Category Archives: Mere Catholicity

Why Catholics Become Protestants

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Darrell Pursiful

Interesting article by Fr. Thomas J. Reese in the National Catholic Reporter (H/T: The Website of Unknowing). If the findings of the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life are accurate, it seems to come down not so … Continue reading →

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Bishop Malkhaz Honored

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Darrell Pursiful

Congratulations to Bishop Malkhaz! Communique On 13th April 2011 the  head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kievan Patriarchate,  His Holiness , Patriarch Philaret  of All Rus-Ukraine awarded the Orders of Christ the Saviour  and St George to ecumenical … Continue reading →

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The Biblical Origins of Lent

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Darrell Pursiful

Admirably explained by Michael Barber at The Sacred Page. I hope Michael understands that a growing number of Baptists thoroughly embrace the Lenten season. Readers may also want to read a brief rant on the subject I wrote about this … Continue reading →

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Attention Baptists: It’s Okay to Observe Lent. Really.

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Darrell Pursiful

Unfamiliar Practices May Bring Unexpected Benefits to Churches I have to chuckle at that headline, not because I don’t know there are tons of Baptists who won’t get within ten feet of Lent and barely know what to do with … Continue reading →

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Can’t Get Sakartvelo Off My Mind

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Darrell Pursiful

The February/March 2011 Visions, the newsletter of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Georgia, is now out. It includes a brief article I wrote about the Evangelical Baptist Church of Georgia, which begins as follows: Imagine a denomination that upholds traditional … Continue reading →

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I Read Dead People, Too

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Darrell Pursiful

Just not as often as I would like. If someone has been dead for a while and his book is still in print and widely read, then it’s probably worth reading. And, if we’re honest, there are precious few books … Continue reading →

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If I Ever Got a Tattoo, It Would Be a Coptic Wrist Cross

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Darrell Pursiful

Touching story about the Coptic community of Frankfort, Germany…and Egypt (H/T Pseudo-Polymath): “Blue bone, we’re not playing with you!” – this is an insult that many Coptic children have to get used to at an early age. For “blue bone“ … Continue reading →

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Christmas Prayers

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Darrell Pursiful

Tonight is Christmas Eve on the Orthodox Calendar followed by the Copts of Egypt. The BBC is reporting concerns that it may be one marked by violence. Armed Egyptian police have been ordered to protect churches where Copts are expected … Continue reading →

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Anglicans and Africans and Ecumenists, Oh My!

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Darrell Pursiful

Mouneer H. Anis has written a nice article on bridging (rather than widening) the gap between evangelicals and the traditional churches, and Michael Bird was kind enough to link to it. Bishop Anis says, This “widening of the gap” happened … Continue reading →

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A “Grail of Peace”

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Darrell Pursiful

This story is too amazing not to share. The first chalice acquired for the first Baptist church in Tbilisi, Georgia, has been discovered almost literally in my back yard: in a closet in the chapel at Mercer University in Macon, … Continue reading →

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