I suspect I am not on my own in this. I have found that since I have joined CF there is more heresy about than I was ever aware of, and a great deal of this heresy basically builds down to the basic heresies that were understood in the early centuries of the Christian Religion.
As a fairly easy...
My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord
My spirit rejoices in God my Saviour;
he has looked with favour on his lowly servant.
The Third Sunday in Advent - Gaudate (Rejoice) Sunday - is the Sunday we think in many lectionaries about the role of Mary, Theotokos (the God Bearer).
Confronted...
For some years I have played with the idea that Advent is the Season of Expectation, of the looking and the longing for the return of Jesus, mirrored in our waiting for the joy of Christmas Day.
I keep wondering if Expectation is such a cool word. Expectations are things that destroy...
I am an Anglican. The Anglican Church says or doesn't say the filioque, it is certainly as the Nicene Creed is printed in The Book of Common Prayer 1661-2. I have been research it for some time, and as a result of that research I have come to a position where I no longer say it, and...