English Bible Vernacular: From Church Latin to King James English
Today, the term “vernacular” implies the local language spoken by a particular people. For instance, English is the common language in the...
The Book of Common Prayer in Spanish
The earliest versions of the Anglican Prayerbook existed in French, German, Latin, and Spanish during the 16th and 17th centuries.
The “English” of the prayer...
Church of South India in the Bay Area
I had some friends from Kerala, India visit us at St. Paul’s Anglican Church Los Altos. They are part of Church of South India...
My First 7AM Mass
I’ve put myself into a strange schedule for Lent. I’ve decided to, “say mass” (or as we typically describe it in Anglicanism “celebrate Holy...
How Benedictine Spirituality Came to Celtic Christianity and the English Church
The formalization of religious monasticism into the fabric of Christian identity coincided with the collapse of the Roman Empire. Historians mark the year 476...
Prayerbook Asceticism
The Anglican Book of Common Prayer reintroduces a monastic identity to the Church in England in two significant ways.
First, it’s nearly the same...
Monks and Monasticism in the Anglican Tradition
The bones of the monastic hours can certainly be found in Cranmer’s daily offices, but what influence did monasticism have on the development of...
