All Saints Homilies And Teachings

Several of our recent confirmands join for an open and free-form question and answer session.

We conclude our 2026 Confirmation and Reception classes with a discussion of the Ordinal and the Ordained Ministry. We primarily look at the Preface, the readings, and the ordination vows of all three Orders of Ministry.

Texts: John 20:19-23, 1 John 5:4-12

We conclude our overview of the Articles of Religion with a discussion of some additional issues related to church traditions and with a discussion on how the civil and religious spheres interact.Bp. Meade’s abridgment of the Homilies for the American church: https://a.co/d/07kNLhP2Dr. Bray’s guide to the Homilies, “A Fruitful Exhortation”: https://a.co/d/0iONafOM

Main Text: Colossians 3

We conclude our study of Proverbs with chapter 31, looking at the sayings of an otherwise unknown king and an acrostic poem about the virtuous wife.

As we continue in our overview of the Articles of Religion, we discuss our Formularies' approach to the Sacraments and Sacramental Theology. Browne's Commentary on Article 28 (Part 1)My review of the portion of Book V of Hooker's "Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity" that covers Christology and the Sacraments

Texts: Philippians 2:5-11, Matthew 27.

We continue in our discussion of the Book of Proverbs by looking at Chapter 30, and the humble wisdom of the otherwise unknown Agur son of Jakeh.

As we discuss Articles 19-24, we see our Reformers’ definition of the Church, the authority of the Church and its limits, our Reformers’ understanding of ecumenical councils, proper ministerial authority, and the need for ministering in the languages that are understood by the people. My review of the modernization of Books 2 and 3 of Richard Hooker’s “Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity,” which discuss the Regulative Principle of worship

Text: Hebrews 9:11-15

We continue our discussion of Proverbs with an overview of chapters 10-16, getting into some of the individual proverbs attributed to Solomon.

We continue our overview of the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion by looking at the Articles on Soteriology. Browne’s Commentary on Article XVII: https://northamanglican.com/exposition-of-the-thirty-nine-articles-article-xvii-part-1/Note: this was a re-recording of the content from the class, as the original class was not properly recorded.

Texts: Ephesians 5:1-11, Luke 11:14-28

We conclude our discussion of the introductory chapters of proverbs by looking at the call of wisdom and the call of folly from Proverbs 9.

We introduce the 39 Articles of Religion followed by a discussion of Orthodox Trinitarianism (Articles I-V) and the Anglican approach to the Scriptures and Creeds (Articles VI-VII).Browne's Commentary on the 39 Articles (Online)

Text: 1 Thessalonians 4:1-9

We continue our discusson of the Book of Proverbs with Chapter 3. We discuss the father's fourth appeal (Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart), the blessings for finding wisdom, and the father's fifth appeal (Guard Widsom).

We continue our 2026 Confirmation/Reception class by looking at the Sacrament of Baptism, by looking through our Catechism as expounded in the Offices of Instruction, and by looking at the Rite of Confirmation. Nowell’s Middle Catechism

Text: Matthew 4:1-11