COVENANT Number 21

Lessons from the Catechism: Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit, and the Teaching Authority of the Church

by William Carroll

Two questions from the Catechism teach us a great deal about the approach to the Holy Scriptures in normative Anglicanism. ... First, in the section on the Holy Spirit: How do we recognize the truths taught by the Holy Spirit? We recognize truths to be taught by the Holy Spirit when they are in accord with the Scriptures. (BCP, p 853) ... Second, in the section on the Holy Scriptures: How do we understand the meaning of the Bible? We understand the meaning of the Bible by the help of the Holy Spirit, who guides the Church in the true interpretation of the Scriptures (BCP, pp 853f).

This Mutiny Will Fail; the Church Will Abide

By William Swing

There have been people inside the Episcopal Church and outside the Episcopal Church who have been plotting our church's demise long before there was an Episcopal election in New Hampshire: for almost half a century. The plotters have been living in a fury of win-lose for generations. Finally, they have assumed that they cannot win and take control of the Episcopal Church so they seek to destroy it and assume control as the orthodox remnant.

From the Design to the Ridiculous

by Reg Henry

As it was, the Good Book's explanation of life's origins was a hard sell to pass off as science, especially in public schools, because plainly it was religion. Creationism, as it was called, had to evolve so that it would be the fittest theory to survive in a secular world. And so it has, according to Nature's law.

A religion of desperation and fear

by Lisa Hunt

A few weeks ago several women clergy leaders in the Episcopal Church, including one in the Diocese of Tennessee, received an anonymous postcard in the mail ...

Alexander McCall Smith, The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, New York: Anchor Books, Division of Random House, Inc., 1998. 235 pp. Pb.

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