I'm very new to Anglicanism and I've heard that it is sort of a "middle way" between Protestantism and Catholicism given the history. How is the Eucharist viewed by you guys? I understand it's a very important thing, but is it something that must be taken part in every week without fail? How would you best explain the role it plays in our faith and it's importance?

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... O Lord we look around today

And see a world in conflict still We pray for those who strive for peace Who stand for truth or lives rebuild We weep with those whose hearts are scarred Whose way is hard whose hope is weak To refugees whose homes are lost God of all comfort comfort speak...

EDIT: A user (profile created 1.5 months ago, no comments or posts with a generic African picture) has messaged me. Username is:

New-Yam5564

He has claimed that he runs an orphanage in Uganda taking care of 18 kids, 2 died recently, he is about to be evicted from his house, is lacking food, and is planning to decease himself soon. I messaged him, offered pastoral care, and three avenues of advice for fundraising. I mentioned I am deleting this new account (Since my question has been answered) yet he asked for money. Being in debt myself, again, I gave three different avenues. Post on Reddit, explore local churches, reach out to denominational relief societies (like UMCOR for United Methodists). Hours have passed and his immediate replies stopped. He may very well be legit, and I noted that he will have to prove his legitimate need to any of these avenues (which should not be hard if he is legit).

However, I am wary this is an online scam. Many people here with compassionate hearts going into ministry. Be gentle as doves, yet still wise as serpents.

Here was my question:

If someone in the ACNA gets ordained to the priesthood are they allowed to still be ordained, but not be a priest and have a secular job outside of the church?

https://www.anglicancommunion.org/mission/at-the-un/anglicans-at-cop16.aspx

The world is facing a triple environmental crisis of biodiversity loss, climate change and pollution. In October and November 2024, two major UN COPs (Conference of the Parties) will address biodiversity loss and climate change. Anglicans will be represented at both events, to advocate for change..

Or the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost. Year B, Proper 27 in the Revised Common Lectionary.

The United Kingdom, and therefore some Anglican churches around the world, will keep Remembrance Sunday this week, in honor of those who died in World War I (aka the "Great War").

##Important dates this week

Monday, November 11: St. Martin, Bishop and Confessor (Black Letter Day)

Wednesday, November 13: Britius, Bishop (Black letter day)

Friday, November 15: Machutus, Bishop (Black letter day)

##Lectionary from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer

Collect: O Lord, we beseech thee, absolve thy people from their offences, that through thy bountiful goodness we may all be delivered from the bands of those sins which by our frailty we have committed. Grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ's sake, our blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen.

Epistle: Colossians 1:3-12

Gospel: Matthew 9:18-26

So fairly new to the church and I've followed Anglo-Catholic faith but the question I really want to ask is wearing clothing with depicting Christian imagery considered sinful?

Personally I'd be wearing it because I quite like the design with a "Dont be Afraid" test on the back. Without saying it wouldn't be worn for worship, just fashion reasons if I'm being honest.

I am feeling I am at a sort of meandering space in my faith. I am trying to understand why I believe and in the process I am struggling with doubt and unbelief

How can we distinguish if a spiritual experience is actually a sign of God rather than just a psychological effect? People of all religions get spiritual experience after all.

People say they feel things in prayer but secular meditation and psychology seems to produce similar effects.

If time is cyclical instead of linear then there can't be a first mover can there?

How can I carry on in my faith while feeling disbelieving?

I've seen arguments for God but none of them have completely blown me away but I can say the same for arguments against God. What bothers me is I feel like I believe just cause it makes sense to me, but atheist can say the same thing.

With how conspiracy filled people are these days I've realized how so many people just believe something just cause it feels right. This has crippled my faith more than anything else lately

I’ve been using an online version of the 2019 BCP and want to get an actual leather-bounded BCP. Where can I buy one, and should I get the 1662 or 2019 edition?

I come from a reformed baptist background. And before that, Presbyterian (PCA). Growing up, my husband and I heard a lot about church discipline and elders coming alongside those stuck in sin— counseling, rebuking, etc. does this exist within Anglican churches to any extent? What are the steps the priests or clergy would take if someone in the congregation is stuck in or caught up in unrepentant sin?

Anyone aware of major orthodox differences of the Nicene creed once translated to English, especially pertaining to the Spirit?

Most English translations of the creed write that we believe in the "Lord, the giver of Life."

The Rutheanian Catholic Church's translation reads, "And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Creator of Life,"

I swear this isn’t related to the recent US election, but I’ve been curious for a while:

How common is it for someone from Country A to travel to Country B for seminary and then work as a priest/deacon in the new country?

Example: a layperson from the Church of England comes to study at Virginia Theological Seminary and then gets a rector position in Canada. How often does that sort of thing happen?

How do Anglicans view tithing? Is it necessary for every believer? Is it based off of pre-tax or gross income? Is it something that isn't necessary, but is still expected?

My family just started attending an ACNA church a couple of months ago and the rector has never mentioned the topic of giving at all. My family used to tithe based on pre-tax income, but with inflation and our 5th child on the way, we are giving closer to 7%. I do feel bad about this, but I have a family to take care of and feel very strongly that the Lord has blessed us with our children for a reason (though I'm sure many would look down on our big family unfortunately). But we do feel that meeting their needs comes before giving to church. Am I wrong for this or should we give more and trust that God will provide?

I'm considering visiting an Episcopalian church near me due to the rise of Christian Nationalism in Orthodoxy. Is this a problem within Anglicanism as well? My wife and I are an "interracial" couple with two biracial kids. It's not easy finding a good place to worship here in the South because people don't approve of our union. Any advice?

Hi folks, I've been a follower of Christ for 2 years now and have delayed going to church for so long because I was unsure of choosing the "correct" denomination and was worrying about it daily, I have OCD which makes this a big issue for me. But I've realised now that what's important is my relationship with Jesus above all else. I've always felt that the church of England would be my ideal place as I live here and am surrounded by lots of lovely CofE churches. I've found one that I will be attending this Sunday for the first time. I'm just curious, if it works out for me and I like the church, how long does it usually take to get baptised? I ask this because I was looking into catholicism for a while and they have a very long process of joining and attending classes for a year or longer, and I'm just worried it will be the same in Anglican churches. I worry a lot and get anxiety about delaying or having to wait a long time to be baptised, this is an important thing for me and would allow me to feel like a true follower of Christ.

TLDR: How long does it take until I can get baptised in the Church of England?

Thank you

Our Sunday school committee got on to the topic of our side altar this evening and it got me thinking.

Our church is a fair size as far as Canadian churches go and a fairly traditional layout. Seating in the nave faces east, there's a high altar for versus populem celebration of Holy Eucharist with a rail, the choir is arranged perpendicular to the nave pews, leaving an aisle as you approach the rail for communion. The main aisle in the nave is quite large, while the side aisles are wide enough for single file walking at best.

On the south wall there is a side chapel with an altar and chair. It's almost always unused. Candles at this altar aren't lit, there is an empty book holder upon it as well as an altar cloth, but that's it. I've been wondering what other churches with such a chapel do? Our current pew arrangement makes it impractical to use this altar for worship, even for a small group. The existence of this chapel is an anomaly among Anglican churches in our area. I'd love to see it brought to life for some purpose before anyone decides it should be removed.

I don't believe use as an altar of reservation would fit within the practices of this congregation. We're a wonderful "broad church" crowd. I don't think anyone is looking to borrow any customs from our roman neighbours.

I'd love to hear what you all are doing with your side altars and side chapels.

Hi All, I’m in Southern California

I was wondering if there was a way to temporarily enter religious or monastic life?

One with a lot of focus on prayer, spirituality, and work (charity or farming/gardening, etc)

I’m in Southern California near LA btw.

I’m a member of the Episcopal Church, but I’m ok with ACNA stuff too if it exists.

Thank you

Edit: I would also really like for places in or near Southern California?

I know the creed says we worship the Spirit, but when/how do we do this on Sundays and through the week?

The book, in its full Victorian paragraph-for-a-title glory, can be found here: Prime and hours, according to the use of the Church of England, with other devotions : from The Priest's book of private devotions.

Flipping through the calendar, I like that each recto of this section is left blank for the user to fill in their own commemorations (RIP Ronnie, whoever you were). I also like that they chop off the Counter-Reformation half of the Hail Mary to rebrand it as "Memorial of the Incarnation." Very clever.

I like the seasonal "propers" in the book for each of the hours (and might steal them), even though the section printing the hours themselves is overwhelmingly busy---"more business to find out what should be read," indeed.

After the Hours, the "Commendation of a departing soul" looks like it was copied by the American church for the 1928 BCP. The Placebo seems an unusual to include, but I can't judge; I've been cutting and pasting sections of the BCP burial office like a liturgical Frankenstein for some kind of All-Soulslike commemoration. The Penitential Psalms are great to have as well. I had to take to Tumblr to learn what the Itinerarium is, though the contents of the office make it clear enough: a prayer for those about to go on a journey.

I don't understand who would want table blessings in Latin, unless one dreams oft of Esperian spires. Same for the Preparation and Thanksgiving for Communion sections, half of which are in Latin.

The litany for missions. we should all be praying (though perhaps with some editing surrounding "Mohammedans" and "Hindoos," etc.). It's even got its own appendix.

Honestly, I think this book deserves an update and a re-release. And not just because it's got lots of the same things that my half-dozen attempts at a devotional guide have.

What do you think of it?

I just finished Alan Jacobs's The Book of Common Prayer: A Biography, and thoroughly enjoyed it, but want to get more insight into one of his points. I think he gave an impression of Cranmer as motivated by a view of the Eucharist that would be perfectly at home in Calvin's Geneva, or even Zwingli's Zurich. He pointed to developments in the 1552 prayer book Communion liturgy as compared to the 1549.

I can certainly see evidence for this, but also some points on the other hand. For one, I've read some liturgies written by the continental Reformed of that time, and by English Puritans as well, and they don't seem to have quite the same regard for Jesus' presence in the Supper. Compared to the Reformed and Puritan services, it seems the 1552 prayer book

• devotes more time to prayer about rightly receiving the elements
• devotes more liturgical real estate in general to the "Communion" part of the service (prayers of preparation, the anamnesis, words of institution, prayers of thanksgiving afterwards, etc.). Puritan prayer books by contrast really emphasis the Bible reading and preaching part of the service more.
• uses "realist" language about the supper more readily (e.g., "if with a truly penitent heart and lively fayth, we receive that holy Sacrament ... spirituallye eate the fleshe of Christ, and drynke hys bloud, then we dwel in Christ and Christ in us, we be one with Christ, and Christ with us" and "graunt us therfore (gracious lord) so to eate the fleshe of thy dere sonne Jesus Christe, and to drinke his bloud..." and "us, whiche have duely receyved these holye misteries, with the spirituall foode of the most precious body and bloud of thy sonne our saviour Jesus Christ"

In short, even the 1552 seems like it treats Holy Communion service differently than the Reformed/Puritans did. With the lex orandi, lex credendi dictum in mind, I find it hard to say confidently that Cranmer's Eucharistic theology was indistinguishable from his Reformed brothers. Thoughts?

Dear r/Anglicanism, about a year ago I was in the middle of writing a book and posted a question on here about the different types of vestments vicars wear depending on the liturgical season. Everyone who replied was incredibly helpful, and I would like to say a big thank you!

The book I was writing is due to be published this December, and although the colour of the stole my fictional vicar is wearing is a small detail, it was important for me to get right.

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Which cross is most commonly used in Anglicanism and represents Anglicanism, like when you look at it you think Anglicanism.

https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2024/8-november/news/uk/congregations-are-encouraged-to-remember-anglican-methodist-covenant-21-years-on

THE Church of England and the Methodist Church marked the 21st anniversary, on Friday, of the covenant that “recognised each other as a true Church, with authentic ministries of Word and Sacrament”.

Signed in front of Queen Elizabeth II in 2003, the Anglican-Methodist Covenant committed both Churches to forging closer ties and to removing further obstacles to unity. The two Churches separated after the death of John Wesley in 1791. From the time of the General Synod’s rejection of the Anglican-Methodist Unity Scheme in 1972, work continued towards “a united, interchangeable ministry”, in which much of the debate turned on the significance of the historic episcopate...

Hello everyone, long time lurker, first time poster here.

My Anglo-Catholic parish celebrated the Solemn Requiem Mass for the Commemoration of All Souls tonight (Monday 4 November). However, All Souls’ Day was on Saturday 2 November.

This isn’t bugging me at all but I am curious - is it common for Anglican services for feast days that fall on a weekend to be moved to the nearest weekday? I forgot to ask the rector after the service tonight despite my burning curiosity.

I thank you for any insights you can provide!

So I'm a born and raised Catholic, however I feel called to the CoE. Are there any tips you guys would have?
Thank you.