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It is a problem for Anglicans in that sort of unique way.
You see, if a roman catholic priest held those beliefs, you still could not make the case that they were therefore RC beliefs, because it is clear they are not accepted by the magesterium. However, if an Anglican held it, you don't have any theological or ecclesial mechanism for renouncing it as an Anglican theological view.
Here's the thing, the emphasis in Anglicanism is not what we believe as much as what we pray. We pray together. We worship together. We are in communion with each other. I am pretty busy trying to get my own act together spiritually, I am not going to spend time worrying about whether my brother gtsecc is crossing his fingers when he says the filioque during the creed. I will pray with him, I will take communion with him. If I wanted to be in a church where we worried so darn much about what everyone else believes I'd be a
Jesus seemed much more interested in how following him changed people's thinking and lives than whether they agreed on a set of specific facts (many of which he didn't even bother to spell out explicitly). It seems to me he was remarkably uninterested in doctine.In order to be in communion, isn't there a need for some form of common belief? Why would any church emphasize anything over belief?
Jesus seemed much more interested in how following him changed people's thinking and lives than whether they agreed on a set of specific facts (many of which he didn't even bother to spell out explicitly). It seems to me he was remarkably uninterested in doctine.
Changing lives is what it's all about.Thats a pretty vague statement. Changed peoples thinking and lives how? By loving God and our neighbors? And if we love our neighbors do we not wish for their eternal salvation? And if we wish for their eternal salvation shouldn't we wish for all our neighbors to accept Christ as their Lord? Since Christ explicitly stated that the only path to salvation was through Him, and since he explicitly ordered us to love one another, how can one say they love someone, but they 'can't be bothered' to worry about their salvation. Since Christ came to us specifically for our salvation, how uninterested could He possible have been when it was what He preached?
Changing lives and thinking is great, if done in the name of the Lord. In order to accept Christ as lord one has to believe.
Believe as in trust in Christ and be transformed by him, or believe as in make an intellectual assent to a particular statement or statement of facts?Thats a pretty vague statement. Changed peoples thinking and lives how? By loving God and our neighbors? And if we love our neighbors do we not wish for their eternal salvation? And if we wish for their eternal salvation shouldn't we wish for all our neighbors to accept Christ as their Lord? Since Christ explicitly stated that the only path to salvation was through Him, and since he explicitly ordered us to love one another, how can one say they love someone, but they 'can't be bothered' to worry about their salvation. Since Christ came to us specifically for our salvation, how uninterested could He possible have been when it was what He preached?
Changing lives and thinking is great, if done in the name of the Lord. In order to accept Christ as lord one has to believe.
Fairbairn said:Changing lives is what it's all about.
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