Jesse ⚓️
@jcpyle1066.bsky.social
Lawyer | Episcopalian (Anglican) | Old High, Reformed-leaning, & very much Protestant | Platonistic | “e non lì era altra via /che questa per la quale i’ mi son messo." | Buffalo, NY resident, Ohio native (the Appalachian part, specifically)
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Start a new library of Anglican classics. Affordable but sturdy volumes, like the Loebs. New, up-to-date editions of Andrewes’s sermons, Taylor’s Holy Living, Hooker’s Lawes, etc. Like Davenant or Seminary St Press, but more prolific, and all in gilt-edged hardcover.
What’s a niche thing you’d do w/ the big lottery? For instance I would ensure Sheldon Brown’s website was solvent for eternity and even have it formatted for print
September 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Start a new library of Anglican classics. Affordable but sturdy volumes, like the Loebs. New, up-to-date editions of Andrewes’s sermons, Taylor’s Holy Living, Hooker’s Lawes, etc. Like Davenant or Seminary St Press, but more prolific, and all in gilt-edged hardcover.
Hey, gang. Friendly reminder to try and say the Litany today as part of Morning Prayer. Say it with someone. With all that might loom over the head and the heart today, we could all use a mighty big drink of prayer.
September 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Hey, gang. Friendly reminder to try and say the Litany today as part of Morning Prayer. Say it with someone. With all that might loom over the head and the heart today, we could all use a mighty big drink of prayer.
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Vida Scudder always hits the nail from 100 years ago 🕯️
September 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Vida Scudder always hits the nail from 100 years ago 🕯️
Again, seconded. You could spend a year in the wilderness admiring great beaut, but you might never encounter God. Certainly you would never know His character.
I think we need to take seriously that creatures do bear witness to their creator, which has something to do with why we can get those feelings of transcendence in “nature” but that’s precisely not to collapse god into nature but to heighten other-than-human creatures ability to “pour forth praise”
September 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Again, seconded. You could spend a year in the wilderness admiring great beaut, but you might never encounter God. Certainly you would never know His character.
Yes! Creation reflects the glory of God, but neither Christ nor the prophets taught us pantheism. God and His Creation are distinct, and that is a good thing.
Hearing the voices of creation and particular creatures is good! Reducing creatures to mere accidental/incidental forms of divinity is the thing to watch out for.
September 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Yes! Creation reflects the glory of God, but neither Christ nor the prophets taught us pantheism. God and His Creation are distinct, and that is a good thing.
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Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
September 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
A tad elaborate and Marian for my tastes, but still, what a beautiful altar. That painting in the middle panel is 15th century, according to the plaque. @flinthill.bsky.social just celebrated a small but serene communion here about an hour ago. Our cathedral in Buffalo is an under-appreciated gem.
August 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
A tad elaborate and Marian for my tastes, but still, what a beautiful altar. That painting in the middle panel is 15th century, according to the plaque. @flinthill.bsky.social just celebrated a small but serene communion here about an hour ago. Our cathedral in Buffalo is an under-appreciated gem.
Can we as Anglicans suspend using the term “via media” until we all agree what the heck it actually means.
If you come in here and say “it means between Rome and Geneva,” I will block you and mail you an envelope full of glitter.
If you come in here and say “it means between Rome and Geneva,” I will block you and mail you an envelope full of glitter.
August 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Can we as Anglicans suspend using the term “via media” until we all agree what the heck it actually means.
If you come in here and say “it means between Rome and Geneva,” I will block you and mail you an envelope full of glitter.
If you come in here and say “it means between Rome and Geneva,” I will block you and mail you an envelope full of glitter.
Does anyone know of any Anglican Church of Canada parishes along the Niagara Frontier that do 1962 BCP communion on Sundays? My wife and I are going over there for our first anniversary next weekend, and I’d like to find somewhere that does a traditional service.
August 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Does anyone know of any Anglican Church of Canada parishes along the Niagara Frontier that do 1962 BCP communion on Sundays? My wife and I are going over there for our first anniversary next weekend, and I’d like to find somewhere that does a traditional service.
Sorry I haven’t posted much for the last month, folks. The more I take breaks from this platform, the more I realize how much I actually dislike it (much as I came to dislike Twitter, even before Musk spoiled it). So I doubt I will be active here much here on out, but I will still be here!
August 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Sorry I haven’t posted much for the last month, folks. The more I take breaks from this platform, the more I realize how much I actually dislike it (much as I came to dislike Twitter, even before Musk spoiled it). So I doubt I will be active here much here on out, but I will still be here!
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On this Transfiguration of our Lord, the 2nd lesson at Morning Prayer is 2 Corinthians 3, concluding with the Apostle declaring "we all ... are changed into the same image from glory to glory".
In his commentary on the passage, Calvin describes "this restoration":
In his commentary on the passage, Calvin describes "this restoration":
August 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
On this Transfiguration of our Lord, the 2nd lesson at Morning Prayer is 2 Corinthians 3, concluding with the Apostle declaring "we all ... are changed into the same image from glory to glory".
In his commentary on the passage, Calvin describes "this restoration":
In his commentary on the passage, Calvin describes "this restoration":
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By thy gift, O Lord, we are set on fire, and are borne aloft: we burn, and we are on the way. We climb the ascents that are in the heart. With thy fire, with thy good fire, we burn and go on, for we go up to the peace of Jerusalem.
--Augustine ⚓
--Augustine ⚓
July 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
By thy gift, O Lord, we are set on fire, and are borne aloft: we burn, and we are on the way. We climb the ascents that are in the heart. With thy fire, with thy good fire, we burn and go on, for we go up to the peace of Jerusalem.
--Augustine ⚓
--Augustine ⚓
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People who use speaker phone in public should be studied by science.
July 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
People who use speaker phone in public should be studied by science.
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May light perpetual shine upon her.
Kyrie eleison.
Kyrie eleison.
A 9-year-old girl has died in the central Texas floods, her mother says. She was one of more than 20 children missing from an area summer camp. Follow live updates.
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July 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
May light perpetual shine upon her.
Kyrie eleison.
Kyrie eleison.
I adored this piece.
“A good life is not merely one indefinitely extended through meticulous attention to bodily wellness, but one spent in community and with joy.” @malcolmguite.bsky.social
In Defense of Pint and Pipe
Smoking and drinking carry known risks. Here’s why I haven’t given them up.
www.plough.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I adored this piece.
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Join us this Saturday, July 5th, for a discussion with Plough contributors @malcolmguite.bsky.social and John Swinton to discuss our Summer issue.
We’ll be livestreaming the event, or you can join us in person at King's College London Strand Campus.
RSVP here:
We’ll be livestreaming the event, or you can join us in person at King's College London Strand Campus.
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Why Be Healthy? A discussion with John Swinton and Malcolm Guite
Join contributors John Swinton and Malcolm Guite for an evening discussion to launch the Summer issue of Plough Why Be Healthy?
www.plough.com
June 30, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Join us this Saturday, July 5th, for a discussion with Plough contributors @malcolmguite.bsky.social and John Swinton to discuss our Summer issue.
We’ll be livestreaming the event, or you can join us in person at King's College London Strand Campus.
RSVP here:
We’ll be livestreaming the event, or you can join us in person at King's College London Strand Campus.
RSVP here:
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Happy Ss Peter & Paul Day! 🗝🗡⚓️ #peter #paul #episcopal #anglican #episcopalchurch #wayoflove #loveslways
July 1, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Happy Ss Peter & Paul Day! 🗝🗡⚓️ #peter #paul #episcopal #anglican #episcopalchurch #wayoflove #loveslways
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I had three people I greatly respect offer kind and encouraging words to me this week, and it really meant a lot. Never underestimate the power or importance of encouraging others. You can have a tremendous impact on someone’s life with just a few kind words.
June 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I had three people I greatly respect offer kind and encouraging words to me this week, and it really meant a lot. Never underestimate the power or importance of encouraging others. You can have a tremendous impact on someone’s life with just a few kind words.
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My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.
June 27, 2025 at 9:50 AM
My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.
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MY song shall be alway of the loving-kindness of the LORD; / with my mouth will I ever be showing thy faithfulness from one generation to another.
Psalm 89.1 (1962 Book of Common Prayer, page 443)
Psalm 89.1 (1962 Book of Common Prayer, page 443)
June 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
MY song shall be alway of the loving-kindness of the LORD; / with my mouth will I ever be showing thy faithfulness from one generation to another.
Psalm 89.1 (1962 Book of Common Prayer, page 443)
Psalm 89.1 (1962 Book of Common Prayer, page 443)
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Have you prayed today for the Spirit to bring revival to the Church? 🕯️
June 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Have you prayed today for the Spirit to bring revival to the Church? 🕯️
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happy nativity of JtB!
“constantly speak the truth, boldly rebuke vice, and patiently suffer for the truth's sake“
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“constantly speak the truth, boldly rebuke vice, and patiently suffer for the truth's sake“
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June 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
happy nativity of JtB!
“constantly speak the truth, boldly rebuke vice, and patiently suffer for the truth's sake“
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“constantly speak the truth, boldly rebuke vice, and patiently suffer for the truth's sake“
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For the Nativity of John the Baptist, let's keep going with Old English MSS, since the OE Nicene Creed was such a hit. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 198 is a collection of homilies, mostly by Ælfric. His homily for today starts on 267v. 🕯️🧵 #medievalsky
June 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
For the Nativity of John the Baptist, let's keep going with Old English MSS, since the OE Nicene Creed was such a hit. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 198 is a collection of homilies, mostly by Ælfric. His homily for today starts on 267v. 🕯️🧵 #medievalsky