The first principle of the Ordinariate is then about Christian unity. St. Basil the Great, the Church’s greatest ecumenist, literally expended his life on the work of building bridges between orthodox brethren who shared a common faith, but who had become separated from one another in a Church badly fragmented by heresy and controversy. He taught that the work of Christian unity requires deliberate and ceaseless effort...St. Basil often talked with yearning about the archaia agape, the ancient love of the apostolic community, so rarely seen in the Church of his day. This love, he taught, is a visible sign that the Holy Spirit is indeed present and active, and it is absolutely essential for the health of the Church.

- Msgr. Jeffrey Steenson, Homily on the Occasion of his Formal Institution as Ordinary

Thursday, November 12, 2009



I know this is late notice, but if you're in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, I'll be giving a talk on the Anglican Ordinariates on Friday evening at the University of Dallas:

Theology is sponsoring the following talk by one of UD’s own.

“The New Anglican Ordinariate
and its Background”

Come hear Taylor Marshall,
former Anglican minister
and current PhD student in the University of Dallas'
Institute of Philosophic Studies
discuss Pope Benedict XVI’s new
Anglican Ordinariate.

Friday, November 13th
7:00 – 8:30
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