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Those authorized to minister in the Church of England, whether as ordained or lay ministers, are expected to teach and act in accordance with the Church of England's doctrine. However, many of those who are currently exercising ministry in the Church of England, or who are being trained for ministry, are unclear about what the Church of England's doctrine is, and why it matters that they should adhere to it. In order to address this situatio...

Bishops, Past, Present, and Future is the fruit of over twenty years of study and reflection on the topics it covers. It is the most comprehensive and up-to-date Anglican study of episcopacy produced in recent times. Drawing on primary sources from the New Testament to the present day, it provides detailed answers to three key questions: 'Why should the Church of England have bishops?' 'What is the proper role of bishops?' and 'How should bish...

Bishops Past, Present and Future (Gilead Books 2022) is themost comprehensive and up-to-date Anglican study of episcopacyproduced in recent times. Drawing on primary sourcesfrom the New Testament to the present day, it provides detailedanswers to three key questions: 'Why should the Churchof England have bishops?' 'What is the proper role of bishops?'and 'How should bishops respond to the challenges facing theChurch of England and the Church i...

A key way in which the benefits of the work of Christ are conveyed to those who respond to the gospel with repentance and faith is through the two rites of 'Christian initiation': baptism and confirmation. In baptism we die to our old life of sin and death and rise to a new life with God which will be fully revealed at the resurrection of the dead at the end of time. In confirmation we reaffirm the promises which were made at our baptism, ...

Christians today are faced with pressure to change and accommodate, both from outside and from within the church community. Nowhere does this seem to be more true than on the issue of human sexuality. This volume discusses the issue with particular interest in the impact of recent events and publications on the Church of England. Its collection of papers and reviews aims to spell out the biblical foundations for Christian thinking about sexu...

In 2019 a series of ten articles by various authors was published on the liberal Anglican website ViaMedia.News under the collective title 'Does the Bible Really Say....?' The purpose of this series was to challenge the belief that the Bible rules out acceptance of same-sex sexual relationships and same-sex marriage. The essays in this book are response to these ViaMedia.News articles. They show that the arguments that these articles put fo...

Living in Love and Faith (LLF) is a set of resources produced by the bishops of the Church of England to help Christians discern God's will on the issues of 'identity, sexuality, relationships and marriage.' This booklet helps Evangelical clergy and laity approaching the LLF resources for the first time by addressing the two key questions about them. What do the LLF resources contain? What are we to make of them theologically? Everyone in the ...

Living in Love and Faith is an initiative from the House of Bishops. It purports to be neutral, to aid conversations on the church's future position on matters of sexuality. However it is biased towards a liberal view.

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We live in an age in which there is widespread confusion about matters to with sex, marriage, and family life not only in society at large, but also within the Christian Church. The purpose of this new Primer is to address this confusion by providing clergy and laity alike with a basic introduction to what the Christian faith has to say about these matters. it is particularly designed to help Christians to understand the issues that wi...

The Thirty Nine Articles are key part of the Anglican theological tradition. Since 1571 they have shaped the way in which Anglicans have understood and proclaimed the Christian faith and the way in which they have related to Christians of other traditions. Today, however, the Articles are not well understood.Our Inheritance of Faith addresses this problem. It begins by providing a clear and comprehensive introduction to the development of the ...

The Athanasian Creed is now the neglected Creed. Most of the laity do not know about it, its theology is not well understood even by the clergy, and it is almost never used in services, even in conservative churches. This book's aim is to counter this neglect of the Athanasian Creed. Its five chapters: · Set out what kind of document the Creed is and when and why it was written, · Give a detailed commentary on the Creed, explaining clearly wha...

This new book from the well regarded Anglican theologian Martin Davie is a four part study of what the gospel is and how it finds expression in the orthodox Anglican tradition.The first part looks at what we are taught about the meaning of the gospel by the Old and New Testaments.The second part considers how the very existence of the Church of England and worldwide Anglicanism bears witness to the gospel by testifying to God's fulfilment of h...

In April 2015 Blackburn Diocesan Synod passed the following motion: 'That this Synod, recognising the need for transgender people to be welcomed and affirmed in their parish church, calls on the House of Bishops to consider whether some nationally commended liturgical materials might be prepared to mark a person's gender transition'. The purpose of this study is to consider whether it would be right for the members of General Synod to vote...

Religious Approaches to Human Rights outlines the relationship between religion and human rights today. It explores the place of religion in society, differences between religions, models of religion and state, and implications for public policy. Human Rights were developed as a powerful tool to promote human flourishing. Religion has recently come to be seen as a barrier to human rights and been subject to sustained attack. However, religio...

The celebration of the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer has helped to stimulate a renewed interest in its teaching and fundamental contribution to Anglican identity. Archbishop Cranmer and others involved in the English Reformation knew well that the content and shape of the services and doctrine set out in the Prayer Book were vital ways of teaching congregations biblical truth and the principles of the Christian gospel. Ho...

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The purpose of this short booklet is to provide a brief introduction from an Evangelical perspective to the central issues involved in the debate about human sexuality that is currently taking place in the Church of England. Parts 1 and 2 summarise two key contributions by Bishop Keith Sinclair to the 'Pilling' report of 2013, the document at the heart of the current debate. This material covers the main biblical and theological issues in...

A lively guide to the Church, covering everything from the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Thirty-Nine Articles.

This important book describes as accurately as possible the religious situation of Great Britain at the end of the twentieth century, and evaluates this evidence within a sociological framework.