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In this very special episode, Clinton and Jamie are joined by principal of Pusey House, Fr George Westhaver to discuss the mystical exegesis of Scripture practiced by the Church Fathers, how these exegetical practices were picked up and used in the early Oxford Movement and how we today might benefit from a rediscovery of these treasures.Thanks for listening. To get in touch, please send an email to holycofe@gmail.comand follow us on Twitter @holycofe1.You can email us at holycofe@gmail.com or follow us on X at @holycofe1.

In this special episode, Clinton and Fr Jamie sit down with Fr Jonathan Kanary of Brazos Fellows to talk about Spiritual Direction and Confession in the life of the Church today. More information about Brazos and about Fr Jonathan can be found here: https://www.brazosfellows.comThanks for listening. To get in touch, please send an email to holycofe@gmail.comand follow us on Twitter @holycofe1.You can email us at holycofe@gmail.com or follow us on X at @holycofe1.

In this week's episode, Clinton and Fr Jamie talk about Duns Scotus, his theological significance and legacy. Starting with a look at the metaphysical critique of Scotus inspired by the Radical Orthodoxy school, encompassing the topics of nominalism, voluntarism and the univocity of being (we will explain!), we move on to talk about the significant differences between a Thomistic view of the fall, sin and the Incarnation and that of Scotus. After all that we consider the different answers given by Thomas and Scotus to the question of whether or not the Incarnation would have happened had mankind not fallen in the beginning. Yes, we really did get through all that in about 40 minutes!Thanks for listening. To get in touch, please send an email to holycofe@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter @holycofe1.You can email us at holycofe@gmail.com or follow us on X at @holycofe1.

In this special episode, Clinton and Fr Jamie sit down with principal of St Stephen's House Fr Robin Ward, talking on the nature of priesthood and the sacramental identity of the Church of England. Among other things, we discuss ideas arising from Fr Ward's book On Christian Priesthood, which seeks to recover the "cult" identity of the Church of England and of the priest as man of the Eucharist, intercessor, confessor and teacher. In it, Fr Ward "seeks to re-pristinate the doctrine of ministerial priesthood by setting it within the context of fundamental moral theology - to recall readers from all Christian traditions to the fundamental soundness of the concept of ministerial priesthood and its importance in contemporary ecumenical duologue, liturgical reform and pastoral planning." Thanks for listening. To get in touch, please send an email to holycofe@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter @holycofe1.You can email us at holycofe@gmail.com or follow us on X at @holycofe1.

In this week's episode, Clinton and Fr Jamie talk with Fr Samuel McNally-Cross about nineteenth century Anglican monastic trailblazer and eccentric Fr Ignatius Lyne. What can we learn from Fr Ignatius' life and witness and how can ordinary people embody the spirit of monasticism in their lives today?Thanks for listening. To get in touch, please send an email to holycofe@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter @holycofe1You can email us at holycofe@gmail.com or follow us on X at @holycofe1.

In this special episode, Clinton sits down live with Thomas Aquinas scholar Euan Grant. They discuss Aquinas' view on the relation between nature and grace and more recent takes on this controversy such as that of the Radical Orthodoxy movement. What exactly is this controversy and why does it matter so much for theology and the life of the Church today?Thanks for listening. To get in touch, please send an email to holycofe@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter @holycofe1.You can email us at holycofe@gmail.com or follow us on X at @holycofe1.

Clinton and Fr Jamie take a run-through issues relating to The Fall and Original Sin. How are we to understand the story of the Garden of Eden and Adam and Eve? What does the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil represent? What is the significance of death after The Fall? How is creation affected?  And we go for a run-through of the Church's understanding of Original Sin throughout the ages.To get in touch, please send an email to holycofe@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter @holycofe1You can email us at holycofe@gmail.com or follow us on X at @holycofe1.

Fr Jamie and Clinton continue our conversation on sacraments and Holy Baptism, addressing the nature of baptism and thorny questions such as how much water should be used, whether baptism at the hands of heretics is okay and if it's right to baptise children or not.To get in touch, please send an email to holycofe@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter @holycofe1!You can email us at holycofe@gmail.com or follow us on X at @holycofe1.

This episode begins a conversation on the topic of the sacraments and holy baptism using the work of Anglican Scholastic Darwell Stone. In this instalment, Clinton and Fr Jamie talk about the etymology of the word "sacrament" and its relationship to a theology of the sacraments, and the number of sacraments and how sacraments are to be differentiated from one another. Although we didn't quite get to baptism this time, we (almost) certainly will next time!To get in touch, please send an email to holycofe@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter @holycofe1!You can email us at holycofe@gmail.com or follow us on X at @holycofe1.

In this episode, Clinton and Fr Jamie continue the discussion on Michael Ramsey's The Gospel and the Catholic Church, talking about Lutheran erastianism, Calvinist presbyterianism and Romish monarchism.To get in touch, please send an email to holycofe@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter @holycofe1!You can email us at holycofe@gmail.com or follow us on X at @holycofe1.