tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post4772818818175810003..comments2024-03-29T17:55:30.203+13:00Comments on Anglican Down Under: From inside the campPeter Carrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-48121121861844910092008-07-31T23:13:00.000+12:002008-07-31T23:13:00.000+12:00Peter, here's a free resource (though they would a...Peter, here's a free resource (though they would appreciate donations!) from Covenant Seminary - lots of mp3's on early church history and a host of other topics to listen to on a dark winter's evening (OK, I know the sun always shines in Nelson):<BR/><BR/>http://www.biblicaltraining.org/index.php?page=links<BR/><BR/>I learnt a lot from Gerald Bray's take on the late classical/patristic period.<BR/><BR/>Ashley Null, I believe, is excellent on Cranmer and others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-30254323989893319902008-07-31T22:35:00.000+12:002008-07-31T22:35:00.000+12:00Oh, Anonymous, we are definitely South Pacific, ra...Oh, Anonymous, we are definitely South Pacific, rather than mid-Atlantic!<BR/>But your advice is helpful!<BR/>We do not pay much attention to the Fathers so that is something to remedy ... after we have tackled Hooker!Peter Carrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-73556708469475517572008-07-31T20:32:00.000+12:002008-07-31T20:32:00.000+12:00Ah, but 'things have taken their course', as this ...Ah, but 'things have taken their course', as this response to John Richardson's post on the differences between Tec and the Chruch of England illustrate:<BR/><BR/>http://ugleyvicar.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>- a long and depressing list of increasingly bizarre innovations in 'worship' that seem to have been concocted out of a potted course in Otto, Jung and Robert Pirsig - very cool on the Left Coast and in Greenwich Village, no doubt, but little to do with the faith once delivered by Cranmer, Jewel, Hooker et al. It started with Pike, graduated to Spong, and is producing weird and not especially wonderful fruit. 'Little children, keep yourselves from idols.'<BR/><BR/>The comments in response linked on 'Stand Firm' are very illuminating. Consider (from details supplied by the commenters)how Nashotah House (and, I would imagine, Trinity Ambridge) treat the question of Anglican identity compared to the other Tec seminaries, where there is really little interest or knowledge of classical theology or hermeneutics.<BR/>How different is it in NZ? Where are NZ Anglicans, theologically speaking? Mid-Atlantic? Drifting?<BR/>Forgive my presumption, but herein, I think, is a challenge for your theological education and ministerial training:<BR/>- work out the best and most faithful kind of hermeneutics (including a sound bibliology)<BR/>- study the Church Fathers, especailly the apologists and the Cappadocians<BR/>- tap into the deep roots of classical Anglican understanding of the Church and its ministry. Don't fall for the theological version of Last Thursdayism!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com