Religion | Dublin & Wicklow L.O.L 1313

The Pivotal role of T C Hammond – Archbishop Peter Jensen

September 18, 2009 Religion

In June 2005, Peter Jensen, the Archbishop of Sydney, delivered the Inaugural T.C. Hammond Lectures at the Irish Church Missions, Dublin, Ireland. The Quest of the Historical Hammond In his last book, The New Creation, T C Hammond addresses the question of habit by using an illustration from the punctilious behaviour of Immanuel Kant: ‘It [...]

Thanksgiving for William of Orange

September 15, 2009 Religion

A Form of Prayer with Thanksgiving to be used yearly upon the Fifth Day of November for the happy Deliverance of King James the First, and the Three Estates of England, from the most traiterous and bloody-intended Massacre by Gunpowder And also for the happy Arrival of His Majesty King William on this Day, for [...]

The Joy of the Lord is our Strength

September 15, 2009 Religion

Today we meet together to give thanks to God for 319th Anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne. We do so, not merely to give thanks for a battle, but for God’s interim deliverance which he wrought for us, freeing our forefathers from the dictatorship of James 11, and blessing them with civil and religious [...]

Turning Romeward? Not an Option

September 15, 2009 Religion

I was struck by an editorial in the Frankfurt (Germany) newspaper, which observed that the election of Cardinal Ratzinger to be the new pope was not a threat to Germany, a country that voted for the Reformation, even though Benedict XVI represents “the Counter-Reformation in person.” First, I enjoyed the admission from a secular European [...]

Olaus Petri 1493-1552

September 14, 2009 Religion

Olaus Petri first studied at the University of Uppsala, then in Leipzig, and then finished his education with his M.A. at the University of Wittenberg in 1518. During his time in Germany he got acquainted with the main characters of the German reformation, Philipp Melanchthon and Martin Luther. He returned to Sweden with his brother [...]

We Are All The Same?

September 14, 2009 Religion

I recall listening to a radio broadcast on RTE. The item up for discussion was President Mary McAleese receiving Holy Communion in St. Patrick’s Anglican Cathedral, Dublin. The presenter invited the listeners of the show to phone in with their views. Some of the contributors to the discussion were Church of Ireland. One lady in [...]

Salvation by Faith

September 14, 2009 Religion

“By grace are ye saved through faith.” Eph. 2:8. 1. All the blessings which God hath bestowed upon man are of his mere grace, bounty, or favour; his free, undeserved favour; favour altogether undeserved; man having no claim to the least of his mercies. It was free grace that “formed man of the dust of [...]