The AIC Bookstore

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This week I’ve prepared a video which gives viewers a short account of the founding of and mission of the Anglican Internet Church, plus a preview of the current 12-book catalog.   The theme of the show is embedded into the title graphic:  “tools for increasing your knowledge.”  There are 25 slides.  Running time is just over 26 minutes.  The video is available on our You Tube channel and also through a link on the Home page at our newly-redesigned Web Site.  The sound track is also available as a Podcast.

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Lives of the Saints – Second Series

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The illustration is Christ Pantrokrator in the dome at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem. Photograph credit:  copyright Can Stock Photo, Inc./slavapolo.

I’ve resumed work on our newest video and podcast series, The Lives of the Saints – Second Series.  The programs celebrate 35 Eastern and Western Church saints not given Holy Days in the 1928 Book of Common Prayer.   Like the First Series, these programs grew out of a series of Tuesday evening homilies at my former parish.  These “pen portraits” of the saints were intended to help parishioners to a better, fuller understanding of both the lives and death of the saints and their influence on the development of the Church Universal over the generations.  The series is not just about the gory details of martyrdom but also the contributions of the saints to theology, music and liturgy.

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Nicene Creed – Episode Seven

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The First Council of Constantinople, from a Byzantine Orthodox fresco at Stavropoleos Church, Bucharest, Romania, circa 1724 A.D. (with early 20th C. restoration from earthquake damage).

Episode Seven in The Nicene Creed is the first of two episodes focused on the final paragraph of the Creed.   The commentary covers from “And I believe in the Holy Ghost” through “worshipped and glorified.”  Episode running time is just over 25 minutes.

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A Fortunate One

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I was born seventy-four years ago to a middle class family in a small Virginia town with a long history of traditional values.  I was blessed with two living grandparents nearby and some education-oriented cousins who kept in touch.  Both my grandmother and my cousin encouraged me to read and to learn to think for myself.  I had good friends and we watched out for each other.  I’ll be seeing some of them this weekend for the reunion of my high school class of 1960. Continue reading “A Fortunate One” →

Nicene Creed – Episode Six

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Episode Six is the final episode of three on what the Nicene Creed declares concerning the Lord Jesus Christ.  It begins with “And on the third day” and goes through “kingdom shall have no end.”  Illustrations for the various statements/phrases, in order of use, are Christ Victor Over Death, bas relief, Stephandom, Vienna; Christ Resurrected, 6 panels of stained glass, 19th C., location unknown; The Ascension, Eastern Orthodox icon, Bulgaria, 16th C.;  Christ Enthroned, apse mosaic (I seriously altered the original photograph to correct perspective distortion), Basilica of St. Ambrose, Milan, 13th C.; Continue reading “Nicene Creed – Episode Six” →

Nicene Creed – Episode Four

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IN working out the content for the Nicene Creed video series I ran into a problem with the length of the episodes.  The revised format shows up in Episode Four, released today as the first of three episodes focused on the Creed’s descriptions of Jesus Christ.  Here’s the plan for all three: Continue reading “Nicene Creed – Episode Four” →

The Nicene Creed – Episode Two

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I’ve struggled for two weeks trying to finish Episode Two in The Nicene Creed.  The original version ran 34 minutes and the recording I made of the sound file had audible sound only for the first 3 minutes.  Thus having been forced to try again, I made significant changes, reducing the length to just over 14 minutes.   The finished version is focused only on the first part of the first paragraph, including “I believe” and running through “Maker of Heaven and Earth.”  In Episode Three I will finish the first paragraph with a discussion of the last phrase in the first paragraph:  “And of all things, visible and invisible.”

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