church of England. Catholics, even those who know the C of E well, are often puzzled that within the National Church there can … Continue reading →

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Fifty years on from the closure of Kelham

Posted on 22/02/2024 by Scott Anderson

I am indebted to Anne Malins who e-mailed me the article from the Church Times by Bishop Christopher Morgan on Kelham – which closed as a Theological College of the Church of England fifty years ago. I have sometimes claimed … Continue reading →

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Infant baptism, the Catechumenate – and Conversion to Christ

Posted on 22/08/2022 by Scott Anderson

It was the seminary/theological college and the curacies which have informed, right through their lives, the attitudes and methods of many priests. Cartainly it’s true for me and for many (ex) Anglicans. So all my life I have struggled with … Continue reading →

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Geoffrey Kirk

Posted on 27/04/2020 by Scott Anderson

Yes, I was always a bit scared of Geoffrey. I had no reason to be as he was always attentive and charming. The first real personal contact I had with him happened like this. I had noticed the growing use … Continue reading →

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Forming priests the Kelham way: true patrimony

Posted on 08/10/2014 by Scott Anderson

With the Feast Of St Michael and all Angels on 29th September (St Michael, St Gabriel and St Raphael in the current Roman calendar) the thoughts of those of us who were trained as Anglicans for the priesthood at the … Continue reading →

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In the struggle against terrorism what hope is there for free-speech?

Posted on 04/10/2014 by Scott Anderson

Reports of  Theresa May’s speech at the Tory Party Conference are beginning to cause some concern. For while the British people are united behind efforts to counter violent terrorism, some commentators identity an important shift in the Home Secretary’s thinking. … Continue reading →

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Night Litany for London

Posted on 20/03/2013 by Scott Anderson

The Night Litany for London was published by the Church Literature Association with an introduction by the late Mgr Graham Leonard, then Anglican Bishop of London. It is believed to have been written by Fr H A Wilson of St … Continue reading →

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Vicars and motorbikes: pastoring the young then and now

Posted on 30/01/2013 by Scott Anderson

During one of the early discussions about the ‘Anglican Patrimony’, it was suggested to me that Anglican clergy thought of themselves as Vicar of everyone in their parish, while Catholic clergy pastored the Catholic families in their area. Is this true? … Continue reading →

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Re-visiting the past so that the future may be renewed

Posted on 29/12/2012 by Scott Anderson

The poet John Betjeman in his Collins Guide to English Parish Churches, published in 1958, writes a description of an urban church, the product of the Anglo-Catholic revival. ‘Ting-ting’ the single bell calls to Sung Eucharist, because the tower, designed … Continue reading →

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