'Articles of so mysterious a philosophy': Jeremy Taylor on the Communion of Saints
O Almighty God, who hast built thy Church upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the head corner-stone: Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their doctrine, that we may be made an holy temple acceptable unto thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The collect for Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles, wonderfully orients us towards the celebration of the Communion of Saints on All Saints' Day. In his Whitsun sermon ' Of the Spirit of Grace ', Jeremy Taylor powerfully expounds the passage from Ephesians on which the collect is based, unfolding the mystery of the Communion of Saints as our participation in Christ: that God should so love us as to be willing to be reconciled to us, and yet that Himself must die that He might pardon us; that God's most holy Son should give us His body to eat, and His blood to crown our chalices, and His spirit to sanctify our souls, to turn our bodies into temperance, our souls into
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