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Sermons of note for the fifth Sunday of Easter

The Scandal of Exclusivity: "I am the Way": A Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, John 14:1-14 by Gavin Ashenden in the English Catholic Troubled Hearts, Certain Home: A sermon for the fifth Sunday of Easter based on John 14:1-10. How Jesus leads anxious...
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Church of Nigeria suspends Anambra priest over alleged staged miracles and prophecies

The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Diocese on the Niger, has suspended the Rev. Ifunaya Maduka, vicar of St. Paul’s Parish, Nteje, in Anambra State, for six months without pay following allegations that he staged miracles and arranged prophecies, Nigerian press reports said this...
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Sermons of note for the fifth Sunday of Easter

The Scandal of Exclusivity: "I am the Way": A Homily for the Fifth Sunday...
News

Church of Nigeria suspends Anambra priest over alleged staged miracles and prophecies

The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Diocese on the Niger, has suspended the Rev....
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A note on Anglican ecclesial understanding

It is necessary to address certain assertions that misrepresent both the ecclesiological self-understanding of...
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Minjung theology offers lessons for today

Where does theology begin? In doctrine and tradition, or in the lived experiences of...