A STATEMENT CONCERNING THE FAITH, DOCTRINE, AND ORDER OF THE CHRISTIAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF CANADA

A STATEMENT CONCERNING THE FAITH, DOCTRINE, AND ORDER OF THE CHRISTIAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF CANADA The Right Reverend Robert David Redmile, Lord Bishop of Richmond. Richmond, British Columbia, 14th December 2019. This Statement following has been made at the request of persons who desire to have an official and authoritative Testimony at hand which sets forth concisely the established Faith, Doctrine, and Order of the Christian Episcopal Church of Canada. The Christian Episcopal Church of Canada claims to be and, according to the ancient and accepted standards of the undivided Catholic and Apostolic Church and especially to the terms set forth in the Declaration Dominus Jesus ratified and confirmed by… Read More

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Statement of Bishop Redmile regarding Bishop Ashenden

The Statement of the Bishop of Richmond Regarding the Consecration of Bishop Gavin Ashenden Michaelmas, 29th September 2017. The Right Reverend Robert David Redmile, Lord Bishop of Richmond, British Columbia, has issued the following statement in regard to the Episcopal Consecration of the Right Reverend Gavin Roy Pelham Ashenden, Suffragan Bishop in Normandy and England: Since the gracious acceptance by Her Majesty the Queen of his resignation as one of Her Majesty’s Chaplains, and his recent resignation from the ordained ministry of the Church of England, the Right Reverend Gavin Roy Pelham Ashenden is now in a position to make known to the members of the Church of England and… Read More

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A MEDITATION ON KING RICHARD III

 In an age of confusion many seek for they know not what. They cannot be blamed for their uncertainties because the surrounding culture has become toxic and misleads them. This is the first great truth, to understand that the age is evil, that it lacks balance and proportion, and that it has abandoned truth for a sterile relativism ; but there is a way which can lead to peace. A way that is narrow and challenging, but which frees from the darkness. It demands only a surrender, a willingness to step into the light. Evelyn Underhill (1875 – 1941) was a mystic in the spirit of the mediaeval authors who… Read More

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The Soul’s Eye

CHAPTER 7 THE SOUL’S EYE The Book of Common Prayer   “Only when the human spirit does not cut itself off from the divine spirit, only then has man’s word enough power to keep hold of things.” —Max Picard, The Flight from God, p. 121.   Give me, O Lord, the assistance of Thy Spirit and comfort of Thy grace, truly to know Thee, entirely to love Thee, and assuredly to trust in Thee.  And that as I do acknowledge to have received the government of this Church and kingdom of Thy hand, and to hold the same of Thee, so grant me grace, O Lord, that in the end… Read More

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A View from the Back Pew

A View from the Back Pew Margaret J. Howell A paper to be presented at the Gathering of Traditional Anglicans in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, June 1 – 4 2011.   The author was born in Exeter, Devonshire, and educated privately there.  Later she studied at Indiana University in the United States, from which she graduated with the B.A. and M.A. degrees in English.  She has taught English at the Universities of Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia and was for twenty-two years a teacher of English and History at Crofton House School in Vancouver.   Her special interests are English literature and the study of texts, including the Bible, the history… Read More

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Palestine in Prophecy. A Short Review.

Palestine in Prophecy.  A Short Review. M.J. Howell   Recently, a local parish publication ran a small item announcing that the Chairman of the “Temple Mount Faithful” had written to the Pope (22 January 2004), declaring that “today, Israel is the most exciting fulfilment of God’s end-time prophecies and promises.  The climax of this prophetic time will be the soon rebuilding of the Temple exactly as the prophets of Israel prophesied.” That the modern Israeli state fulfills Biblical promise, that this land was given in perpetuity to the Jews, and that their “return” there actually heralds the end of the world, has been reiterated very often to demand Christian sympathy… Read More

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Which Way the Church?

Which Way the Church?   The May-June issue of The Traditional Anglican carried an interesting article by Bert Dantu about Deacons, tracing their origins to Acts 6:2, where Stephen and Philip appear as among the first appointed.  However, although this account is usually cited as the source of this church office, the noun, diakonis, never appears; only the phrase diakonein trapezais (=serve at tables)[1].   After referring briefly to the Rubric from the ordination of Deacons in the Book of Common Prayer, the article says that such men are to be addressed as “Father Deacon”.  Actually, the BCP nowhere states that a Deacon should be so addressed; the Rubric says that… Read More

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Confirmation – Advent Sunday, 27 November 2016

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:   I hope that this finds you all well, and abounding always in the grace and love of God in Christ. Sunday the 27th November is Advent Sunday, the First Sunday in the season of Advent.  Advent is the time of preparation for the coming of Christmas, and a time to remind us of our need always for solemn preparation for the Second Coming of Christ and the establishment of His Kingdom. For us at Saint Saviour’s, this Sunday will also be a special Sunday.  God willing, I will have the happy duty and privilege to administer the Sacrament of Confirmation by hearing the… Read More

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Announcement of Intercommunion

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: Attached is a copy of the Announcement of Intercommunion between the Christian Episcopal Churches of North America (CECC and CECUSA) and the Anglican Catholic Church of Canada (ACCC). This brings about greater unity amongst orthodox Anglicans on this Continent, and ought to be a cause for great rejoicing. Please feel free to copy it to anyone whom you feel may be interested. God bless you. Yours in Christ Jesus, + Robert David : Richmond. The Right Reverend Robert D. Redmile, Bishop of Richmond, British Columbia. ANNOUNCEMENT OF INTERCOMMUNION It is with humble thanks to Almighty God, and with great joy, that the Bishops of… Read More

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