Reformed Churchmen: Reasonable Christian: James I. Packer: The Thirty-Nine Articles: Their Place and Use Today

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We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Monday, October 5, 2009

Reasonable Christian: James I. Packer: The Thirty-Nine Articles: Their Place and Use Today

Reasonable Christian: James I. Packer: The Thirty-Nine Articles: Their Place and Use Today

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We believe James Innes Packer is a "man for all seasons." To the British evangelicals, he fobs himself off as one of them (although many sniffed out his waffling). To the Reformed, he appears to be Reformed (although they sniffed him out fast over ECT). To Anglo-Romewardizers, he's a co-liturgist. To Romanists, he's a co-belligerent and "brother in Christ." We take his writings with a grain of salt when compared to his leadership and churchmanship.