Why do you use the word “Anglican” in referring to us?  Doesn’t that word refer to other groups and not us?  Aren’t we “Episcopalians” and not “Anglicans”?

"...for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit" (Matthew 1:20) Our gospel lesson for this Sunday is Matthew's account of the nativity of Jesus the Messiah (Matthew 1:18-23), a part of our story that brings us into an encounter with our teaching about the one whom the Church has long known as St. Mary the Virgin, or, even more classically, Theotokos (Greek for “Mother of God”). I won't normally address our doctrine about Mary in our regular Sunday worship because it's a topic tha...