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Mar 27Liked by Mark Marshall

Irksome isn't it when the CoE's historic and still official formularies (examples, BCP 1662, Catechism, Ordinal, Articles of Religion, two Books of Homilies) contain an abundance on the subject of reconciliation with God and with fellow man and woman, both in doctrine and in practice. Shame that persons and parties within the CoE would think it urgently necessary to partner with an outside organization to reinvent the wheel. Indeed, the opening rubrics and the exhortations in the office of Holy Communion and even in the office of the Visitation of the Sick are notable examples of what the CoE held to with respect to reconciliation: presume not to come to the table by reason of open and notorious contention with your neighbors, or other grave and open sin without repentance; if others have offended you, forgive them from the bottom of your heart; if you have offended others, ask them for forgiveness, or if you have done injury or wrong to others then make amends to your uttermost ability.

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