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Anglican

Anglicans Online  Links to news, parishes, diocese, and much more! The largest and most comprehensive online resource for the worldwide Anglican and Episcopal communion.

 

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Episcopal

The Episcopal Church, USA Home Page  The name says it all!

The Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina  The official web page for our diocese.

Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine Link to the largest Episcopal cathedral in the United States with a virtual tour. 

Washington National Cathedral  The Web Site for the Washington National Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, an Episcopal church where all people are welcome to worship.

Episcopalian.org  Episcopal/Anglican ministries working in evangelism, world missions and church planning.

Sewanee  The University of the South's official web page.  Located in Tennessee Sewanee is one of the nation’s top liberal arts colleges and a seminary of the Episcopal Church.

 

Liturgy

The Book of Common Prayer  Various historical editions.  Take a look and compare them to today's BCP.

The Book of Common Prayer in Various Formats

The Bible Complete  with 10 different translations and a word search and passage search engine.

The Lectionary Page  A Liturgical Calendar for upcoming weeks with links to the lessons from the Episcopal Lectionary.

Morning and Evening Prayer Daily  The Online Daily Office exists to give busy people a way to participate in Morning and Evening Prayer including the readings and psalms for each day (along with a bit of music!). You will also find Noonday Prayer, Compline, and Devotions for Individuals and Families here. These rites are based on The Book of Common Prayer. 

A Liturgical Calendar For Upcoming Weeks  Includes links to the lessons from the Episcopal Lectionary. The Bible translation used is The New Revised Standard Version, copyright 1989. The collects and the Psalms are from the Book of Common Prayer. The collects use the contemporary wording.

Forward Movement Organization  of The Forward Day by Day.

Biblical studies link page for Rutgers University Religion Department with many links including Into His Own:  Perspective on the World of Jesus which is "Topical sourcebook with hundreds of excerpts from non-canonical texts relevant to NT interpretation, with graphic aids to identify important figures, places, & literary works from Josephus, Dead Sea Scrolls, rabbinic tradition, Philo, etc."

Search the Bible The Bible Gateway (Search in your choice of text versions and language.)

Oremus Hymnal  This online hymnal contains texts and MIDI files of tunes used in much of the English-speaking world, with particular emphasis on the Anglican tradition. Currently, fifty-two Anglican hymnals from the past 140 years have been indexed. These 52 hymnals contain nearly seven thousand distinct texts and over eighteen thousand text/tune combinations.

Canticanova  If you are involved in liturgical music, this site can be a valuable tool for you concerning liturgical planning information, music cd store, and a wide range of articles regarding liturgy and music.

Liturgica  History, development, books and music about liturgical worship.  Be sure to visit the Web Store where there is offered a comprehensive selection of liturgical music covering all major chant forms, as well as a selection of books on related subjects.  Under the Gregorian chant section there is a subsection "Gregorian chant recommendations" where one can purchase the Mass for St. Stephen on cd.  Take a look and enjoy the variety of church music.

Christus Rex Gregorian Chant  Enjoy live recordings from Saint Benedict's Monastery in Sao Paulo, Brazil.  These include ordinaries of the mass, Sunday services, and special holy days services.  There are also links included to other chant sites.  This is a very special site with lovely reverential music.  These are not commercial recordings but recorded live during the service so close your eyes and enjoy being there.

 

Miscellaneous   

Ship of Fools Magazine  Ship of Fools has an intrepid team of Mystery Worshippers traveling incognito in the British aisles and beyond, reporting on the comfort of the pews, the warmth of the welcome, the length of the sermon... The only clue that they have been there at all is the Mystery Worshipper calling card, dropped discreetly into the collection plate.

Episcopal Glossary from St. Michael's in Houston, Texas  A guide for non-Episcopalians (and new Episcopalians) to many of the terms and phrases in use in many Episcopal Churches.
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Biographical sketches of memorable Christians of the past  From the Society of Archbishop Justus here is a collection of noteworthy information from Christians of the past.  The biographies were mostly written by James E. Kiefer, a church historian from Maryland.