Announcing our first Fellow-in-Residence
As the founder of Akenside Press, now in its fifth year of mission to aid in the rediscovery of the true Anglican patrimony of the…
Benedict
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…
Offices of Praise, Silence and Readings
This is my own pattern of offices, which is a threefold form. This form is built of a Prologue Office of Praise, a Holy Office…
“The Principles behind Martin Thornton’s Theology”
[Note: The following essay was written for Formatio Online Journal, once published by the Ambrose Institute (of Nashotah House). It can be usefully seen as an…
The Divine Office, “Devotionalized”
It is my sense, based on wide observation, that the Divine Office, through well-intentioned use, has in fact become “devotionalized.” It has become optional, and…
On Anglican Ethos, part 2 : an audio lecture
What it is about Anglican patrimony that gives it distinctiveness? What about it has made the Anglican Church unique, while still a strong, if troubled,…
On Anglican Ethos, part 1 : an audio lecture
What it is about Anglican patrimony that gives it distinctiveness? What is it about it has made the Anglican Church unique, while still a strong,…
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 Diverse Riches of Prayer”
By the Rev. Dr Martin Thornton The Times (UK) 14 December 1968 The Creeds grew out of the first disciples’ confrontation with Christ, that is…