gitlance
20th January 2005, 11:48 PM
Found this while perusing the Anglican Communion Institute website....
"Anglicanism has always maintained its allegiance to its catholic tradition, its “historical continuity in the life, worship and ministry of the Church, and to the authority of the undivided church of the early centuries.” The catholicity of Anglicanism has been justified historically – Ecclesia Anglicana represented at the Council of ARLES 314. In addition, the Celtic Church existed before the arrival of Augustine of Canterbury in 557. The English Church existed before the Reformation and all Anglican Churches trace their origins to the Church of England and thereby to the historic catholic tradition.
The catholicity of Anglicanism is justified theologically because “Anglicanism incorporates an upholds the ancient structures of the catholic church, the canon of Scripture, the historic creeds, the dominical sacraments of holy baptism and the Holy Eucharist (put in the context of liturgies that trace this lineage to the liturgies of the early church) and the historic episcopate. These structures of catholicity are enshrined in the Chicago Lambeth Quadrilateral (Lambeth 1888).
The catholicity of Anglicanism can be supported polemically by its acceptance of the General Councils of the undivided church and its commitment of its council on Catholicism. Despite the fact that the Roman Catholic Church does not recognize Anglican orders, eucharists and authority, Anglicanism affirms its membership within the one, holy and catholic and apostolic Church along with the Roman Catholic Church and the historic churches of Orthodoxy."
In Christ's Name,
gitlance :crossrc:
"Anglicanism has always maintained its allegiance to its catholic tradition, its “historical continuity in the life, worship and ministry of the Church, and to the authority of the undivided church of the early centuries.” The catholicity of Anglicanism has been justified historically – Ecclesia Anglicana represented at the Council of ARLES 314. In addition, the Celtic Church existed before the arrival of Augustine of Canterbury in 557. The English Church existed before the Reformation and all Anglican Churches trace their origins to the Church of England and thereby to the historic catholic tradition.
The catholicity of Anglicanism is justified theologically because “Anglicanism incorporates an upholds the ancient structures of the catholic church, the canon of Scripture, the historic creeds, the dominical sacraments of holy baptism and the Holy Eucharist (put in the context of liturgies that trace this lineage to the liturgies of the early church) and the historic episcopate. These structures of catholicity are enshrined in the Chicago Lambeth Quadrilateral (Lambeth 1888).
The catholicity of Anglicanism can be supported polemically by its acceptance of the General Councils of the undivided church and its commitment of its council on Catholicism. Despite the fact that the Roman Catholic Church does not recognize Anglican orders, eucharists and authority, Anglicanism affirms its membership within the one, holy and catholic and apostolic Church along with the Roman Catholic Church and the historic churches of Orthodoxy."
In Christ's Name,
gitlance :crossrc: