The Anglican Spiritual Tradition, parts 1 and 2
By Martin Thornton PART ONE There is good reason for dividing this lecture into two unequal parts. I must first offer a brief resumé of…
Anselm
Homily: Faith’s name for reality is God
Delivered on Trinity Sunday, 31 May 2015, at Saint Paul’s, Riverside, Illinois. [display_podcast] This past Thursday was the 8th anniversary of the death of Father John Macquarrie.…
Martin Thornton’s Ressourcement Syllabus
[from the appendix to English Spirituality: An Outline of Ascetical Theology According to the English Pastoral Tradition, rev. ed. 1986.] A Course of Study in Ascetical…
Homily: O ye Saints of the Holy Catholic Church
Homily delivered on the External Solemnity of All Saints, 2014 at Saint Paul’s Parish, Riverside, Illinois. [display_podcast] “Almighty God,” our Collect begins, “you have knit…
The Person of Jesus Christ (Lecture 1 of 5) by John Macquarrie
[display_podcast] LECTURE 1 “The State of Christology in the Present Age” Presiding Bishop John Allin introduces John Macquarrie to the House of Bishops’ gathering. In…
Martin Thornton on St Anselm
The Prayer Book as Regula, a Slideshow
If the first Christians were Catholic, it was because of their threefold prayer life (Acts 2:42) seen as the total, systematic means for repentence and…
Nine Texts toward Catholic Renewal in Anglican Parishes
If over the coming years a critical mass of faithful Anglicans become serious students of English spirituality, does that in fact enact a Catholic renewal?…
Theology as Food
When a person looks sickly, perhaps with an obviously pale complexion, and shows a distinct lack of energy — obviously not his or her normal…
Anglicanism’s identity crisis
In the West (at least), Anglicanism has an identity crisis. Are we Catholic? Are we Protestant? Are we Evangelical? These are three of the fundamental…