Posts by David Phillips (Page 5)

Christian Classics Study Group – Hadewijch – 3 Feb AD 2017

Renske Hoff is currently doing a Doctorate on Hadewijch – she has agreed to lead our next Christian Classics Study Group on Friday 3 February! She writes: “While reading those three texts, I think it might be interesting for you to observe and think about Hadewijch’s notion of ‘Love’. What does this mean, how is it connected to her notion of ‘God’ and the human soul, and how is it connected to love between human beings? I am looking forward to your ideas about this: scholars do not yet agree.”

Anglicanism: A Gift in Christ – Part 2: The Medieval Church

The first night of the Anglicanism course was on the Church’s history and structures and given in five parts. The notes from that talk will be featured in the Newsletter over the next few months. – by David Phillips, chaplain of Holy Trinity Utrecht.   (see also Part 1: An Ancient Church  and  Part 3: A Reformed Church)   A Scholarly Church One of the characteristics of the Church of England has been and continues to be its…

Alexandra Leaving…

Saturday night (19 November) is our next Prayer and Praise service.  The worship in this service will be led by our Gospel band and Fr. David will give a talk about ‘The Mystical Marriage in Song of Songs & Leonard Cohen: The consumation of love in Christ.” This is also a tribute to the great singer Leonard Cohen who passed away last week and is very well known for his deeply spiritual songs.  We will…

Anglicanism: a Gift in Christ – Part 1: An Ancient Church

 The first night of the Anglicanism course was on the Church’s history and structures and given in five parts. The notes from that talk will be featured in the Newsletter over the next few months. – by David Phillips, chaplain of Holy Trinity Utrecht. (see also Part 2: A Medieval Church   Part 3: A Reformed Church Part 4: A Continually Reforming Church)  Part 1: An Ancient Church Often we hear from visitors that it is Henry VIII…