Article - about Anglican beliefs.

[RamiC]

Link here - What do Anglicans believe? - to an very short description of Anglican beliefs.

What do the people here in Scripture, Tradition, Reason think? Does the article depict what you believe?

This is my favourite bit at first glance "We believe that other churches that also confess Jesus as Lord, that baptize in water the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and that believe in the Gospel and the Bible are our fellow Christians. Therefore, we do not believe that we are the only true Church."

 

[seeking.IAM]

The article is something of which I mostly agree. I confess this sentence gave me pause: "We believe that the Bible, Holy Scripture, tells the true story of the human race, from our creation to our fall." I stumbled over "true story" as it smacks to me of inerrancy and literalism. I believe some things are metaphorical that others may see as literal. And, I believe some things are elaborations by scribes and translators. I like the forest but am suspect of some of the trees. Unicorns, anyone?

 

[PloverWing]

I skimmed the website very quickly. It looks like it's chiefly representative of the ACNA and some of the other Anglican groups in the US that are not part of the Episcopal Church. Insofar as Episcopalians and Continuing Anglicans agree on many things, the site does reflect those large areas of agreement within the broad Anglican tradition.

Our points of disagreement tend to be around inerrancy, gender, and same-sex relationships. I'd have to dive into the site more deeply to see what they say on these topics. The site does have an article opposing same-sex marriage, but I haven't yet found clear statements on inerrancy or on gender roles.

 

[RileyG]

I skimmed the website very quickly. It looks like it's chiefly representative of the ACNA and some of the other Anglican groups in the US that are not part of the Episcopal Church. Insofar as Episcopalians and Continuing Anglicans agree on many things, the site does reflect those large areas of agreement within the broad Anglican tradition.

Our points of disagreement tend to be around inerrancy, gender, and same-sex relationships. I'd have to dive into the site more deeply to see what they say on these topics. The site does have an article opposing same-sex marriage, but I haven't yet found clear statements on inerrancy or on gender roles.

Yeah. At the bottom it does mention the ACNA. There's none in my state, but there's currently 3 Episcopalian Churches in my city.

 

[Shane R]

inerrancy

That's an evangelical buzz-word. You won't find many Anglo-Catholics in the Continuum putting a lot of thought or promotion into that. Most are satisfied with the "sufficiency" of Scripture, as per Article VI.

 

[PloverWing]

That's an evangelical buzz-word. You won't find many Anglo-Catholics in the Continuum putting a lot of thought or promotion into that. Most are satisfied with the "sufficiency" of Scripture, as per Article VI.

Thanks for the clarification. I grew up in a (scholarly-inclined) Evangelical community, where much attention was given to the details of what "verbally inspired and inerrant" means. I had assumed that Continuing Anglicans had a similar view. But, as I reflect, the view I was taught at my Evangelical college is a better fit for a Reformed outlook than for an Anglo-Catholic outlook.

In any case, thanks for the correction.

 

[RamiC]

The article is something of which I mostly agree. I confess this sentence gave me pause: "We believe that the Bible, Holy Scripture, tells the true story of the human race, from our creation to our fall." I stumbled over "true story" as it smacks to me of inerrancy and literalism.

It is not clear what they mean by "true". There is a difference between "philosophically valid" and "scientific fact" and they can both be called "true". However, the Church of England is quite clear that absolute literalism (as in fundamentalist) position about the Bible is not acceptable within our church.

 

[Paidiske]

I found this in their FAQ section:

"Anglican Compass has no formal affiliation with the Anglican Church in North America. However, an ACNA priest started Anglican Compass, our current ministry president and editor are clergy within the ACNA, and we have found our largest readership within the ACNA. Therefore, many of our resources are geared with the ACNA Prayer Book, calendar, organizations, and polity in mind. That said, we regularly focus on more historic and worldwide aspects of Anglicanism and seek to be a resource for those exploring and living out this tradition from around the world."

There are some bits of their statement that give me pause in their wording, but by and large I think it's a fair summary and a good starting point.