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This page has been dormant for a while, but I'm trying to bring it
back to life. Many new links have been added, and the Virginia Law Links Page has been reformatted. The Heresy Trial material will be reworked, and will be expanded to cover Bishop John Spong and his call for a "New Reformation" of the Church--June 20, 1998.
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The Liturgy of the Hours (also known as the Divine
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Christian Church. It provides prayers, psalms and
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pray without ceasing. Never monotonous, always
new, it provides the means for the whole world, united,
to pray together and sanctify every hour of every day of
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This site uses the version of the Liturgy of the Hours given in the Roman Breviary - but the Divine Office is for all Christians and not just Catholics. Christians of many other denominations, including Anglicans, Methodists, and Baptists, are using this site on a regular basis.
The trial resulted in a "not guilty" verdict, the Court finding that, as there was no "doctrine" in the Episcopal Church against such an action, there could be no determination that the doctrine had been contravened.
In the wake of that trial, Bishop John S. Spong of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark, New Jersey, has issued a "Call for a New Reformation," which brings into question, among other things, the divinity of Christ, the reality of the Resurrection, and the existence of heaven and hell. Arguably, these questions are questions of "doctrine" in the Episcopal Church. What will happen now?
