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In 1995
David W. Virtue, DD formed VIRTUEONLINE
an Episcopal/Anglican Online News Service for orthodox Anglicans worldwide reaching nearly 4 million readers in 204 countries.
Commentaries by
David W. Virtue

The Rise Fall and Rise of the Anglican Church in North America
COMMENTARY By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org February 10, 2025 The Anglican Church in North America started its journey in...

Washington Episcopal Bishop Rips Trump Over Immigration & Gays * Church of England in Crisis * New TEC Presiding Bishop Appeals for Marginalized *
York Archbishop Fails Safeguarding Test * Calvin Robinson Tossed out of Continuing Anglican Church * US Episcopal Priest Elected Bp of...

Sean Rowe Seated as TEC’s 28th Presiding Bishop but his Sermon Failed the Smell Test.
COMMENTARY By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org February 3, 2025 The Rt. Rev. Sean Rowe, TEC’s new Presiding Bishop knocked...
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The Rise Fall and Rise of the Anglican Church in North America
COMMENTARY By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org February 10, 2025 The Anglican Church in North America started its journey in...

Fr. Calvin Robinson Has Hoof & Mouth Disease
“I am not a Nazi!” By Mary Ann Mueller VOL Special Correspondent www.virtueonline.org February 5, 2025 Like St. Peter before him, the...

Sean Rowe Seated as TEC’s 28th Presiding Bishop but his Sermon Failed the Smell Test.
COMMENTARY By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org February 3, 2025 The Rt. Rev. Sean Rowe, TEC’s new Presiding Bishop knocked...
News From Around the World

USAID Shutdown An Opportunity, Kenyan Primate Says
By Jesse Masai THE LIVING CHURCH February 7, 2025 Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit addresses reporters February 6. | St. Paul’s University,...

Church Of England Scandals Stoke Fears Of Mutiny As Synod Talks Loom
Demoralised clergy speak of church in freefall and crisis of trust in run-up to governing body meeting By Harriet Sherwood THE GUARDIAN...

New Bishop For North Africa
https://www.jmeca.org.uk/latest/news/new-bishop-north-africa February 5, 2025 The Episcopal/Anglican Diocese of North Africa is...
Church of England

Is The Church Of England In Crisis?
By Rev. Dr. Chris Sugden https://anglicanmainstream.org/ Feb 5, 2025 With the resignation of Archbishop Welby and the Archbishop of...

Archbishop of York: I won’t quit over abuse crisis. I’ll bring change
By Kaya Burgess, Religious Affairs Correspondent THE TIMES February 1, 2025 The Most Rev Stephen Cottrell is facing pressure to step...

Scrap automatic right of bishops to sit in Lords, says Harriet Harman
By Harriet Sherwood, THE GUARDIAN January 26, 2025 The former archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, addressing the House of Lords in...
Viewpoints by David Virtue

Washington Episcopal Bishop Rips Trump Over Immigration & Gays * Church of England in Crisis * New TEC Presiding Bishop Appeals for Marginalized *
York Archbishop Fails Safeguarding Test * Calvin Robinson Tossed out of Continuing Anglican Church * US Episcopal Priest Elected Bp of...

Archbishop Welby is out, but who will replace him? * 2024 was a bad year for religious news * Nth. Africa to get new Bishop * TEC embraces trans insanity but confronts US parental reality *
Archbishop Welby is out, but who will replace him? 2024 was a bad year for religious news Nth. Africa to get new Bishop TEC embraces...

Three Archbishops Go Down over failed Safeguarding Revelations * York Archbishop head is on Chopping Block *
Three Archbishops Go Down over failed Safeguarding Revelations * York Archbishop head is on Chopping Block * Anglican Communion’s...
Culture Wars

‘LGBT’ is over – whether the BBC likes it or not
Sexuality and gender are two completely different things. So credit to Donald Trump for this return to common sense Michael Deacon ,...

Poll Shows Most Americans Oppose Transgender Participation in Women's Sports and Gender Care for Kids
By Christianity Daily January 24, 2025 Photo Credit: Unsplash/ Ben Mater A recent survey reveals that nearly half of Americans believe...

Refuting Woke Evangelicals Who Believe God Has Belatedly Repented of Homophobia
Prof. Robert Gagnon debunks the claims Richard and Christopher Hays make in their latest book, The Widening of God’s Mercy By Jules...
As Eye See It

The shocking presence of the Land Promise in the NT
Gerald McDermott for Ecumenical Zionism: Jews, Christians, and the Land of Israel conference JTS in NYC 5 Feb 2025 For 1700 years...

Speaking The Truth To Power – A Letter To Bishop Budde
By David Robertson CHRISTIAN TODAY 24 January 2025 The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde speaks to "The View" co-host Joy Behar on Jan....

Attacking Antisemitism Among The Reformed
By Gerald McDermott, Op-ed contributor www.christianpost.com January 27, 2025 PHOTO: People participate in a Jewish solidarity march on...
Reformation and Renewal

Can PB Sean Rowe and his bishops turn the Episcopal Church Around? Is aligning itself with the culture a winning strategy?
By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org December 13, 2024 A lot is being made of culture, realignment and restructuring as churches...

Children’s charity rejects Christmas donation from Archbishop Justin Welby
The Children’s Society said it is committed to supporting survivors of abuse and accepting the donation would not be consistent with its...
Theology, History and Science

John Hooper – Father Of Puritanism
By Chuck Collins www.virtueonline.org February 9, 2025 John Hooper was burned at the stake February 9, 1555, one of 282 Protestants...

ERASMUS: Humanist who caused the Reformation
By Chuck Collins www.virtueonline.org February 4, 2025 Erasmus caused the 16th century Reformation. Desiderius Erasmus, Erasmus of...

JOHN ROGERS: English Reformer
By Chuck Collins www.virtueonline.org February 4, 2025 John Rogers was the first of nearly 300 Protestants killed by Mary Tudor in her...
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