Clarification

[graceandpeace]

Ok. So I was trying to read the articles of faith & I just can't get past the confusing English usage. So, could someone please help me with these questions:

1) do Anglicans believe in original sin?

2) do Anglicans believe in Calvinist stuff? Like, in a limited atonement? Or in predestination? Etc?

3) does Anglican theology fall more in line with Western thought (law & punishment) or Eastern (doctor & sickness)?

 

[ebia]

Ok. So I was trying to read the articles of faith & I just can't get past the confusing English usage. So, could someone please help me with these questions: 1) do Anglicans believe in original sin? 2) do Anglicans believe in Calvinist stuff? Like, in a limited atonement? Or in predestination? Etc? 3) does Anglican theology fall more in line with Western thought (law & punishment) or Eastern (doctor & sickness)?

It might do well to remember that much Anglican formulary is deliberately ambiguous on such questions.

 

[PaladinValer]

I should note that Predestination is not automatically Double; it can be Singular as well.

The Article on that issue is ridiculously vague, but even a literal reading of it doesn't imply double and tends towards singular.

 

[ebia]

I should note that Predestination is not automatically Double; it can be Singular as well. The Article on that issue is ridiculously vague, but even a literal reading of it doesn't imply double and tends towards singular.

To be honest every time I read that article I find I can't untangle what it's saying at all

 

[graceandpeace]

Ok, thanks y'all. It wasn't that it was "vague" I guess, just the English wording itself was hurting my head, lol. I have really been interested in Eastern Orthodoxy, but my spouse does not seem open to that church right now (doesn't mean I won't necessarily join, but if we could find a compromise it would be great). He misses the low-church Protestant place we used to be members & I do, too, but I am longing for more reverence/liturgy. The Eastern orthodox views & theology resonate with me, though I have other stumbling blocks - but I wondered if (coming from a Wesleyan background) the Anglican faith might be a compromise for us. I don't know.

 

[ebia]

Ok, thanks y'all. It wasn't that it was "vague" I guess, just the English wording itself was hurting my head, lol. I have really been interested in Eastern Orthodoxy, but my spouse does not seem open to that church right now (doesn't mean I won't necessarily join, but if we could find a compromise it would be great). He misses the low-church Protestant place we used to be members & I do, too, but I am longing for more reverence/liturgy. The Eastern orthodox views & theology resonate with me, though I have other stumbling blocks - but I wondered if (coming from a Wesleyan background) the Anglican faith might be a compromise for us. I don't know.

Obviously Anglicanism separated from Rome, has been influenced by other reformation strands, etc. and therefore is historically more western than eastern in liturgy and thinking.
But it's inclusive, will few definitive positions beyond the historic creeds and so forth.

Rowan Williams, for example, is interested in eastern ways of thinking. And, of course, originally the Celtic church had its own very distinctive flavour neither typically western nor eastern.

 

[PaladinValer]

To be honest every time I read that article I find I can't untangle what it's saying at all

In the end, it basically says "leave it to God".

 

[PaladinValer]

Ok, thanks y'all. It wasn't that it was "vague" I guess, just the English wording itself was hurting my head, lol.

Early modern English usually does that to we today's modern English speakers.

It really is its own language.

I have really been interested in Eastern Orthodoxy, but my spouse does not seem open to that church right now (doesn't mean I won't necessarily join, but if we could find a compromise it would be great). He misses the low-church Protestant place we used to be members & I do, too, but I am longing for more reverence/liturgy. The Eastern orthodox views & theology resonate with me, though I have other stumbling blocks - but I wondered if (coming from a Wesleyan background) the Anglican faith might be a compromise for us. I don't know.

Anglicanism is both Catholic and protestant. We got rid of the bathwater, not the baby. Away with the abuses, particularities, and extras, and kept the faith of the Apostolic and Early Church.

Worship can be low or high and both are equally valid.

 

[Merrily]

We're a broad church with room for all sorts and conditions.
Certainly here in England there's likely to be a Church of England congregation within easy commuting distance with a worship style to suit most liturgical tastes from low to high and all 'stations' in between.

 

[Liberasit]

Ok. So I was trying to read the articles of faith & I just can't get past the confusing English usage. So, could someone please help me with these questions:

1) do Anglicans believe in original sin?

2) do Anglicans believe in Calvinist stuff? Like, in a limited atonement? Or in predestination? Etc?

3) does Anglican theology fall more in line with Western thought (law & punishment) or Eastern (doctor & sickness)?

If you are struggling with the language, you can find a modern rendering at Welcome to Church Society (>issues > doctrine. - sorry, specific link isn't coming up on my iPad)