Papa Malliarós is linguistically something of a hybrid. It’s a term I have invented, but it more or less means “Woolly Priest”.
Some Christians are sometimes said to be woolly in their thinking because we avoid dictatorial pronouncements and harangues against the world’s supposed ills. We are not dogmatic about some of the supposed absolute truths of Christianity, which are often just modern interpretations.
Yet, Christians can and should be relevant to the world we live in. We do not need to be in conflict with recent scientific discoveries and needn’t adopt an “us versus them” attitude toward other people, faiths, or ideas.
We do need to have a faith that is informed by a sensible and defensible understanding of Scripture, of traditions and history, and of our own common sense.
This is the essence of Broad Church Anglicanism.
On this page, I will share my thoughts. Sometimes, these posts will be profound, sometimes a lot less so. Sometimes, I will post sermons here that people have asked for. And sometimes, I will post things that just don’t fit anywhere else. Always, my ramblings here will be slightly woolly, because (as those who know me personally will attest) that’s just who I am.
I am a priest in the Anglican church. I’m proud of my role, serving several congregations. I lead three churches, one of which has been here since Norman times, over 1000 years ago.
I gladly identify as a woolly Anglican.
Wishing you every blessing,
Papa Malliarós
A note on Scripture in these reflections
Like many academic scholars, I mainly use the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. Due to my theological position and nationality, I use the Anglicised Catholic Edition. It’s only “catholic” because it includes some books that Protestant leaders like to omit. So, that’s catholic in the sense of complete and entire, not catholic in the sense of Roman Catholicism.
It’s always worth checking other translations, though, because they may have an insight that the editors of your favourite version have overlooked.
