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Letters to AO

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Letters from 5 to 11 August 2013

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Luscombe lives!

I was interested to read the article on Bishop Luscombe. I noted that the C of E viewed Luscombe as obscure in their history. However, he is well respected in the chequered history of the Scottish Episcopal Church. Of course the C of E viewed us as rebels, after all, we consecrated Samuel Seabury in defiance of the English State Church, so they viewed Luscombe and the Scottish bishops with suspicion.

Many of our priests have become Luscombe scholars following theological training. The Occasional Papers which emanate from time to time carry on the theological debates.

Graham Vahey
St Ninian's Scottish Episcopal Church
Glasgow, SCOTLAND
5 August 2013

Dead letter office

I very much enjoyed the Birthday Book of the Dead article. I have long had one of my own.

A good summary of Anglican teaching about the SS and the Dead comes in the South African Prayer Book of 1954: "And here we give unto Thee, O Lord, most high praise and hearty thanks for the wonderful grace and virtue declared in all Thy Saints, and chiefly in the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord and God, and in the Holy Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles and Martyrs; beseeching Thee to give us grace that we , rejoicing in the Communion of the Saints, and following the good examples of those who have served Thee here, may be partakers of Thy Heavenly Kingdom". This was somewhat watered down in the 1989 SAPB but still stands as a benchmark, I believe.

Bruce Bridgewood
High Wycombe, Bucks, ENGLAND
brucebridgewood@gmail.com
8 August 2013

Ditto

Last week's was a really touching letter. You are a large part of my daily life, as I open my day with Angllicans Online as my homepage. Well done!

jC Eriksen
Grace Calvary, Cartersville, Georgia
Blairsville, Georgia, USA
8 August 2013

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Earlier letters

We launched our 'Letters to AO' section on 11 May 2003. All published letters are in our archives.

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