When I say “Anglican,” what do you hear? Do you hear via media? Do you hear Protestant? Catholic? Evangelical or Anglo-Catholic? The temptation throughout Anglican history has been to become confused about our identity. Various groups have reduced Anglicanism to various assertions, for instance, the Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral or the Tracts for the Times. But, despite …
Charles McIlvaine was born in 1799. He was an Evangelical Episcopalian who was ordained in 1820, and served as Bishop of Ohio from 1832-1873. His ministry and episcopacy overlapped with the Second Great Awakening (~1795—~1835). In fact, he himself oversaw an awakening/revival among the cadets during his time as chaplain at West Point (1825-1827). In …
In the second installment of American Voices of Evangelical Anglicanism, we discuss 19th Century Episcopal Bishop Charles McIlvaine. Bishop McIlvaine, the second bishop of Ohio, author, and statesman was a leading voice of Evangelical Anglicanism in the 19th century. President of EFAC-USA, Rev. Zac Neubauer, speaks with Thomas Isham, author of A Born Again Episcopalian: …
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President of EFAC-USA, the Rev. Zac Neubauer, chats with Dr. Gillis Harp about his recent article on ModernReformation.org “Evangelicals on the Canterbury Trail: Reflections on the Pilgrimage to Anglicanism Nearly 40 Years After Webber’s Classic.” We discuss why the Canterbury Trail phenomenon is so prevalent in the North American Anglican Tradition, what the phenomenon has …
The season of Lent is almost here, and it begins with Ash Wednesday. This post offers a brief look back at the classic Anglican liturgy for Ash Wednesday, with suggestions for how its theology can inform Ash Wednesday services today using other prayer books. The 1662 Book of Common Prayer makes Ash Wednesday distinctive in …
