Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Childish New Joins to "American Anglicanism" (ACNA): Necromancy

A warning to "new joins" to Anglicanism, youngsters, including this "new thing" in America called the ACNA. Especially, to the youthful millenials drifting towards greater substance than is offered in the diet-soda religion of evangelicalism. We realize the children in leadership in evangelicalism (yes, we get that) have offered you diet-soda and potato chips.  But, be very, very cautious.

Beware, if not steer clear. Sounds nice, pious, devout and religious.  But hypocrisy is always connected to superstitionl

Yes, beware of those smiles from David Virtue, ACNA-Bob Duncan, Jack Iker, Keith Ackerman, and REC-enablers like Laud Leo (Non-) Riches and Recon-Ray Sutton:

THEY ARE NECROMANCERS. We must say that.

Jeremiah has its own context of course, but 44.17 sticks out: 

 "But we will do whatsoever thing goeth out of our own mouth, as to burn incense unto k]the Queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, both we and our fathers, our kings and our princes in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of vittles and were well and felt none evil."

The 1599 Geneva Bible notes rightly raises this issue:

"Read Jer. 7:18, it seemeth that the Papists gathered of this place Salve Regina, and Regina caeli latare, calling the virgin Mary Queen of heaven, and so of the blessed virgin and mother of our Savior Christ, made an idol: for here the Prophet condemneth their idolatry.
 "Hebrew, we were satiated with bread.
 "This is still the argument of idolaters, which esteem religion by the belly, and instead of acknowledging God’s works, who sendeth both plenty and dearth, health and sickness, they attribute it to their idols, and so dishonor God."

Yet, ACNA-Bob tolerates ACNA-Jack, ACNA-Keith and the ever-drifting REC-Ray.

THEY TOLERATE INVOCATION OF MARY AND SAINTS. NECROMANCY, PURE AND SIMPLE WITHOUT DISCIPLINE, EXPOSURE, OR REBUKE

So does Peter Robinson, UECNA, with his affiliations in the Continuum of Tractarians .

Then, today, while touring the Chronicles, this tiny tidbit, 1 Chron. 10.13, a summary note on Saul with his invocation and necromancy (amidst his larger set of iniquities), to wit:

"So Saul died for his transgression that he committed against the Lord, even against the word of the Lord which he kept not, and in that he sought and asked counsel of a familiar spirit..."

The Geneva note is succinct:

"Chronicles 10:13 Or, witch, and sorceress."

The ACNA tolerates abusive necromancers and that's a fact. Don't let the hypocrisy of piety delude you to the superstition of necromancy.

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