Walking the Dogma

Are there only ten commandments in the Bible? Are the famous ten more important than the others? Are they just simple rules, or do they have a lot of ethical effects in our whole lives? And why can't I get a delicious crispy chicken sandwich on Sunday? All this and more as we continue to catalog the Catechism of the Episcopal Church in the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. Email us at walkingthedogmapod...

Why do we have a Covenant with God and not a contract? When did this covenant start? Who received it? And is there a MISTAKE in the Catechism? All this and more as we continue to explore the Catechism of the Episcopal Church, from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. Email us at walkingthedogmapod@gmail.com Visit our website at walkingthedogma.org Learn more about our churches: St. Michael & All Angels...

Who is God? What does it mean that he's traditionally called "Father?" What does human existence have to do with God? And do priests ever shut up about theology? All this and more, as we read the Catechism of the Episcopal Church. Email us at walkingthedogmapod@gmail.com Visit our website at walkingthedogma.org Learn more about our churches: St. Michael & All Angels Church, Tucson, Arizona Church...

In this episode we begin our tour of the Catechism from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. What does it mean to be a human being? Are we good or evil? Why do we seem to get it wrong so often in this life? And what can be done about it? Email us at walkingthedogmapod@gmail.com Visit our website at walkingthedogma.org Learn more about our churches: St. Michael & All Angels Church, Tucson, Arizona Churc...

Can a Christian go to court and take an oath? What about an oath of office? Why wouldn't we want to? What's the big deal? Does an oath mean you can be less than honest when you're not under oath? All this and more as we consider the last of the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion. Be sure to tune in and find out what we're doing next on Walking the Dogma!

Should Christians share things with each other and be generous? Is that enough? Or should we renounce private property and live purely communally? How far should sharing go? All this and more, as we draw close to the close of the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion. Email us at walkingthedogmapod@gmail.com Visit our website at walkingthedogma.org Learn more about our churches: St. Michael & All Angel...

Who is the boss of Christians? Does the government have any authority over us? Do we have to do everything the government tells us? Can the Church tell the government what to do? All this and more as we continue down the theological spacetime continuum of the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion. Email us at walkingthedogmapod@gmail.com Visit our website at walkingthedogma.org Learn more about our chu...

How do you ordain a Bishop? How do you ordain anyone? Are Anglican clergy the same as Catholic clergy? What changed? Is there something superstitious about ordination, or about the ministry of bishops? All this and more, as we take another flight on the hot-air balloon of the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion. Email us at walkingthedogmapod@gmail.com Visit our website at walkingthedogma.org Learn m...

Is it OK for a priest to read someone else's sermon? Would you believe that this was actually the prescribed approach to preaching at one time? Why would the Church do this? And what did these stock sermons have to say? Special guest Fr. Ben Crosby joins us to discuss all this and more as we continue our long and winding road through the Articles of Religion. Email us at walkingthedogmapod@gmail.c...

We're joined by Fr. Andrew O'Connor from Saint Francis Ministries to discuss this article. What's a tradition? Is it just doing things the same way all the time, or is it deeper than that? Can traditions change? Is there more to tradition than just the way we worship? All this and more as we continue to wriggle our way through the Articles of Religion. Learn more about Saint Francis Ministries and...

We answer some questions from the listener mailbag, and we ponder: Can someone be denied Communion? What happens when someone's behavior is really, really out of line - and they won't change their tune? Is it too late? What if they finally do change? All this and more, as we keep on truckin' through the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion. Email us at walkingthedogmapod@gmail.com Visit our website at...

Catholic priests can't get married - but Episcopal clergy can. Why the difference? Where did it come from? How long has that been going on? Were the Apostles in the Bible married? All this and more as we walk down the aisle of the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion. Email us at walkingthedogmapod@gmail.com Visit our website at walkingthedogma.org Learn more about our churches: St. Michael & All Ange...

We dive into our listener mailbag, and tackle Article XXXI. What happens when we celebrate the Eucharist? Do we just remember Jesus dying on the cross a long time ago, or does something happen for us here and now? Do we even make it happen all over again? All this and more, as we keep on truckin' through the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion. Email us at walkingthedogmapod@gmail.com Visit our websi...

Can a person receive Communion without receiving Christ's Body and Blood? What happens if you receive without believing in it? And can you receive Communion if you only eat the Bread or drink the Cup? How does a sixteenth-century statement of faith affect our pandemic and post-pandemic practice of the Eucharist? All this and more as we keep on truckin' through the Articles of Religion. Email us at...

Is the Eucharist a thing or an event? Is it bread and wine, or eating bread and drinking wine? How do you overthrow the nature of a sacrament? All this and more, as we continue to explore the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion. Email us at walkingthedogmapod@gmail.com Visit our website at walkingthedogma.org Learn more about our churches: St. Michael & All Angels Church, Tucson, Arizona Church of th...

What happens when someone is baptized? Are they saved right then and there, or did it already happen? What does it mean to be a child of God, if everyone is a child of God? Should children and babies be baptized, or only adults? All this and more, as we continue down the long and winding road of the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion. Email us at walkingthedogmapod@gmail.com Visit our website at wal...

(This episode is re-uploaded to correct an editing error.) What happens if your priest does something wrong? Like, really wrong? Does it mean they can't baptize you validly? What about Communion? What about the rest of their ministry? How does God (and the Church) deal with this problem? All this and more as we continue to dive deeper and deeper into the Articles of Religion. Email us at walkingth...

Is there a difference between Episcopalians and Anglo-Catholics? How do we come up with our answers? Just how Calvinist are the Articles of Religion? What does DogmaWalk Industries think of Artificial Intelligence? And most importantly, what happens when Fr. Dominic and Br. Dave are in the same room with eighty excited Episcopalians? All this and more in this live episode from the 65th Convention...

Have there always been seven sacraments? Who set the list? How have Anglicans understood marriage over the ages? Why should, or shouldn't, you lift sacraments up and carry them about? If you don't, how do you get them to the people? All this and more, as we continue looking at Article XXV and the whole kit and caboodle of the Articles of Religion. Email us at walkingthedogmapod@gmail.com Visit our...

What is a Sacrament? Is it just a symbolic act, or does something really happen when we celebrate these rites? Are there two, or seven, or possibly even more? Is extreme unction like extreme sports? All this and more as we continue our long and winding road through the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion. Email us at walkingthedogmapod@gmail.com Visit our website at walkingthedogma.org Learn more abo...

Who can be an ordained minister in the church? Is it enough that you believe God has called you? Why does it matter? Do church services have to be in English, or Latin, or any other language? What about Pig Latin? All this and more, as we continue to dive in and swim through the Articles of Religion. Email us at walkingthedogmapod@gmail.com Visit our website at walkingthedogma.org Learn more about...

What's Purgatory? How do you get there? Is there a worse kind of indulgence than chocolate cake? Who are the saints and why are they important to us? All this and more as we continue to explore the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion. Email us at walkingthedogmapod@gmail.com Visit our website at walkingthedogma.org Learn more about our churches: St. Michael & All Angels Church, Tucson, Arizona Church...

This article isn't one of the articles! Where did it go? Why was it removed? If the Episcopal Church doesn't have General Councils, what does it have? All this and more as we continue exploring the Thirty-Nine (or fewer) Articles of Religion. Email us at walkingthedogmapod@gmail.com Visit our website at walkingthedogma.org Learn more about our churches: St. Michael & All Angels Church, Tucson, Ari...

Does the Church have the authority to teach anything it wants? Can we invent new rites and doctrines, or are we stuck with the old ones? How do we decide? All this and more, as we continue our exploration of the Articles of Religion. Email us at walkingthedogmapod@gmail.com Visit our website at walkingthedogma.org Learn more about our churches: St. Michael & All Angels Church, Tucson, Arizona Chur...

What is the church? A building? A group of people? Is there only one true church, and is Anglicanism it, or are there various true churches? What does it take to be a church, or even the church? All this and more as we continue our path through the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion. Email us at walkingthedogmapod@gmail.com Visit our website at walkingthedogma.org Learn more about our churches: St....