tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38902456.post1497342115737505703..comments2023-03-21T02:52:56.847-07:00Comments on bloggingpriest: The Heart of the ChurchTom Sramek, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17891982131922786298noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38902456.post-68934226500114041962010-11-01T08:09:00.065-07:002010-11-01T08:09:00.065-07:00Hello Fr. Tom,
What the church does? Perhaps one...Hello Fr. Tom, <br /><br />What the church does? Perhaps one of the unique things about Anglicanism is how the 'doing' of the church is already prescribed in the prayer book. In england, beneficed clergy would do morning and evening prayer in church/chapel daily. W and F would accompany the litany. Sunday worship wold be double-duty. This is largely the 'method' of John Wesley, combining 'disputations' or classes on W/F nights. <br /><br />The whole point is to teach daily prayer, instruct people in the dogmatics of faith, and bring neighbors into pastoral oversight and fellowship for the sake of holy living and, ultimately, salvation. That's what the church does. It's not there to make people comfortable or entertain (as you note) but to convict, repent, call sinners to faith, thereby enjoying the benefits of Christ forever. <br /><br />The Church, as you know, has been doing this for quite a long time, and I don't understand the need to 'rethink' it. The historical prayer books, two books of homilies, 39 articles, longer catechisms, Tudor primers, KJV, and many other books give that 'meat on the bone'. Take advantage of them! <br /><br />I know you've studied all of them, but for those who have not, I have those approved by crown and convocation listed on my blog under the right margin "Anglicanism".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com