All Saints Homilies And Teachings

We begin a new Christian Education series on the wisdom literature of the Old Testament (Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs). Today we introduce these books, discuss Hebrew poetry, and the biblical approach to wisdom in general.

Week 1 of our Trinitytide series on the 10 Commandments

Week 7 of our Trinitytide Series on the Apostles' Creed

Week 6 of our Trinitytide Series on the Apostles' Creed

Week 5 of our Trinitytide Series on the Apostles' Creed. We look at the crucifixion, burial, and descent of Jesus.

Week 4 of our Trinitytide Series on the Apostles' Creed. We look at Jesus' conception, birth, and suffering.

In our final class on the Ecumenical Councils, we look at how Nicaea 2 was received by the Lutherans and the Reformed, and how historic Anglicanism fits into the picture. We discuss the "Homily on the Peril of Idolatry," the influence of later Gothic Revival and Ecuminism, how Anglicans approach the issues today, and finaly evaluate the Council from the perspective of our Anglican Formularies.Some Links:CB Moss on the 7th CouncilsAn Ad Fontes article on Protestentism and the Council"Nicaea II: Some Criticisms"

Part 3 in our Trinityide Summer Series

In the first part of our discussion on the Seventh Council, we discuss some of the difficulties with properly representing the Council, the background issues, and the Council itself. Next week we will discuss some of the implications of the Council for Anglicans today.

Part 2 of our 2025 Trinitytide Sermon Series

We discuss the sixth ecumenical council, yet another attempt to reconcile the increasingly fractured early church. The controversy at hand is whether Christ has two “energies” and two wills, a human and a divine. We also touch on the contemporary debate over the “eternal subordination of the Son in Reformed circles.

We discuss the fifth ecumenical council, which attempted to reconcile the churches of Syria and Egypt with the rest of the Church. The question at hand: how can Christ’s human nature be a true nature without having its now personhood distinct from the Divine Person of the Logos?

Part 1 of our 2025 Trinitytide Sermon Series

Text: Matthew 16:13-19.

We discuss Monophysitism, the ongoing struggles between Antioch and Alexandria, the final “creed” of the Patristic era, and the ongoing schisms in the East.

In today's class we discuss the heresy of Nestorianism, its connection to Pelagianism, the Marian title "Theotokos," and how the theological distinction between justification and sanctification remains important today.

For further reading, see chapters 3 and 4 of TheCruelty of Heresy by C. FitzSimons Allison.

As a preface to the 3rd Council, we discuss the British monk Pelagius, and why his teaching was condemned by St. Augustine.

Texts: Acts 2:1ff, John 14:15ff, 1 Corinthians 12:4ff,Luke 11:9ff

We conclude our discussion of the First Council of Constantinople, 381AD, the second ecumenical council. We continue to discuss the theological controversies of semi-Arianism and Appolinarianism, as well as some of the issues covered in the canons.