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Anglicans Online
Anglicans Online is staffed by an unpaid
group not affiliated officially with any church body. If what you are looking
for is Anglican, there is a very good chance that you will find it here.
Anglicans Online is published every week in the belief that "global
communications can help foster global unity in our faith. The issues that unite
us are so much stronger and larger than the issues that might sometimes divide
us."
Anglican Society
The society was founded in the United States
in 1932 to promote the Catholic doctrine, discipline and worship of
the Episcopal Church according to the principles and contents of the Book of
Common Prayer. The web site includes back issues of the society's
quarterly magazine, The Anglican.
Book of
Common Prayer
The Book of Common Prayer is the defining document
of Anglicanism. Since the introduction of the first English Book of Common
Prayer in 1549, there have been revisions in England and in every Province of
Anglicanism as it has spread throughout the world. Many of those editions
may be found online on this web site including the various American editions
beginning with the first official American book of 1789 and its short-lived
predecessor, the proposed book of 1786.
British
Church Music Links
The Anglican heritage of church music is one of our
very special and precious gifts. This web site provides an immense amount
of information about the ongoing tradition of church music in the "old country".
There are links to the many choral foundations (cathedrals, abbeys, parish
churches, university choirs.....). There are links to many related
resources and also links to recorded and live services, including a weekly
recording of Choral Evensong provided by the BBC.
Christmas Story in Classical Art
A portfolio of artworks with written and audio text, presented by the
Metropolitan Museum.
Daily Office Online (in
English and Spanish)
Forgot your Prayer Book, but have access to the
internet? You can still keep your rule of life and say the Daily
Office--in either Rite I or Rite II English, or in Spanish. There is even
music for some parts of the Office and the Rite I readings are from the King
James Version of the Bible.
Eucharistic and Daily
Office Lectionary on One Site
Here is another excellent lectionary resource.
This one also provides links to commentaries and sermon helps.
Eucharistic
Lectionary of the American Prayer Book
Here, set up in calendar format for the current
year, is the complete Lectionary for the Eucharist as set forth by the Episcopal
Church in the United States. Citations and full texts of the readings are
provided for the Prayer Book Lectionary, the Revised Common Lectionary, and for
the lesser feasts and fasts observed in the American Church. Texts of
readings are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible.
Expressions:
Welcome to Narnia
What divinity could be more homely than that of C.S.
Lewis? His Chronicles of Narnia have enchanted children and adults
for many years, teaching the the meaning of the Gospel through the lens of
fantasy. This site includes a review of the new Disney film version of
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, as well as lots of other other Narnia
material. And it is part of a larger website called
rejesus,
which has many more resources well worth exploring.
Great O
Antiphons
One of the distinctive features of the season of
Advent is the elaborate set of antiphons sung before and after the Magnificat
at Vespers beginning on either December 16th or 17th, depending on whether one
follows the English or the Roman use. The antiphons are presented with
some explanatory text on
this page of a website devoted to Julian of Norwich.
Project Canterbury has an article by the Right Reverend A.C.A. Hall, Third
Bishop of Vermont, on "The
Advent Antiphons". Bishop Hall gives background, scriptural references
and a meditative paraphrase of each antiphon--plus two more antiphons found in
French sources.
Internet Renaissance Band
This is a fun site that provides downloadable MIDI files of medieval and
renaissance music. Some of these files may be heard from time to time on
pages of Full Homely Divinity.
Julian of
Norwich Shrine
This web site originates from Norwich in the United Kingdom
and tells the story of Lady Julian of Norwich, who lived in a cell attached to the church of St. Julian, and where she put into writing the Revelations or Showings of Divine Love she received in 1373.
Online Hymnals
Find a hymn. Learn a hymn. There are several sites that provide hymn
texts and/or MIDI files that play the tune. We especially like the
Cyber Hymnal:
this site has lyrics, scores, MIDI files, pictures, history, and more for over
5000 hymns and Gospel songs but, amazingly, it does not have every hymn we
wanted to hear. The
Oremus Hymnal
lacks some of the interesting extra material in the Cyber Hymnal, but emphasizes
hymns used in the Anglican tradition, with an index drawing from 52 different
hymnals. Alternate tunes provided by this site are a welcome feature for
those who may be looking for a tune that has been dropped from the latest
hymnal. Oremus also provides lists of suggested hymns coordinated with
both the Revised Common Lectionary and the Lectionary of the American
Prayer Book.
Hymnsite.com lacks pictures and history, but plays tunes on piano,
organ, or bells.
Pascha Polyglotta
Give your friends and acquaintances the traditional
Easter greeting, "Christ is risen," in their own language. This truly
ecumenical site provides recorded greetings in 250 different languages.
Project
Canterbury
Project Canterbury is home on the
Internet to Anglican texts. Emphasis is placed on documents expressing the
Catholic identity of Anglicanism. The Tracts for the Times and the Library of
Anglo-Catholic Theology are essential print resources for this collection, as
are other out-of-print materials not readily accessible in many libraries.
Saint Benedict
With nearly four hundred communities of monks and nuns scattered around
medieval Britain, the Order of St. Benedict had a deep impact on the lives of
Britons. The principles of the Rule which Benedict wrote in the 6th
century for his monks permeated both monastic and secular spirituality and are
the foundation stone of Anglican spirituality to this day. In a book
entitled
St. Benedict's Toolbox and on a website by the same name, author Jane Tomaine offers practical tips
on living the Benedictine way today. The website of the Anglican
Friends of Saint Benedict
also provides links and resources about the Benedictine way.
Saint Nicholas Center
St. Nicholas Center is a web site where people can
learn about St. Nicholas, one of the best-known and most popular of all the
saints. The center provides resources for families, churches, and schools
about the great Bishop of Myra who attended the Council of Nicaea in 325 and who
inspired our modern Santa Claus.
Saint Thomas Becket
A web site devoted to collecting resources for the
study of the martyred Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, and the
controversies surrounding him. The site includes a virtual tour of
Canterbury Cathedral.
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