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RICHARD HOOKER, ANGLICAN PRIEST & THEOLOGIAN In any list of Anglican theologians, Richard Hooker’s name would stand high, if not first.  He was born in 1553 near Exeter, and was admitted in 1567 to Corpus Christi College, Oxford, of which he became a Fellow ten years later. After ordination and marriage in 1581, he held a living in Buckinghamshire. In 1586, he became Master of the Temple in London. Later, he served country parishes in Boscombe, Salisbury, and Bishopsbourne near Canterbury. A controversy with a noted Puritan led Hooker to prepare a comprehensive defense of the Reformation settlement under Queen Elizabeth I. This work, his masterpiece, was entitled The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity. Its philosophical base is Aristotelian, with a strong emphasis upon the natural law eternally plante by God in creation.  On this foundation, all positive laws of church and state are grounded—upon Scriptural revelation, tradition, and reason. Book Five of the Laws is a massive d...

The Rev. Aron Kramer  All Saints Sunday  November 2, 2025 Daniel 7:1-3,15-18; Psalm 149; Ephesians 1:11-23; Luke 6:20-31 The Kingdom of God has always been found in the cracks. The broken places where tears and weeping, fear and despair are more poignant than the joy of being found. In the scriptures the stories are simple, widows sharing their last bit of financial security, Mary pouring the last of the oil on Jesus, disciples gathering loaves and fish, a woman challenging Jesus for crossing cultural boundaries. We find the Kingdom of God at St. Edward’s in a Garden restored and a bridge built. Medians filled with rocks, dirt, mulch and the hope of new plant life. Laughter and conversation after church. We find it in the songs that give us memories of time with our loved ones, those who are still here and those who have died. We hear it in the stories shared at Bible study about how the mysticism of the Gospel has impacted us. The Kingdom's inbreaking can be found in our hist...