Anglicanism and Eastern Orthodoxy - Historically Speaking
May 3rd, 2022
On the eve of the Great and Holy Council of the Eastern Orthodox in June 2016, the first general meeting of the majority of Eastern Orthodox Patriarchs and hierarchs in many centuries, it should be be...  Read More
by The Most Reverend Chandler Holder Jones, SSC
The Advocation of the Saints
April 24th, 2022
There is only one Mediator and Advocate between God and man, the Man Christ Jesus (I Timothy 2.5). His mediation and mediatorial work are absolute and unique. Ontologically, there can be only one Advo...  Read More
by The Most Reverend Chandler Holder Jones, SSC
The Operation of the Holy Ghost
April 5th, 2022
1. Common humanity. The Holy Ghost has been present in creation since He established it and has always abided in the imminent creation, sanctifying, controlling, and ordering it. The Holy Ghost operat...  Read More
by The Most Reverend Chandler Holder Jones, SSC
Why Millennials Long for Liturgy: Is the High Church the Christianity of the future?
March 8th, 2022
From The American Conservative: America’s youth are leaving churches in droves. One in four young adults choose “unaffiliated” when asked about their religion, according to a 2012 Public Religion Rese...  Read More
by The Most Reverend Chandler Holder Jones, SSC
Necessary Sacramental Intention
March 4th, 2022
'There is no need to intend what the Roman Church does; but what the true Church does, whatever that True Church is. Or what Christ instituted. Or what Christians do. Because these all amount to the s...  Read More
by The Most Reverend Chandler Holder Jones, SSC
Timelines of the English Reformation: Edward VI and the Edwardine Reformation
March 3rd, 2022
1537: King Edward VI is born, the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour.1547: Henry dies; Edward ascends the English Throne.1547: The Privy Council, and Somerset and the Duke of Northumberland take contr...  Read More
by The Most Reverend Chandler Holder Jones, SSC
'Continual growth in thy love and service...'
February 10th, 2022
In the 1928 American Prayer Book Eucharist, the Prayer for the Whole State of Christ's Church contains this phrase of intercession for the Dead, which petition is absolutely unique to the revised Amer...  Read More
by The Most Reverend Chandler Holder Jones, SSC
Saint Charles Stuart I of England, King and Martyr
January 30th, 2022
Saint Charles Stuart I (1600-1649) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1625. On his accession to the throne, King Charles found a considerable party amongst the clergy disposed to abandon the C...  Read More
by The Most Reverend Chandler Holder Jones, SSC
The Bestowal of the American Episcopate
November 4th, 2021
For Anglicans in the United States, the month of November provides a commemoration of unique importance which reinforces what we celebrate on All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day, the great celebrations...  Read More
by The Most Reverend Chandler Holder Jones, SSC
A Teaching and Proclamation on Abortion
February 21st, 2019
The Bishops of the Anglican Joint Synods Churches released the following statement on the matter of abortion. In 1973 the Supreme Court paved the way for legalized abortion in the United States in a l...  Read More
by The Most Reverend Chandler Holder Jones, SSC
Article XXVIII and the Continuing Churches
February 21st, 2019
The Affirmation of Saint Louis (1977) is the foundational document of the Continuing Church.  The Affirmation distinguishes the Continuing Churches from earlier Anglican bodies, such as the Episcopal ...  Read More
by The Most Reverend Chandler Holder Jones, SSC