Old Catholic and Philippine Independent Ecclesiologies in History


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This study researches the historical development of the self-understanding of the Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht and the Iglesia Filipina Independiente. Throughout the 20th century, both churches have been in a developing relationship with each other, resulting in full communion in 1965. In the same time period, both churches developed an ecclesiological self-understanding in which an ecclesiology of the national church gradually gave way to an ecclesiology of the local church. By outlining this development for each of these two churches and comparing the developments, the study gives insight both into the individual development of the two churches involved and shows how these developments relate to each other. In this way, the study presents a new historical portrait of these churches and their self-understanding.




The Episcopalians


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This book offers a fresh account of the Episcopal Church's rise to prominence in America.




Bishops at Large


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The independent Catholic movement has branches all over the world and constitutes one of the most interesting and diverse movements in Christian history. Here is the classic history of the various successions claimed by most independent jurisdictions, now back in print after 40 years.




Lead, Kindly Light


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Saints, Goddesses and Kings


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Saints, Goddesses and Kings illumines the meaning and history of religious conversion and the nature of community.




The Works of the Rt. Rev. Charles C. Grafton; Volume 3


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This book collects the writings of Charles C. Grafton, an influential bishop in the Episcopal Church during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Through his sermons, essays, and poems, readers will gain insight into his theology and his contributions to the development of the Anglican tradition. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.




Wicca and the Christian Heritage


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What is Wicca? Is it witchcraft, Paganism, occultism, esotericism, magic, spirituality, mysticism, nature religion, secrecy, gnosis, the exotic or 'other'? Wicca has been defined by and explored within all these contexts over the past thirty years by anthropologists, sociologists and historians, but there has been a tendency to sublimate and negate the role of Christianity in Wicca's historical and contemporary contexts. Joanne Pearson 'prowls the borderlands of Christianity' to uncover the untold history of Wicca. Exploring the problematic nature of the Wiccan claim of marginality, it contains a groundbreaking analysis of themes in Christian traditions that are inherent in the development of contemporary Wicca. These focus on the accusations which have been levelled against Catholisicm, heterodoxy and witchcraft throughout history: ritual, deviant sexuality and magic.