That's right, it's back! The blog I post on every few years when I want to write something longform. Don't worry though, this time it's not a traumatic personal story or a rant about politics, it's just a cool thing I discovered that I want to share. Alright, story time! Back in the late-1800s, there was a big controversy in the Anglican Church. The Bishop of Natal, John Colenso, published a series of treatises about some of his heterodox theological views. Because of those views (Universalism, Questioning the authenticity/inerrancy of scripture, polygamy), the other South African bishops attempted to depose him. Colenso appealed his case to the Privy council in London, who ruled that the other bishops had no jurisdiction to interfere with him. This whole thing was a scandal, and prompted many responses to Colenso. One of these respones came from a parish priest, Samuel John Stone. Stone wrote a book called Lyra Fidellium, which was a collection of hymns based on th...