earngey

Anglican Minister and Head of Church History, Moore Theological College, Sydney, Australia. Author of John Ponet (1516-1556): Scholar, Bishop, Insurgent (Brill)

[earngey @earngey]

This is all terribly sad stuff. Lord have mercy.

[Samara Gill @SamaramGill]

SHOCKING details read out by father Mark Nowak regarding the murder of his son Henry.

- As blood filled his chest, Henry Nowak tried desperately to escape. Instead, he was chased and subjected to further abuse.
- When police arrived, Henry was lying on the ground, unable to sit up and clearly suffering severe medical distress.
- With his final words, he told officers nine times that he could not breathe.
- He also repeatedly told them that he had been stabbed four times.
- One officer responded: “I don’t think you have, mate.”
- Police later claimed they had been misled by the murderer.
- Henry’s father, Mark Nowak, believes the truth is far simpler.
- Both Henry and a member of the public who called 999 told police that Henry had been stabbed.
- Despite these warnings, officers failed to believe them.
- Henry was dragged across gravel and placed in handcuffs.
- Police arrested Henry for assault and read him his rights. According to his father, those were the last words Henry heard before he died.
- Mark Nowak says his son was denied even the dignity of a proper death.
- Henry should never have died on the streets of Southampton while in police custody.
- Meanwhile, his killer, Vikram Digwa, was afforded a level of decency that Henry was not. Reports suggest he was not even handcuffed when arrested.
- Officers reportedly took Digwa to the kitchen and allowed him to choose his own food.

[Prayer Book Society NSW @PBS_NSW]

“I, for my part, am not disposed to take my interpretation of the baptismal, burial, or other services either from Mr Spurgeon or Dr Pusey.” Frederic Barker on 🔥 defending the Scriptural basis of the liturgy! (Goulburn, 1867).

[earngey @earngey]

@AustAnglican Superb - keep up the great work!

[Matthew Moffitt @matthewmoffitt]

My annual act of civil disobedience: today is not Easter Saturday.

[Australian Church Record @ACR1880]

Read the ACR's Easter Journal 🔖 - https://t.co/lGr2Qh7rXD

[earngey @earngey]

I am very grateful to Peter Marshall for his thoughtful, fair, and positive review of my first mongraph. I have always admired Peter Marshall's work, so I am very touched by this review.

https://t.co/TNsrmhCnun

[earngey @earngey]

@AustAnglican @Anglican Fascinating. I quite like our diocesan one better!

[Prayer Book Society NSW @PBS_NSW]

Wonderful reading material in the current ACR Journal (Easter 2026), hot off the press! Two keynote papers from our “Authentic Anglicanism” forum in Parramatta last October, and much more besides. We can see this provoking a lot of thought and discussion. https://t.co/vnMSSB1OXF

[Prayer Book Society NSW @PBS_NSW]

Celebrate the Annunciation with Choral Evensong on Thursday this week (26 March), 5:15pm at St Andrew’s Cathedral. The preacher is the Rev. Andrew Schmidt, Rector of St Jude’s Randwick. Music by Hassler, Nixon, Forbes L'Estrange, Rachmaninoff & Bach. 🎶

[Prayer Book Society NSW @PBS_NSW]

A very good friend of PBS NSW, the Rt Rev Dr Greg Anderson, Bishop of the Northern Territory, shares his reflections on today’s 470th anniversary of the martyrdom of Thomas Cranmer. Behold the Kriol Preya Buk!

[Prayer Book Society NSW @PBS_NSW]

Today is the 470th anniversary of the martyrdom of Thomas Cranmer (21 March 1556). Archbishop Kanishka Raffel takes a break from the CMS Conference in Darwin, to remind us of the significance of Cranmer’s work and legacy:

[Prayer Book Society NSW @PBS_NSW]

21 March 2025 “The Gospel in Cranmer’s Liturgy” 👀 Rev Justin Moffatt presiding at the Holy Table, Rev Dr Mark Earngey preaching, Rt Rev Dr Peter Jensen launching Dr Stephen Tong’s book, St Philip’s ‘table-wise’ set up for 1552 Holy Communion.

[Prayer Book Society NSW @PBS_NSW]

“And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.”

[Prayer Book Society NSW @PBS_NSW]

"Our Prayer Book is not an end in itself. It is an instrument by which the Word of God may be set forth fully and systematically in the congregation, and by which we may be mutually encouraged to lift up our hearts to the Lord in response."

[REFORC @REFORConsortium]

We’re delighted to present the REFORC Book Award 2026 longlist! Explore the impressive array of monographs published in 2025, showcasing fresh perspectives and rich scholarship across the diverse landscape of Early Modern studies.

https://t.co/Mzd0ntKZ3M

[earngey @earngey]

@TimStevensAus No idea, but I reckon he would have been up for the Penrith Panther!

[earngey @earngey]

Unusual fact for the day: former Archbishop of Sydney, Hugh Gough (1905-1997) considered the Monster of the Loch Ness "very likely" to be true!

(from the Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Saturday 4 November 1933).

[Prayer Book Society NSW @PBS_NSW]

“…stretch forth the right hand of thy Majesty, to be our defence…” The Third Sunday in Lent | The Collect

[earngey @earngey]

@SandmanGrant Such a privilege to continue as a steward of this great gospel legacy. Long may the Lord prosper the work of Moore College!

[Prayer Book Society NSW @PBS_NSW]

BCP: “I venture to number myself amongst those who have found in it a source of spiritual strength and consolation … For me, its measured language, its calm restraint, its comprehensive appeals, its reverent approach to God, make an ever-deepening impression as time passes.”