Parish Library
The documents that ground our faith, and teaching to build it up.
Doctrinal standards
The Creeds of the historic church and the confessional documents of the Reformed Episcopal Church and the wider Anglican family.
The Apostles' Creed
The ancient baptismal confession of the Western church, said at Morning and Evening Prayer.
The Nicene Creed
The creed of the councils of Nicaea and Constantinople, confessed at Holy Communion.
The Athanasian Creed
The great confession of the Holy Trinity and the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Ecumenical Councils
The councils of the undivided church and how Anglicans receive them.
The Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion
The Articles of Religion, the foundational doctrinal statement of the Anglican way.
The Declaration of Principles
The founding principles of the Reformed Episcopal Church, adopted December 2, 1873, with their historic context.
The Chicago Lambeth Quadrilateral
The four principles for Christian unity affirmed at Chicago in 1886 and Lambeth in 1888.
The Jerusalem Declaration
The fourteen tenets of orthodox Anglican identity adopted by GAFCON in 2008.
ACNA Theological Statement
The seven elements the Anglican Church in North America identifies as essential to the Anglican way.
Teaching articles
Essays and sermons on worship, baptism, and the Christian life by The Rt. Rev. Daniel R. Morse, first Vicar of St. Barnabas, of blessed memory.
Bishop Morse was the first Vicar of this parish and fed it from this pulpit. He entered into rest on June 27, 2026. Rest eternal grant unto him, O Lord; and let light perpetual shine upon him.
The Primacy of Worship
Worship is the church's first calling, and it asks more of us than our preferences.
The Role of Women in the Church
Men and women as equal image-bearers, and how both serve in the worship of the church.
Christian Baptism
The Flood and the Exodus as baptisms, and what they teach about the sign God gives His people.
The Efficacy of Baptism
How baptism saves: identification with Christ, covenant promise, and the response of faith.
Covenant Evangelism
Evangelism as a whole life lived under the covenant, beginning with our children and our neighbors.
Peter's Prayer
Three ways to hear Peter's prayer, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord."
Laborers in the Vineyard
The parable of the vineyard workers and the God whose generosity is not measured by our labor.
The Sacrifice of Isaac
Genesis 22 read as God's revelation of salvation through a substitute, prefiguring Christ.
Faith seeking understanding
These documents are best read alongside the worship and fellowship of the church.