Why I Became Anglican: The Liturgy

What happens when a Baptist theologian is confronted with the beauty of Anglicanism? Matthew Barrett, with this episode’s guest Greg Peters, discusses his recent move from the SBC to Anglicanism and describes Anglican’s beautiful, participatory, traditional and scripture-filled liturgy.

Rev. Peters, priest and professor at Biola University and Nashotah House Theological Seminary, connects Barrett’s experience with his new book, Anglican Spirituality: An Introduction. In this first episode of a two-part discussion, Peters explains the history behind the Book of Common Prayer, its use in modern personal and communal prayer, and its fitness for journeying “the ladder of divine ascent”. For Peters, the use of this traditional text is a means to let the words of Scripture enter into the heart and open the listener to deeper realities that might not be readily found in individual study. In the Daily Office, the Word takes the role of our inner teacher, forms us into His likeness, and provides us insights for contemplating Divine Truth.

Want more to learn more about Anglicanism? 

If you are interested in learning more about Anglicanism, come hear Matthew Barrett deliver the John H. Rodgers Lecture at Trinity Anglican Seminary on Thursday, October 30th. His lecture is titled, “The Legacy of Nicaea & the Future of Anglicanism.” If you cannot make it, join us by livestream. Register for in person or live stream here.

Rev. Greg Peters (PhD, St. Michael’s College) is a Professor of Medieval and Spiritual Theology in the Torrey Honors Institute of Biola University and also the Servants of Christ Research Professor of Monastic Studies and Ascetical Theology at Nashotah House Theological Seminary. He is an Anglican Priest who serves as the Rector the Anglican Church of the Epiphany and is married with two sons.

Matthew Barrett is the editor-in-chief of Credo Magazine, director of the Center for Classical Theology, and Research Professor of Theology at Trinity Anglican Seminary, and the author of several books, including Simply Trinity, which won the Christianity Today Book of the Year Award in Theology/Ethics. His new book is called The Reformation as Renewal: Retrieving the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. He is currently writing a Systematic Theology with Baker Academic.

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