Reformation Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/reformation/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Fri, 22 Oct 2021 13:42:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Reformation Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/reformation/ 32 32 170042892 Lent an evolving tradition, says professor https://anglicanjournal.com/lent-an-evolving-tradition-says-professor/ https://anglicanjournal.com/lent-an-evolving-tradition-says-professor/#respond Mon, 09 Mar 2020 17:46:37 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=162870 Anglicans may seem inconsistent when it comes to Lent: for every Anglican who gives something up—striking chocolate, swearing or Netflix off the list—there’s another for whom such practices don’t seem essential to the season.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/lent-an-evolving-tradition-says-professor/feed/ 0 162870 God’s story emerges in the power and beauty of artistic expression https://anglicanjournal.com/gods-story-emerges-in-the-power-and-beauty-of-artistic-expression/ https://anglicanjournal.com/gods-story-emerges-in-the-power-and-beauty-of-artistic-expression/#comments Tue, 11 Feb 2020 12:55:49 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=162716 Can you imagine our church without the music, art, stained glass, hangings or sculptures that adorn our worship life?

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/gods-story-emerges-in-the-power-and-beauty-of-artistic-expression/feed/ 2 162716 Looking toward God’s own pruning https://anglicanjournal.com/looking-toward-gods-own-pruning/ https://anglicanjournal.com/looking-toward-gods-own-pruning/#comments Sun, 26 Jan 2020 21:32:28 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=162402 Last fall, members of the diocese of Toronto gathered for synod.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/looking-toward-gods-own-pruning/feed/ 3 162402 Lutherans, Catholics, Methodists, Reformed and Anglicans ‘drawn into deeper communion’ https://anglicanjournal.com/lutherans-catholics-methodists-reformed-anglicans-drawn-deeper-communion/ https://anglicanjournal.com/lutherans-catholics-methodists-reformed-anglicans-drawn-deeper-communion/#respond Tue, 31 Oct 2017 19:41:33 +0000 http://anglicanjournal.com/?p=152485 An agreement between the Lutheran and Roman Catholic churches that settled one of the historic disagreements at the centre of the Reformation was the focus of a special service at Westminster Abbey today. On this day 500 years ago, Martin Luther kick-started the Reformation by posting his Ninety-five Theses on the door of All Saints’ […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/lutherans-catholics-methodists-reformed-anglicans-drawn-deeper-communion/feed/ 0 152485 Welby to present ACC Reformation resolution to Catholic and Lutheran leaders https://anglicanjournal.com/welby-present-acc-reformation-resolution-catholic-lutheran-leaders/ https://anglicanjournal.com/welby-present-acc-reformation-resolution-catholic-lutheran-leaders/#respond Wed, 25 Oct 2017 13:53:31 +0000 http://anglicanjournal.com/?p=152356 A resolution from the Anglican Consultative Council welcoming an agreed Roman Catholic-Lutheran declaration on justification will feature at a service in Westminster Abbey October 31. The service will mark the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther nailing his 95 theses, critical of Catholic teaching on justification, to the door of All Saints’ Church – the Schlosskirche […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/welby-present-acc-reformation-resolution-catholic-lutheran-leaders/feed/ 0 152356 Changing the legacy of the Reformation https://anglicanjournal.com/changing-legacy-reformation/ https://anglicanjournal.com/changing-legacy-reformation/#comments Fri, 20 Oct 2017 14:56:03 +0000 http://anglicanjournal.com/?p=151660 The year 1517 is the symbolic heart of the Reformation and has led to the commemorations of its 500th anniversary in 2017.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/changing-legacy-reformation/feed/ 1 151660 Bible-readers can be both ‘lovers’ and ‘brawlers,’ conference hears https://anglicanjournal.com/bible-readers-can-lovers-brawlers-conference-hears/ https://anglicanjournal.com/bible-readers-can-lovers-brawlers-conference-hears/#respond Tue, 17 Oct 2017 18:56:21 +0000 http://anglicanjournal.com/?p=151603 From the beginning, Protestants have tended to read their Bibles both for personal inspiration and to help them argue about God—and a healthy Christianity requires a good balance of the two, a U.K. historian of religion says.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/bible-readers-can-lovers-brawlers-conference-hears/feed/ 0 151603 Luther and the English church: 500 years of influence https://anglicanjournal.com/luther-english-church-500-years-influence/ https://anglicanjournal.com/luther-english-church-500-years-influence/#respond Thu, 12 Oct 2017 13:30:04 +0000 http://anglicanjournal.com/?p=151524 (This story first appeared in the October 2017 issue of the Anglican Journal.) This October, Lutherans around the world will commemorate the 500th anniversary of an act that has defined modern history in the Western world: Martin Luther’s posting of his Ninety-five Theses to the door of a Wittenberg church, disputing the Catholic Church’s practice […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/luther-english-church-500-years-influence/feed/ 0 151524 10 things you need to know about the Reformation https://anglicanjournal.com/10-things-need-know-reformation/ https://anglicanjournal.com/10-things-need-know-reformation/#comments Wed, 11 Oct 2017 19:30:51 +0000 http://anglicanjournal.com/?p=151495 What’s being commemorated this year? Five hundred years ago, on October 31, 1517, Martin Luther, then a professor at the University of Wittenberg, nailed a copy of his Ninety-five Theses to the door of the city’s All Saints’ Church. (At least, this is what Luther’s co-reformer, Philip Melanchthon, recollected 29 years after the event. Some […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/10-things-need-know-reformation/feed/ 3 151495 Nancy Mallett: Curator, keeper of history, powerhouse https://anglicanjournal.com/nancy-mallett-curator-keeper-history-powerhouse/ https://anglicanjournal.com/nancy-mallett-curator-keeper-history-powerhouse/#respond Mon, 10 Jul 2017 14:07:07 +0000 http://2017.anglicanjournal.com/?p=129312 When I first met Nancy Mallett, ODT, curator of the museum and archives that bear her name at Toronto’s Cathedral Church of St. James, she was the organizing genius behind a major international conference and exhibition on the history of the crèche, hosted by the cathedral in November 2011. She was 82.

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