Reformational Anglican Podcast

This week we continue our conversation with Rev Dave Walker about Richard Hooker. We pick it up just before the point where we left it off last week and continue to explore the issues of reason, tradition and scripture. 

Again please forgive the Audio quality for this episode, we had a problem with one of our mics. Rest assured it will soon be back up to the level which RAP fans have been accustomed to!

Quotes from this episode:

"The good things that these fathers have written they either do not notice, or misrepresent or pervert. You might say that their only care is to gather dung amid gold." John Calvin, Institutes, Dedicatory Preface (1559)

"Such we are in the sight of God the Father, as is the very Son of God Himself. Let it be counted folly, or frenzy, or fury, or whatsoever. It is our wisdom, and our comfort; we care for no knowledge in the world but this, that man hath sinned, and God hath suffered; that God hath made Himself the sin of men, and that men are made the righteousness of God." Richard Hooker

If you'd like to find out more about Hooker, please check out the work of the Davenant Institute:

https://davenantinstitute.org/

Other recommended resources:

"Richard Hooker and the Authority of Scripture, Tradition and Reason" - Nigel Atkinson

"Richard Hooker" - W. Bradford Littlejohn

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Opening and closing music:

Holy, Holy, Holy, by Stephanie Devlin. Used with kind permission.

Find out more at: https://www.stephaniedevlin.com/.

All rights to 'Father Ted' clips belong to Hat Trick Productions.

Star Trek teleporter sound effect from - https://www.trekcore.com/audio/

The second part of the fourth homily, written by Thomas Cranmer, on true faith. In this part of the homily, Cranmer lays out the relationship between, faith, love, and good works - that true, saving faith always expresses itself in good works and transformed living. He also shows how the faith of the Old Testament believers stands in continuity with our faith as New Testament believers, although they looked forward to the days of Christ, and we live in the days when Christ has come.

Homily sourced from: https://forums.anglican.net/threads/homily-1-4-of-the-true-and-lively-faith.1964/

Opening and closing music:

Holy, Holy, Holy, by Stephanie Devlin. Used with kind permission.

Find out more at: https://www.stephaniedevlin.com/.

Bible References:

Hebrews 11.4-38; Genesis 4.4-5; Genesis 6.22; Genesis 11.31; Genesis 12.1-5; Genesis 22.1-18; Genesis 26.1-35; Exodus 2.11; Exodus 14.22; Joshua 6.20; Daniel 6.16-23; Daniel 3.13-28; Hebrews 11.36-38; 2 Corinthians 4.13; Isaiah 63.10-11; 1 John 2.3-4; 1 John 3.6-7; 1 John 3.19-22; 1 John 5.1, 18; 1 John 5.13; 3 John 11; 1 John 3.2-3; 1 John 2.5; 1 John 5.3; John 6.47; Matthew 25.46; Revelations 21.6-8; John 14.21-24;

Apocrypha References:

Sirach 32.24; Sirach 44.17; Sirach 44.20; Sirach 1.21, Sirach 15.1;

Other References:

Augustine, De Fide et Operibus 23, 42 (PL 40. 224), Libro de fide and operibus;

Pseudo-Chrysostom, De Fide et Lege Naturae 1 [PG 48.1081], Sermo. de lege & fide.;

Augustine, In Joannis Evangelium Tract. 45 10, 9 [PL 35: 1722])

Our special guest this week is Rev. Dave Walker, minister of Christ Church North Finchley.  On this episode we begin to explore the writings of Richard Hooker. What were his views of Scripture, Reason and Tradition? What about the Three-legged Stool? We also think about why contemporary Reformed Anglicans should 'claim' Hooker and how his thinking can challenge our own. 

This episode is the first of two parts. Stay tuned for the follow up!

Please forgive the Audio quality for this episode, we had a problem with one of our mics. Rest assured it will soon be back up to the level which RAP fans have been accustomed to!

If you'd like to find out more about Hooker, please check out the work of the Davenant Institute:

https://davenantinstitute.org/

Other recommended resources:

"Richard Hooker and the Authority of Scripture, Tradition and Reason" - Nigel Atkinson

"Richard Hooker" - W. Bradford Littlejohn

Get in touch! We'd love to hear your comments and questions! Or leave us a review on iTunes!

- email: [email protected]

- voice-mail: https://anchor.fm/reformational-anglican/message

Opening and closing music:

Holy, Holy, Holy, by Stephanie Devlin. Used with kind permission.

Find out more at: https://www.stephaniedevlin.com/.

All rights to 'Father Ted' clips belong to Hat Trick Productions.

Star Trek teleporter sound effect from - https://www.trekcore.com/audio/

This homily, written by Thomas Cranmer, contrasts dead faith, mere historical assent, with true, lively faith. The former is like the faith of devils, and never amounts to a saving trust in the Lord Jesus. The latter is a genuine turning to and trusting in Jesus, and bears the fruit of a transformed life, radiating love for God and neighbour, expressed in good deeds and a desire for the things of God.

Scriptures referenced: James 2.17, 19; Titus 1.16; Galatians 5.6; Hebrews 11.1, 6; Habakkuk 2.4; Jeremiah 17.7-8;

Homily sourced from: https://forums.anglican.net/threads/homily-1-4-of-the-true-and-lively-faith.1964/

Opening and closing music:

Holy, Holy, Holy, by Stephanie Devlin. Used with kind permission.

Find out more at: https://www.stephaniedevlin.com/.

Where is Jesus right now? What is He doing there? In this episode, we discuss Article 4, on Jesus' exaltation. We think about some of these questions as we delve into why the resurrection and the ascension matter for our faith today and our hope for the future.

Books referenced in this episode:

Rev. Dr. Dr. Matthew Sleeman's chapter in 'The Forgotten Christ', edited by Stephen Clark.

Richard Gaffin - Redemption and Resurrection: An exercise in biblical-systematic theology (google this to read it online for free!)

Archbishop James Usher - A Body of Divinity

The Wonderful Works of God - Herman Bavinck (or the earlier edition, entitled "Our Reasonable Faith")

Leo the Great - Sermons 73 & 74, on the Ascension. (From St. Leo the Great: Sermons - The Catholic University of America Press).

-- Please note, any quotations of Bishops of Rome, past or present, should not be construed to suggest that the Bishop of Rome has any jurisdiction in this realm of England. He hath not. --

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Opening and closing music:

Holy, Holy, Holy, by Stephanie Devlin. Used with kind permission.

Find out more at: https://www.stephaniedevlin.com/.

All rights to 'Father Ted' clips belong to Hat Trick Productions.

Star Trek teleporter sound effect from - https://www.trekcore.com/audio/

In this third and final part of the Homily on Justification, Archbishop Cranmer exhorts us not get tangled up in arguments over words. He explains what a true and living faith is and how it is contrasted with a dead, devilish faith. Lastly he recounts all the wonderful benefits that God has done for us which, when we understand them, make us do good for others and live to advance the Glory of God.

Scripture references:

Galatians 2; Romans 4; James 2; Psalms 5.5-6.

Homily taken from: http://www.anglicanlibrary.org/homilies/bk1hom02.htm (extensively modernised by Ryan).

Opening and closing music:

Holy, Holy, Holy, by Stephanie Devlin. Used with kind permission.

Find out more at: https://www.stephaniedevlin.com/.

What happened to Jesus between His death on Good Friday, and His resurrection on Easter Sunday? Article 3, in line with the Apostle's Creed, states that Jesus 'descended into Hell'. (Unless you're using some modern versions of the creed, which says that He descended to the dead...) This week we dig into some of the ambiguities around the language and meaning of Article 3 and the creed, how the church historically, and the reformers in particular, understood this tenet of the faith, and how it informs our thinking about Jesus, ourselves, death, and the Gospel hope of resurrection and eternal life.

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Opening and closing music:

Holy, Holy, Holy, by Stephanie Devlin. Used with kind permission.

Find out more at: https://www.stephaniedevlin.com/.

All rights to 'Father Ted' clips belong to Hat Trick Productions.

This is the second part of the vital Anglican Homily on Justification. Here Archbishop Cranmer demonstrates the Patristic testimony to the reality of Justification by faith alone. He clarifies that a true faith is never alone. Finally in a heart warming fashion, he speaks about the nature of faith which always points us away from ourselves. 

The full title is 'A sermon of the salvation of mankind by only Christ our Saviour from sin and death everlasting'. This is the second of three parts.

Scripture references:

Galatians 2:16; Romans 3.23-25; Romans 10.4; Romans 8.3-4.

Church Fathers mentioned:

Hilary of Poitiers, Basil of Caesarea, Ambrose, Chrysostom, Cyprian, Augustine, Prosper of Aquitaine, Oecumenius, Photius of Constantinople, Bernard of Clairvaux, and Anselm of Canterbury.

Homily taken from: http://www.anglicanlibrary.org/homilies/bk1hom02.htm (extensively modernised by Ryan).

Opening and closing music:

Holy, Holy, Holy, by Stephanie Devlin. Used with kind permission.

Find out more at: https://www.stephaniedevlin.com/.

Mother of God? Co-redemptrix? The Second Eve? Just how should we think of The Virgin Mary, as Anglicans standing in the tradition of the reformation? How can we avoid a reductionistic, reactionary, or even disrespectful view of the mother of the Lord Jesus? What can we learn from the Scriptures, the early church, and the reformers? How does typology shape how we think of Mary and her role in salvation history? And why couldn't Cain be more like his brother?? In this episode, we discuss all these questions and more!

Books mentioned:

- The Glories of Mary - Alphonsus Liguori

Get in touch! We'd love to hear your comments and questions!

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Opening and closing music:

Holy, Holy, Holy, by Stephanie Devlin. Used with kind permission.

Find out more at: https://www.stephaniedevlin.com/.

Various sound effects from zapsplat.com and freesoundeffect.net.

All rights to 'Father Ted' clips belong to Hat Trick Productions.

How we are made righteous before God? This Homily was written by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer and expounds the doctrine that lies at the heart of the Protestant Reformation - Justification by faith alone. 

The importance of this Homily is underlined by Article 11 of the 39 Articles, which states: '...that we are justified by faith only is a most wholesome doctrine, and very full of comfort, as is more largely expressed in the homily of justification'. 

The full title is 'A sermon of the salvation of mankind by only Christ our Saviour from sin and death everlasting'. This is the first of three parts. 

Scripture references:

Galatians 2:16; Romans 3.23-25; Romans 10.4; Romans 8.3-4.

Homily taken from: http://www.anglicanlibrary.org/homilies/bk1hom02.htm (extensively modernised by Ryan).

Opening and closing music:

Holy, Holy, Holy, by Stephanie Devlin. Used with kind permission.

Find out more at: https://www.stephaniedevlin.com/.