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I’m looking into the Anglican church and was wondering which church or denomination of Anglicanism is more orthodox (not Eastern Orthodox). I live in the US
I think you definitely have to believe Mary is the Mother of God. If you don't you are either ignorant or not Christian imo
I believe in the perpetual virginity but I don't think it's a damned heresy to deny
I reject that Mary was Sinless. To believe she was sinless I think you either have to be a Pelagian, which is heretical or accept the immaculate conception, which isn't heretical imo but comes off as weird fan fiction.
I don't believe in the immaculate conception. I haven't looked into the assumption of Mary enough, unsure at this moment.
I do ask Mary and the saints to pray for me. But I do it only occasionally to make sure I don't blur the line of veneration and worship like the Catholics and Orthodox do.
What is your opinion on Mother Mary? I know we are a broad church so I am expecting a wide variety of answers. I personally identify as a High Church Anglican but not as an anglo-catholic
I'm curious what you guys think. I know the 39 articles affirm baptismal regeneration, which essentially means he's denying Anglicanism. The 39 articles are the bare minimum, but could I be exaggerating the importance?
Hey again, this is an odd question to ask, but are the laity permitted to wear gloves during Services?
Just because as far as I know, Catholics don't whenever they’re receiving the Eucharist so I’m wondering if the Anglican Church teaches the same.
Not sure if there is a dedicated spot for Anglican memes, but hey.
Which bible translation does your church use?
I don't know the intricate details of how a new Archbishop of Canterbury is elected but do we know of potential candidates? And how will they be elected do they call a synod and vote ?
is it possible it will be a woman ? And how long does it usually take ... He technically resigned in November if I remember correctly and we're now at the end of January... I'm impatiently on the edge of my seat to find out who's gonna take on the role !
In the wake of all U.S. foreign and domestic aid funding being cut, World Relief is hosting this roundtable tomorrow.
I’m currently using the 1928 American BCP and I was just curious, are there any study materials that you can think of to help complement the table of lessons?
Channel 4 News (the news provider for one of the major UK TV 'networks', which previously broke the John Smyth scandal) has claimed that several women have made allegations of criminal sexual misconduct against the Rt Rev John Perumbalath, Bishop of Liverpool. The alleged victims include a woman who is herself a bishop. Bishop John is reported to have been voluntarily interviewed by police. He denied the allegations, saying: "Whilst I don’t believe I have done anything wrong, I have taken seriously the lessons learnt through this process". The C of E's National Safeguarding Team reportedly investigated some of the allegations and found that they were not substantiated. One of the alleged victims initiated the church disciplinary process, but the independent judge dismissed the proceedings because the time limit for making a complaint had passed.
The station also reports that Bishop John failed a safeguarding assessment when his transfer to Liverpool was being considered, and says that the Archbishop of York pushed for the promotion to proceed anyway. That paragraph of the report is confusingly worded though, so the details are murky.
Yesterday the senior presbyteral and lay leadership of the diocese issued a Pastoral Letter expressing their shock and calling for a full investigation. Last night they called for the Bishop's immediate suspension and said his position was "untenable".
If you can, please take a moment to pray for the women concerned and the Diocese of Liverpool.
EDIT: The Bishop has agreed to 'retire' without admitting liability and will cease ministry immediately.
How does a baptised and confirmed Anglican that entered the Roman Catholic church come back into the Anglican communion?
Is there a rite of reception? Or something like that and are you technically excommunicated from Anglicanism? If so how do you repair the excommunication? Thanks
Since he has been making the rounds today for obvious reasons, I wanted to announce that this afternoon Archbishop Mark Haverland revoked the clerical license of Calvin Robinson. As such, he is no longer able to function as a priest of the Anglican Catholic Church (or, for that matter, any of the G3 jurisdictions). I do not yet have a formal public statement to share, but this was confirmed to me directly by Abp. Haverland via email and with his permission to make this public.
EDIT: Here is a link to the public statement. It may also be found on the ACC’s website.
Currently attending an APA, but I recognize their geographic range is quite limited. What challenges could you foresee if geographical location necessitated my attendance at an ACNA on the high-church end? Are those quite hard to find in practice? The livestreams I've seen of ACNA churches look far more evangelical and seem (liturgically) quite similar to Baptists or Global Methodists, even down to the Eucharist only being on certain Sundays.
ACNA has a reputation of being a "big tent", so I presume they would recognize an APA confirmation, but APA seems unlikely to generally recognize an ACNA confirmation.
I'm actually quite interested in Lutheranism, specifically the LCMS, but their emphasis on creation literalism (e.g. occurred in six 24 hour days) does suggest limits on Biblical interpretations, which creates some worry.
One of the greatest things about Anglicanism (at least from an awkward person like me) is the volume of beautiful and theological topical prayers it has. Devotionals as far back as the Reformation have them, books like The Prayer Manual and After the Third Collect are nothing but them, with nearly 2000 examples in each.
The BCP has orders for the Churching of Women and Thanksgiving for the Birth of a Child, but I've found a surprising lack of material (for public or private use) regarding the period before those events. In fact, Enriching Our Worship 5 is the only volume I can think of.
Has anyone here found some prayer material related to pregnancy and its "perils and dangers," anything that they like, Anglican or not?
To the Continuing Anglicans out there, what ordination rites are y’all commonly using? BCP, Tridentine, etc?
The dissolution of the monasteries - a sinful act committed by Henry VIII and the founders of Anglicanism has damaged the communities of the British Isles and the Anglican tradition of the Commonwealth realms irreparably.
What state would the CoE and SEP, CoI, CiW, ACC, TEC, ACA, and ACANZP be in if we still had these strong monastic traditions in our communities?
Would our churches be fuller and more spiritual places, our children and youth guided by monastic lore and spirituality?
I propose we institute a new memorial into the calendar:
Religious Communities Sunday where we remember the gifts of these communities, pray for God's forgiveness, and pray for modern day religious.
I visited England this past summer and was surprised by how long the service lists were on the church signs. An example:
St. Mark's Peterborough
1st Sunday Holy Communion
2nd Sunday Café Church
3rd Sunday Holy Communion
4th Sunday Contemporary Worship
5th Sunday Healing Service
I hope I don't sound rude but what is the point of this? If you don't like one service or the other are you supposed to go to a different church? Here in the states we have different types of services but they are usually at different times.
Another thing I noticed was different Book of Worships at rotating weeks as well. for example, you would have 1662 Book of Common Prayer on the 1st week, Common Worship on the 2nd week, spoken eucharist on the 3rd, and family worship on the 4th etc.
It gets even more confusing with the parishes with multiple congregations where they try to put all of these rotating services on one sheet as well as weekday services and evening services. Can someone explain the history of all of this and why it seems to be so common?
Thanks
(context: I work at a church in the USA and this would drive me crazy)
St. Paul's in Darien was a powerhouse Episcopal Church that was the center of the renewal movement in the 70s and 80s. Terry Fullam was a gifted teacher and over 500 of his teachings have been provided through a website - Life on Wings. I've been listening to several teachings recently ("The Lords Prayer" - 10 Teachings) and not only is it substantive, I was more blown away that the teachings are extremely relevant to today. The teachings don't focus on culture. Anyway, thought I'd share if you are hungry for some good teaching.https://lifeonwings.org
Am I reading this correctly that it is more high-church to celebrate The Presentation of Christ in the Temple this upcoming Sunday and that other low-church traditions observe the Fourth Sunday of Epiphany instead?
Any thoughts on this choice are welcome. Thank you in advance and may God bless you.