What it means to be Anglican

[Companion]

From an old poster but still demonstrates our values

+ To be a part of Christ’s Church, without excluding or isolating yourself from other Christians.

+ To participate in the life of God’s people, with its happiness and sadness.

+ To belong to a community where all persons are respected for their individuality and can use their talents.

+ To demonstrate a theology based on the Holy Scriptures and on Tradition, coherent with intelligence and reason.

+ To be prepared to celebrate unity in diversity.

+ To take the Holy Scriptures seriously, without believing that every text must be understood literally.

+ To prefer freedom in Christ to sameness of opinion.

+ To feel devotion and reverence for the Sacraments, without trying to define each point concerning these mysteries.

+ To consider the ministry as the duty and privilege of all baptized people.

+ To be strong on morality (all that’s good and edifies) and to avoid moralism (that defines salvation as due to one’s conduct and not to the work of Christ).

+ To participate in the apostolic inheritance, faith in the Gospel of Christ.

+ To be part of an old and sacred history, which renews itself every day.

+ To believe that the Church belongs to all of us and everyone has the privilege of supporting it in accordance with the possibility of each one.

+ To participate in the administration and government of the Church under the established order.

+ To belong to an international, intercultural, and interracial family, that proclaims the Gospel worldwide, as commanded by Christ.

[pjw]

:thumbsup: where does that come from?

[SeenAndUnseen]

From an old poster but still demonstrates our values

+ To be prepared to celebrate unity in diversity.

+ To be strong on morality (all that’s good and edifies) and to avoid moralism (that defines salvation as due to one’s conduct and not to the work of Christ).



These two puzzle me. What is meant by "unity in diversity?" And how can one's conduct be separated from his hope of salvation? To me, these all sound like sweet little ways to insinuate that anything goes, everyone is okay, and sin is a big scary thing from the dark ages that we should not concern ourselves with, which indeed might not really exist but if anyone could capture it on film it might be worth something, like a picture of the Loch Ness Monster or Big Foot.

[Companion]

:thumbsup: where does that come from?

Lambeth conference 1998

[Companion]

These two puzzle me. What is meant by "unity in diversity?" And how can one's conduct be separated from his hope of salvation? To me, these all sound like sweet little ways to insinuate that anything goes, everyone is okay, and sin is a big scary thing from the dark ages that we should not concern ourselves with, which indeed might not really exist but if anyone could capture it on film it might be worth something, like a picture of the Loch Ness Monster or Big Foot.

Maybe it means that we ought to respect other opinions/streams instead of fighting over them. The theses also invite us to avoid legalism and promote real moral values. I don't think it ignores salvation or sin at all. After all, we are encouraged to demonstrate the theology based on Holy Scriptures and tradition.

[cenimo]

Too bad the 1998 Lambeth Conference "guaranteed" the debacle and resulting chaos, which is still being felt, of 2003 would never happen. Oh well,

[Companion]

Too bad the 1998 Lambeth Conference "guaranteed" the debacle and resulting chaos, which is still being felt, of 2003 would never happen. Oh well,

I don't think so. What happened in 2003 has nothing to do with the LC or what it means to be Anglican.

I assume you mean Gene Robinson, right? Please don't forget the Windsor Report and the recent call on the ECUSA to abide by it. May I suggest this link (http://www.christiantoday.com/news/church/anglican.teachings.rejecting.homosexuality.unchanged.canterbury.says/1052.htm)?

[Lilium]

:thumbsup: