wyclif
@wyclif.bsky.social
🇬🇧🇨🇦🇺🇸 Reformed Conformist. Oak apple Anglican. Burkean. Collegiat Suffrage enjoyer. Book of Homilies stan. Former land surveyor. Pilgrim to Jerusalem. https://linktr.ee/wyclif
Sending a few tweets that "give offence" to someone, somewhere, can result in five police officers on your doorstep in today's UK.
These ridiculous laws need to be repealed immediately.
These ridiculous laws need to be repealed immediately.
September 3, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Sending a few tweets that "give offence" to someone, somewhere, can result in five police officers on your doorstep in today's UK.
These ridiculous laws need to be repealed immediately.
These ridiculous laws need to be repealed immediately.
This is not a new idea. But I think it's still a great idea, especially for Anglican missions adjacent to or near college campuses.
September 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This is not a new idea. But I think it's still a great idea, especially for Anglican missions adjacent to or near college campuses.
Today the Church commemorates St Augustine, Bishop of Hippo. "Behold, in order that we may love God, we have exhortation. Could we love Him, unless He first loved us? If we were slow to love, let us not be slow to love in return."
August 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Today the Church commemorates St Augustine, Bishop of Hippo. "Behold, in order that we may love God, we have exhortation. Could we love Him, unless He first loved us? If we were slow to love, let us not be slow to love in return."
Solid take on Mary. "Assumption into glory is the destiny of all believers."
August 16, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Solid take on Mary. "Assumption into glory is the destiny of all believers."
Let it be understood that I'm not a big Archbishop Ramsey guy. But this quote is 🔥
July 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Let it be understood that I'm not a big Archbishop Ramsey guy. But this quote is 🔥
John McKay's new record, "Sixes and Sevens", is superb. It's a real new wave record, and would slot in right next to his work on "The Scream" and "Join Hands" by Siouxsie and the Banshees or peak-era Joy Division and New Order. Makes sense b/c tracks were recorded between 1980 and 1989. #Music
June 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
John McKay's new record, "Sixes and Sevens", is superb. It's a real new wave record, and would slot in right next to his work on "The Scream" and "Join Hands" by Siouxsie and the Banshees or peak-era Joy Division and New Order. Makes sense b/c tracks were recorded between 1980 and 1989. #Music
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive." ~ C.S. Lewis, God in the Dock
June 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive." ~ C.S. Lewis, God in the Dock
"Yet Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are each the same God, the same in justice, in goodness, in greatness, and in everything that can be predicated of substance." ~ Boethius
June 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
"Yet Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are each the same God, the same in justice, in goodness, in greatness, and in everything that can be predicated of substance." ~ Boethius
"It is necessary to believe in the Holy Ghost, that in all our weaknesses we may be strengthened, in all our infirmities we may be supported, in all our discouragements we may be comforted, in the midst of miseries we may be filled with peace and inward joy." ~ Bishop Pearson
June 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"It is necessary to believe in the Holy Ghost, that in all our weaknesses we may be strengthened, in all our infirmities we may be supported, in all our discouragements we may be comforted, in the midst of miseries we may be filled with peace and inward joy." ~ Bishop Pearson
"They have removed the struggle to find anything. Book store owners and record store owners used to be oracles, in that way; you'd go in this dusty old place and they might point you toward something that would change your life. All that's gone." ~Tom Waits
April 7, 2025 at 6:57 AM
"They have removed the struggle to find anything. Book store owners and record store owners used to be oracles, in that way; you'd go in this dusty old place and they might point you toward something that would change your life. All that's gone." ~Tom Waits
The directorial version of method acting:
April 2, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The directorial version of method acting:
"You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you odd." ~ Flannery O'Connor
March 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you odd." ~ Flannery O'Connor
"Cranmer made of English a liturgical language comparable with Latin at its best." ~ E.C. Ratcliff
March 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
"Cranmer made of English a liturgical language comparable with Latin at its best." ~ E.C. Ratcliff
Bishop Harold Browne of Winchester on the eucharistic doctrine of the Church of England
March 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Bishop Harold Browne of Winchester on the eucharistic doctrine of the Church of England
This does not inspire confidence in a person's affirmation or agreement with me
March 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This does not inspire confidence in a person's affirmation or agreement with me
If you check out J.K.'s recommended reading list (except for the Chinese and Indian holy texts), it doesn't look that much different from a modern Great Books syllabus. /5
March 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
If you check out J.K.'s recommended reading list (except for the Chinese and Indian holy texts), it doesn't look that much different from a modern Great Books syllabus. /5
The ur-hipster would have been 103 years old today.
Jack Kerouac was a mass of contradictions and conflicts. He claimed to be a free spirit and a rebel while living most of his life under the watchful eye of his mother. /1
Jack Kerouac was a mass of contradictions and conflicts. He claimed to be a free spirit and a rebel while living most of his life under the watchful eye of his mother. /1
March 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The ur-hipster would have been 103 years old today.
Jack Kerouac was a mass of contradictions and conflicts. He claimed to be a free spirit and a rebel while living most of his life under the watchful eye of his mother. /1
Jack Kerouac was a mass of contradictions and conflicts. He claimed to be a free spirit and a rebel while living most of his life under the watchful eye of his mother. /1
Got my best Harris tweed coat secondhand. It fit perfectly, so I had to take it home. Still looks brand new. Quality endures.
March 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Got my best Harris tweed coat secondhand. It fit perfectly, so I had to take it home. Still looks brand new. Quality endures.
Seeing a lot of tweets about this Al Green fella.
Unfortunately, it's not the Al Green I was hoping for.
Unfortunately, it's not the Al Green I was hoping for.
March 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Seeing a lot of tweets about this Al Green fella.
Unfortunately, it's not the Al Green I was hoping for.
Unfortunately, it's not the Al Green I was hoping for.
January 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM