about Real Anglo-Catholics

Awhile back I came across a blog about Real Anglo-Catholics at http://jjostm.blogspot.com/2006/01/real-ultimate-anglo-catholic-power.html However, since that time, the blog seems to have fallen off into oblivion. From what I could piece togther from other references to this once hilarious post is the following:

About Real Anglo-Catholics:

"Anglo-catholics can out-catholic any Roman catholic they want.Anglo-Catholics kick low-church evangelical asses ALL the time while chanting and genuflecting and don't even think twice about it.These guys are so crazy and awesome that they read Ritual Notes ALL the time.I heard that there was this Anglo-Catholic priest who was eating at a diner in his cassock. And when some dude said “and also with you” the priest killed the whole town and sung a solemn requiem mass.My friend Mark said that he saw a Anglo-Catholic totally uppercut some kid just because the kid used the 1979 Prayer Book....
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also from the Anglo-catholic Ninja:
http://anglocatholicninjas.wordpress.com/2007/03/07/anglo-catholic-ninja-weapons-and-gear/ :

"The Real Ultimate Anglo-Catholic, our Thurible Master Ninja, has listed a few Anglo-Catholic weapons and gear:The Anglican BreviaryThe BirettaAltar at St. Clement’s in Philadelphia (not sure how the AC ninja is supposed to conceal this)Gin Martinis (more than one per AC ninja, presumably)It’s definitely a RUAC (Real Ultimate Anglo-Catholic) selection. The thing is, these weapons are rather difficult to wield and, frankly, some of them are not even that deadly. If an AC ninja came accross a Calvinist, would he whip out his gin martini? The Calvinist would probably call him a wussy boy and smack him around town with a fine bottle of single-malt whiskey (just look at crazy Reformed lad RC Sproul Jr. checking out his collection). So, with due respect to the Master, AC ninjas have to be better armed, especially when on patrol in low-church zones. To develop dexterity and flexibilty at an early stage , we suggest that acolytes begin training with the…Double-bladed crosierDo not try this at home boys and girls. Seek the guidance of an Anglo-Catholic ninja master please."
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"I've heard where ever you find four Anglo-catholics, you'll also find a Fifth!"
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If anyone know where the original blog went or the whole quote, please let us know.

The Papal Claims Examined from Catholic PrinciplesbyThe Revd Frank N. Westcott

excerpt from a book I recently read, Catholic Principles, byThe Revd Frank N. Westcott and also saw on another Anglican blog site at: http://anglicancleric.blogspot.com/

The Papal Claims Examined from Catholic PrinciplesbyThe Revd Frank N. Westcott

It is a sad and most unfortunate fact, yet one which is easily capable of demonstration by any competent historian, that all along the ages, Rome’s interests have been advanced by forgeries and falsification of the Fathers; and that such interpolations are quoted with approval today, in Roman controversial books; and that it is not safe to accept patristic quotations in such books, without verifying them at first hand.

There are plenty of historic facts which are utterly inconsistent with the assumption that the supreme judicial and spiritual authority of the Church, has always been in the hands of the Bishops of Rome. For example: the first difficulty which required judicial action in the Apostolic Church, was settled by a council of the whole Church at Jerusalem, under the presidency, not of St. Peter, but of St. James, who pronounced sentence in his own name, without any regard to St. Peter.

When Victor, Bishop of Rome, AD 196, undertook to excommunicate the Asiatic Churches, because they disagreed with him about the time of the observance of Easter, he was rebuked by the other Bishops, including Irenaeus, and his excommunication was ignored, and had no effect whatever.

In the fourth century, the Council of Sardica allowed a condemned Bishop to appeal to Rome for a new trial, not as a recognized right, but as conferring a privilege. This canon of Sardica, was misquoted by the Bishops of Rome as being a canon of the Council of Nice in a controversy with the African Bishops. But the latter consulted the Eastern Patriarchs, and, so discovering the misquotation, replied to the Patriarch of Rome through his legates, “We find it enacted in no council of the Fathers, that any person may be sent as legates of your holiness . . . . Do not therefore at the request of any, send your clergy as agents for you, lest we seem to introduce into the Church of Christ, the ambitious pride of the world.”

The great Arian heresy which denied the divinity of our Lord, was settled by the Nicene Council, which was called, not by the Pope, but by the Emperor Constantine. Hosius presided, and the heresy was finally refuted, not through the pronouncement of the Pope, but through the argument of Athanasius; while Pope Liberius himself became a heretic.

Then the heresy denying the divinity of the Holy Ghost, was settled at the Council of Constantinople in 381, at which the Nicene Creed was reaffirmed, and the sentences defining doctrine concerning the Holy Ghost added, and the Roman Bishop was not present either in person or through his legates. Meletius of Antioch presided at the council, and was succeeded by Gregory Nazianzen, Patriarch of Constantinople; and so in the settlement of the two greatest heresies, the authority of the Bishop of Rome counted for little or nothing; and it is interesting to note that the Bishops assembled in council at Constantinople in 381, in their Epistle to the Western Bishops assembled at Rome, called the Church of Jerusalem the “Mother of all Churches.”

Of course the most complete refutation of the Roman claim of supremacy has been the historic position of the four patriarchates of the Eastern Church, which have never acknowledged the claims of such universal jurisdiction, and yet were in communion with the patriarch of Rome until the twelfth century.

The claims of supreme and spiritual jurisdiction over the whole Church, on the part of the Bishop of Rome, cannot stand the test of catholicity, and so become articles of faith, unless they have been acknowledged always, everywhere, and by all Catholics; and this we have shown to be historically incredible.

Roman Catholics are very fond of asserting that a visible Church must have a visible head; and that as there is no other Bishop who claims to be the head of the Church but the Pope of Rome, therefore he must be that head. We reply, that in the Holy Scriptures St. Paul asserts that Jesus Christ is the Head of the Church; and he nowhere recognizes any other head; though he constantly insists on the visible, organic nature of the Church itself. St. Augustine asserts the same fact, thus: “Since the whole Christ is made up of the head and the body, the head is our Saviour Himself, who suffered under Pontius Pilate, who now, after He has risen from the dead, sits at the right hand of God; but His body is the Church; not this Church, or that, but the Church scattered over all the world . . . . For the whole Church, made up of all the faithful, because all the faithful are members of Christ, has its head situate in the heavens which governs this body: though it is separated from their sight, yet it is bound to them by love.” Then again, it must be remembered that the greater part of the Catholic Church is made up of souls in Paradise, and therefore is not visible to us; and Christ is the Head of the Church to them, as well as to us. To them He may be visible.

But supposing the visible Church must have a visible head: we reply, as a practical matter of fact, the universal episcopate assembled in general council was from the first regarded as the head of the Church; the ultimate source and seat of authority, to which the Bishop of Rome himself was always subject: as is proved by the fact, that the universal episcopate settled heresies, defined the Faith, and deposed Popes who were themselves heretics, and excommunicated them. Gregory the Great, as we have seen, expressly repudiated the title of "universal Bishop” which he most certainly would not have done, if he had considered himself the “head of the Church,” in the modern Roman sense.

It makes a neat turn of an argument to say that the visible Church must have a visible head; and then to set forth the Pope as that head; but after all, it is merely a question of historic fact, and history points to the universal Episcopate as the head, and not to the Pope of Rome. If the Pope of Rome is the head of the Church, then when the Pope dies, apparently the Church has no head, and remains a headless monster, perhaps for several months, until another Pope is elected and enthroned. Surely this is a curious condition of things, that the Church should be continually sloughing off its head, and growing another, every generation or so; so that every little while it has no head at all. The collective episcopate does not die; but lives on from age to age, and as the head of the Church, is abiding and permanent.

The whole growth of the papal claims may be summarized by four words: Primacy, Supremacy, Sovereignty, and Infallibility. The Primacy of Rome, Anglicans admit to be lawful; not as of divine appointment, but as a matter of precedence and executive convenience, originating from the prominence of the Imperial city. The Supremacy of Rome, Anglicans reject, as disturbing the original balance of power defined by the general councils and canon law of the Church. The Sovereignty of Rome, Anglicans repudiate, as mere secular Imperialism transferred to the Church, from the State. The Infallibility of the Roman pontiffs, the Anglican Church denies, as an assumption by one man in the Church of a power, or faculty, conferred by our Lord on the Church as a whole.

From what has been said, it seems evident that there is no scriptural evidence that St. Peter was appointed supreme head of the Church by our Lord, and that there is no historical evidence of any sort which proves that St. Peter ever attempted to transfer any authority, peculiar to himself to the Bishops of Rome; and that what the early Church conceded to the Patriarch of Rome, was a primacy of honor among equals, and not a supremacy of authority, by divine appointment.

A LIST OF SOME BOOKS I HAVE READ

A LIST OF SOME BOOKS I HAVE READ
This list is just for fun, to recall some of the many books I have read over the years; and is certainly not exhaustive. It includes books I have recorded in my journals as read or that remember having read. It is primarily limited to those I have completely read and omits the many other books that were only partially read, in some cases only certain portions or chapters of interest; and in others were simply never finished. But there are many books, I am sure, that I never recorded and do not now recall. Some categories overlap.

Prior to 1993
The Hardy Boys Mystery Series (vol. 1-50 approx)
Henry David Thoreau- On Walden’s Pond
Ralph Waldo Emerson- Essays
?- Shogun
Bruce Lee- The Tao of Jeet Kun Dao
Stephen King-
Pet Cemetery
The Eye of the Dragon
Misery
It
The Tommy Knockers
Anonymous- The Way of the Pilgrim
Thomas Merton- No Man is an Island
Benny Hinn- various books?
Kenneth Hagin- various books
Kenneth Copeland- various books
Urban T. Homes III- What is Anglicanism?
William Sydnor- Looking at the Episcopal Church (read ~1988)
The Little Russian Philokalia- St Herman of Alaska (1991)
The Little Russian Philokalia- St Seraphim of Sarov (1991)

1993-1997 (Books Read for B.A. degree at Eugene Bible College or during this time)
Fydor Dostoevsky-The Brothers Karasamov ( c. 1993-1997)
Brother Lawrence-Practising the Presence of God
Franky Schaeffer- Dancing Alone
Death of a Salesman
Lord of the Flies

1999-2005 (Books read for the M.Min. Degree program from St. Michael’s Seminary or during)
St. John of the Cross- The Collected Works
Dr. Thomas Oden- Systematic Theology
vol. 1
vol. 2
vol. 3
Fr. Alexander Schmemann-
For the Life of the World
Clenedin, Dr Daniel- Eastern Orthodox Theology
Bishop Kallistos Timothy Ware- The Orthodox Church
Moorman, JRH- A History of the Church in England
Some Incomplete Reads worthy of someday being finished
Gary Wills- A Necessary Evil: A History of American Distrust in Government
Daniel Boorstin- The Seekers
Robin Lane Fox- Pagans and Christians
T.W. Doane ( c. 1882)- Bible Myths and their Parallels in Other Religions
Fydor Dostoevsky- The Idiot
William James- Varieties of Religious Experience (finished most of it)

1997 to 2006/2007
J.K. Rowling- The Harry Potter series (vol. 1-6)
G.K. Chesterton-
Orthodoxy
Father Brown Mysteries
The Everlasting Man
J.R.R. TOLKIEN
The Hobbit
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
The Return of the King
The Children of Hurin
Leaf by Niggle
Tom Shippey- JRR Tolkien- The Author of the Century
Ralph C. Wood- The Gospel According to Tolkien
C.S. LEWIS
Mere Christianity
God in the Dock (essays)
Out of the Silent Planet
Peralandria
That Hideous Strength
Till We Have Faces
The Abolition of Man
The Chronicles of Narnia (vol. 1-7)
The Problem of Pain
Miracles
The Great Divorce
Letters to Malcolm
The Screwtape Letters
Surprised by Joy
The Weight of Glory
George Sayer- Jack (bio about CS Lewis)
Sir Walter Scott- Ivanhoe
Louis L’amour
The Sackett series (vol. 1- ?)
Sensei Alan Dollar- Secrets of Uechi Ryu Karate and the Mysteries of Okinawa
Books on Eastern Orthodoxy
The Little Russian Philokalia- St Herman of Alaska
The Little Russian Philokalia- St Seraphim of Sarov
Fr. Alexander Schmemann- For the Life of the World
Clenedin- Eastern Orthodox Theology
Anonymous- The Way of the Pilgrim
Fr. Basil Pennington-
Centering Prayer
Centered Living
Obrien, Michael D- Father Elijah
Morton Kesley-
Tongue speaking
The Other Side of Silence
Thomas Merton- The Seven Story Mountain (10/05)

2006
Diana Gabaldon- (The Outlander series)
Outlander
Dragonfly in Amber
Voyager
Drums in Autumn
The Fiery Cross
A Breath of snow and Ashes
Thomas Merton
No Man is an Island
The New Man
Contemplative Prayer
The Ascent to Truth
Fr. Thomas Keating
Open Heart, Open Mind
Robert Louis Wilken- The Spirit of Early Christian Thought
Francis Schaeffer
Christian Manifesto
How Shall We Then Live?
Helen Waddell, ed., The Desert Fathers
Urban T. Homes III- What is Anglicanism?
Scott Hahn- The Lambs Supper- The Mass as Heaven on Earth
Clive Cussler
Flood Tide
Inca Gold
Sahara
Dragon
Deep Six
Raise the Titanic
Valhalla Rising

2007
Robert Jordan- The Wheel of Time Series
The Eye of the World- vol 1
The Great Hunt- vol 2
The Dragon Reborn- vol 3
The Shadow Rising- vol 4
The Fires of Heaven- vol 5
Robert P. George- The Clash of Orthodoxies: Law, Religion and Morality in Crisis (5/17/07)
Rev. E.J. Quigley (1920)- The Divine Office
Dante- The Inferno
Joseph Campbell- The Power of Myth
Paolini, Christopher- Eragon
Melville, Herman- Moby Dick (5/25/07)
I Maccabees- 6/1/07
Daniel Defoe- Robinson Crusoe
Robert Loius Stevenson-
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Kidnapped
Treasure Island
Bram Stoker- Dracula (6/14-6/23/ 07)
St John- The Apocalypse (6/29/07)
Johnson, Alan F- Revelation, a Commentary (TEBC)- (7/27/07)
Scott Hahn- The End: A Study of the Book of Revelation (7/7/07)
Omer Engelbert- St Francis of Assisi (7/26/07)
J.K. Rowlings- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows vol 7, (9/28/07)
J.R.R. Tolkien- The Children of Hurin
Obrien, Michael D- Father Elijah (Nov ‘07)
Beowulf (12/26/07)
J.F. Bierlin- Parallel Myths (Dec ‘07)
Alexander Dumas- The Count of Monte Christo
Kyriacos Markides- The Mountain of Silence
Bp. Mark Haverland- Anglican Catholic Faith and Practice

2008
J.R.R. Tolkien- The Fellowship of the Ring (1/13/08)
Rev. Frank N. Wescott (1902)- Catholic Principles (1/17/2008) ****
Galatians (1/08)
Ephesians (1/08)
Ezekiel (2/8/08)
Bishop N.T. Wright- "Simply Christian- Why Christianity Makes Sense," (2/9/08)
Claude Beaufort Moss, D.D.- "THE CHRISTIAN FAITH: AN INTRODUCTION TO DOGMATIC THEOLOGY" (1943), [Anglican]- (2/21/2008 at 3:03am Byron, CA)

Reminders of Authors and Books to be recorded
Stephen Lawhead
The Pendragon series
???

Anglican Studies (books read or being read, regardless of date read)
George D. Carleton- "The King’s Highway: A Simple Statement of Catholic Faith and Duty" (1924)
Claude Beaufort Moss, D.D.- "THE CHRISTIAN FAITH: AN INTRODUCTION TO DOGMATIC THEOLOGY" (1943)
Rev. Frank N. Wescott (1902)- Catholic Principles (from an Anglican Perspective)
Bishop N.T. Wright- "Simply Christian- Why Christianity Makes Sense"
Bp. Mark Haverland- Anglican Catholic Faith and Practice
Moorman- The History of the Church in England
Urban T. Homes III- What is Anglicanism?
William Sydnor- Looking at the Episcopal Church
????- Commentary on the American Prayer Book
Works of C.S. Lewis (various)
Anglican Devotionals
1928 Book of Common Prayer
1979 Book of Common Prayer
The Daily Office Book (DOB)
The Anglican Service Book
The Monastic Diurnal
The Anglican Service Book

St Aidan's has Visit from Bishop Prakash Yuhanna

St Aidan's has Visit from CEC Bishop, Prakash Yuhanna of Pakistan

St. Aidan's was honored to have our first Episcopal visit from Bishop Prakash Yuhanna of Pakistan on Monday, February 4, 2008! Although not an official diocesan visit, it was nevertheless an exciting and wonderful time to visit with this gentle and humble pastor from another country.

I picked him up on Monday morning and gave him the grand tour of Antioch, CA. He seemed to enjoy the beauty of our brief visit to Black Diamond Mines Regional Park located just outside the city. In the late 1800's this was the site of several coal mining towns, such as Somersville and Nortonville. There are hundreds of miles of tunnels and shafts running underneath the surrounding hills. Bishop enjoyed the beauty and quiet of the area and took several photos of us, the landscape, and some cows grazing in a nearby pasture. Its a place of personal retreat when I just need to get away for a few hours to think and pray and walk. My father often took me and my little brother, Jim, hiking here when we were children and I've been coming back ever since.

St Aidan's had a spaghetti dinner for Bishop Yuhanna Monday evening. One of our members, Cal Faria, made a Pakistani/Indian dish called Samosis which we all greatly delighted in eating. It was an awesome time of fellowship, sitting around the table, breaking bread together with Bishop, and hearing some of his stories from back home.

After dinner, Bishop celebrated an Evening Office with Reserve Sacrament with St Aidan's Church. He spoke from the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 5, where our Lord said that we are the Light of the World.

Bishop told a story about a large black bird who had spent all day drinking and feasting. As the darkness of night was drawing closer, the bird realized it was too dark now to find his way home. So, he flew into a bush and began to cry out. After awhile, a little fire fly came along and heard the black birds cry. He told the bird, I am but a little insect but the Lord has made with with a little light and if you will follow me, I will lead you home. In just the same way, each one of us has been given a little light, the light of Christ, to shine in the world and dispel its darkness. We must each do our best to shine our lights for Christ and be the light of the world.

After serving us Communion, he blessed and prayed for each one of us personally; and we spent a little while just praising the Lord.

Truly, Bishop Yuhanna is a living example of being a light bearer. He was an encouragement and inspiration to each one of us.

Friar Aidan- Urban Monastic

In an attempt to consoildate blog sites, this was taken from a different blog site which I am no longer using:


Friar Aidan- New Urban Monk

On Sunday, August 26, 2007 I took my vows as a First Order Secular Friar in the religious Order of St. Columba. As a friend said, I became an Urban Monk!

Men and women who enter the monastic life take the traditional vows of celibacy, poverty, and obedience. However, in the Celtic Christian Tradition, monastics were often married and had families but lived a disciplined life of prayer based on the Gospel of Jesus Christ, following the examples of the Desert Fathers and Mothers.

The men and women who comprise the religious Order of St Columba follow the "mixed-life" of traditional monastic spirituality and apostolic ministry. They have dedicated themselves to a life of discipline conformed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ as revealed in the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, and according to the example of St Columba and the Celtic Christian Church. Our Way of life is based on the Rule of St. Columba.

The Rule of Life consists in:

1. Obedience- to the Holy Trinity, the Holy Scriptures, and the Councils and Creeds of the Undivided Church of the first millenia; a devout life as exemplified by St Columba; and one's Abbot and Spiritual Director;

2. Chastity- for single monks and nuns this means celibacy. For married members this means sexual purity and marital fidelity.

3. Poverty- for monks and nuns this means Poverty! For secular members who live in the world and have families, etc., this means simplicity, stewardship and frugality.

4. Worship- this involves praying the Daily Offices of the Church, regular attendance and reception of Holy Communion, meditation and contemplation, , etc.

5. Bible Study & Private Devotions-

6. Physical Exercise- the celtic monks were hardy and strong men and women who spent hours in vigil, prayers, intercessions, and ministry. So, we need to keep our bodies in good shape. If the body is lethargic, so will our prayer life.

7. Service- our ministry of love and service to others

8. Labor- the work needed to support ourselves, families and communities.

9. Art- may include painting, music, drawing, gardening, craftmenship, spiritual journaling, etc

10. Confession- accountability to a Priest

11. Spiritual Direction- regular spiritual guidance from one's spiritual director.etc

Photos etc:

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