Matthew Moffitt
@matthewmoffitt.bsky.social
Anglican deacon | University ministry among researchers and staff | Enjoying the theatrum gloriae Dei | ☧
I’ve been trying to grapple with a couple of Christian theorists who set out to defend liberty…and a few year later became cheer leaders for authoritarian administrations in the US and Europe. Throwing some O’Donovan in there for good measure.
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March 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I’ve been trying to grapple with a couple of Christian theorists who set out to defend liberty…and a few year later became cheer leaders for authoritarian administrations in the US and Europe. Throwing some O’Donovan in there for good measure.
t.co/a2cdeBlHGW
t.co/a2cdeBlHGW
My iCal Church Calendar is now up to date until Trinity Sunday 2027. It has each Sunday with the collect, plus the red letter feast days: webcal://p66-caldav.icloud.com/published/2/NDAxODQxODc1NDAxODQxONce-2mzXpzBHxcug-dpWOdVQ-whtYQmMVXi4_vS63sNxWxRJ5rpfGLrz3spHXnQcATW_meQhRKluJam0mLg8Hs
February 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
My iCal Church Calendar is now up to date until Trinity Sunday 2027. It has each Sunday with the collect, plus the red letter feast days: webcal://p66-caldav.icloud.com/published/2/NDAxODQxODc1NDAxODQxONce-2mzXpzBHxcug-dpWOdVQ-whtYQmMVXi4_vS63sNxWxRJ5rpfGLrz3spHXnQcATW_meQhRKluJam0mLg8Hs
‘Therefore, let it be regarded as a settled principle that the sacraments have the same office as the Word of God: to offer and set forth Christ to us, and in him the treasures of heavenly grace.’
– John Calvin (Institutes 4.14.17)
– John Calvin (Institutes 4.14.17)
December 13, 2024 at 9:21 PM
‘Therefore, let it be regarded as a settled principle that the sacraments have the same office as the Word of God: to offer and set forth Christ to us, and in him the treasures of heavenly grace.’
– John Calvin (Institutes 4.14.17)
– John Calvin (Institutes 4.14.17)
‘Love is the seed of every virtue and of every act that calls for condemnation.’
– Dante
– Dante
December 8, 2024 at 12:48 PM
‘Love is the seed of every virtue and of every act that calls for condemnation.’
– Dante
– Dante
When the test match finishes inside 7 sessions
December 8, 2024 at 11:22 AM
When the test match finishes inside 7 sessions
Preaching bands…I guess there’s a first time for everything
December 5, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Preaching bands…I guess there’s a first time for everything
One day, we won’t need candles anymore.
December 1, 2024 at 9:16 AM
One day, we won’t need candles anymore.
Happy new year 🥳
November 30, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Happy new year 🥳
"There are two occasions when the sacred beauty of Creation becomes dazzlingly apparent, and they occur together. One is when we feel our mortal insufficiency to the world, and the other is when we feel the world's mortal insufficiency to us...
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November 29, 2024 at 12:11 PM
"There are two occasions when the sacred beauty of Creation becomes dazzlingly apparent, and they occur together. One is when we feel our mortal insufficiency to the world, and the other is when we feel the world's mortal insufficiency to us...
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Looking for an Advent Bible reading plan? Here's one I prepared earlier for the @adventusproject matthewmoffitt.substack.com/p/an-advent-...
An Advent Bible Reading Plan
This Bible reading plan was originally developed by me for Advent in 2013 for a blog I ran with Alison, The Advent Project. Because I’m tired of the ads wordpress insists on placing on the original pa...
matthewmoffitt.substack.com
November 27, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Looking for an Advent Bible reading plan? Here's one I prepared earlier for the @adventusproject matthewmoffitt.substack.com/p/an-advent-...
Yesterday at #Cite24 I had the great honour of introducing my favourite researcher in European Languages (French Studies), @drchriswatkin.bsky.social
November 26, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Yesterday at #Cite24 I had the great honour of introducing my favourite researcher in European Languages (French Studies), @drchriswatkin.bsky.social
“God who is beyond fullness did not bring creatures into being out of any need of his, but that he might enjoy their proportionate participation in him and that he might delight in his works seeing them delighted and ever insatiably satisfied with the one who is inexhaustible.” Maximus the Confessor
November 26, 2024 at 9:36 AM
“God who is beyond fullness did not bring creatures into being out of any need of his, but that he might enjoy their proportionate participation in him and that he might delight in his works seeing them delighted and ever insatiably satisfied with the one who is inexhaustible.” Maximus the Confessor
Around white ribbon day, my mind often turns to the Australian temperance movement, one of the earliest efforts in Australia to combat family violence. Here’s an essay I wrote several years ago on one of the leading figures, Bertie Boyce.
www.academia.edu/124822832/Th...
www.academia.edu/124822832/Th...
The Great Cause: F. B. Boyce’s Campaign to Abolish Alcohol in New South Wales
The Great Cause: F. B. Boyce’s Campaign to Abolish Alcohol in New South Wales
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November 25, 2024 at 12:44 AM
Around white ribbon day, my mind often turns to the Australian temperance movement, one of the earliest efforts in Australia to combat family violence. Here’s an essay I wrote several years ago on one of the leading figures, Bertie Boyce.
www.academia.edu/124822832/Th...
www.academia.edu/124822832/Th...
Reposted by Matthew Moffitt
Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord
November 23, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord
"Worship is rest that finds an object to rest in; apart from the object of worship rest will be empty inactivity."
- Oliver O'Donovan
- Oliver O'Donovan
November 22, 2024 at 6:38 AM
"Worship is rest that finds an object to rest in; apart from the object of worship rest will be empty inactivity."
- Oliver O'Donovan
- Oliver O'Donovan
It’s amazing the number of people who take Ashley Null’s summary of Cranmer’s theology to be a direct quote from Thomas Cranmer
November 20, 2024 at 8:52 AM
It’s amazing the number of people who take Ashley Null’s summary of Cranmer’s theology to be a direct quote from Thomas Cranmer
My students already talk about the Glen Scrivener meme, now there is the Glen Scrivener reel: www.instagram.com/reel/DCIQXc-...
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November 20, 2024 at 4:17 AM
My students already talk about the Glen Scrivener meme, now there is the Glen Scrivener reel: www.instagram.com/reel/DCIQXc-...
Is this Y2K?
If you’re having a bad day, spare a thought for the lift at the Sydney Olympics Aquatic Centre that still thinks it’s the year 2000…pre-Olympics
November 17, 2024 at 6:47 AM
Is this Y2K?
If you’re having a bad day, spare a thought for the lift at the Sydney Olympics Aquatic Centre that still thinks it’s the year 2000…pre-Olympics
November 17, 2024 at 6:46 AM
If you’re having a bad day, spare a thought for the lift at the Sydney Olympics Aquatic Centre that still thinks it’s the year 2000…pre-Olympics