Josh thank you for this article on the Anglican Rosary, I have been a rosary user (both Anglican and Dominican) for the better part of a decade and I think it is a devotion that the wider Protestant faith could benefit from.
Former Catholic now Presbyterian here who still incorporates some Catholic traditions and practices like the Sign of the Cross. Although I was never a faithful Rosary devotee, I do appreciate its benefits, but my objections to Marian devotions has blocked me from figuring out a way to incorporate it back into my personal practice. I also feel 100% the same about Orthodoxy as you. So this description of how you have found a Protestant take on an ancient Christian practice is very cool. I will be giving it a try!!
To my understanding Esse, Lutherans have a rosary as well—one devoid of its attachments to Marian Dogmas! Just some thoughts in case you wished to look into it
Josh, I actually am Anglican 😀. Twenty-five years after life as a Southern Baptist. I have known a few other Anglicans who use a rosary - former Roman Catholics 😀.
My prayer life is grounded in the Daily Office liturgies from the Book of Common Prayer, but I found your description of your rosary practice moving, merely reading about it.
I can imagine myself adopting some of your habit as a supplement to my own. I think it could be an opportunity to engage in a somewhat more mystical dimension of prayer.
I started off my Christian journey saying the Jesus Prayer (the first prayer I memorised) on an Anglican rosary. I moved to the traditional prayer rope for a couple of reasons: 1.) it's the most ancient in a long line of development which eventually lead to the Roman rosary in the late medieval and eventually the modern Anglican one. Because it's so old, it's also beautifully simple and avoids both Roman errors and the feeling or being too modern. 2.) I discovered that the priest who is credited with creating and promoting the Anglican rosary turned out to be a child abuser, which gives me the ick.
Why don't you pray the Ten Commandments and Comfortable Words as they appear in the Prayerbook? The Anglican Rosary has such a gross origin that I can't conscience using it. It also seems to individualize the inherently sociality of the Prayerbook faith.
Josh thank you for this article on the Anglican Rosary, I have been a rosary user (both Anglican and Dominican) for the better part of a decade and I think it is a devotion that the wider Protestant faith could benefit from.
Former Catholic now Presbyterian here who still incorporates some Catholic traditions and practices like the Sign of the Cross. Although I was never a faithful Rosary devotee, I do appreciate its benefits, but my objections to Marian devotions has blocked me from figuring out a way to incorporate it back into my personal practice. I also feel 100% the same about Orthodoxy as you. So this description of how you have found a Protestant take on an ancient Christian practice is very cool. I will be giving it a try!!
To my understanding Esse, Lutherans have a rosary as well—one devoid of its attachments to Marian Dogmas! Just some thoughts in case you wished to look into it
Josh, I actually am Anglican 😀. Twenty-five years after life as a Southern Baptist. I have known a few other Anglicans who use a rosary - former Roman Catholics 😀.
My prayer life is grounded in the Daily Office liturgies from the Book of Common Prayer, but I found your description of your rosary practice moving, merely reading about it.
I can imagine myself adopting some of your habit as a supplement to my own. I think it could be an opportunity to engage in a somewhat more mystical dimension of prayer.
Thank you for putting this out there for us.
my dad actually got his from the same place and gifted me with one from them as well
awesome stuff
Great stuff! Really interesting perspective. I’ve always found Anglicanism super interesting.
Recently wrote a post dealing with questions of God and morality. If it is of interest.
https://dbtaylor.substack.com/p/a-discussion-with-ai-friedrich-nietzsche?r=22o631&utm_medium=ios
I started off my Christian journey saying the Jesus Prayer (the first prayer I memorised) on an Anglican rosary. I moved to the traditional prayer rope for a couple of reasons: 1.) it's the most ancient in a long line of development which eventually lead to the Roman rosary in the late medieval and eventually the modern Anglican one. Because it's so old, it's also beautifully simple and avoids both Roman errors and the feeling or being too modern. 2.) I discovered that the priest who is credited with creating and promoting the Anglican rosary turned out to be a child abuser, which gives me the ick.
Why don't you pray the Ten Commandments and Comfortable Words as they appear in the Prayerbook? The Anglican Rosary has such a gross origin that I can't conscience using it. It also seems to individualize the inherently sociality of the Prayerbook faith.
What is the name of the first one you showed? I tried searching "Anglican," but that one didn't show.
I had them build a custom one for me!
Ah! I've made a few myself; guess I'll try that.