Anglican Church in UK

[Kathrynwwjd]

Hi,

I was reading through the posts of this message board and it seems that the Anglican church outside of the UK tends to me much more similar to the Roman Catholic Church? is this so???? or is each Anglican church different?

Eg: In my Anglican church we never pray for the dead, say the rosary, follow the stations of the cross etc

[gtsecc]

Eg: In my Anglican church we never pray for the dead, say the rosary, follow the stations of the cross etc
But they do at other parishes in the UK.

[SirTimothy]

Basically it comes down to one simple fact. Every member of the Anglican communion (but not the continuing churches) is very diverse containing from the ultra low-church all the way the candle. This is one of the intrinsic beauties of anglicanism to me.

[Colabomb]

Basically it comes down to one simple fact. Every member of the Anglican communion (but not the continuing churches) is very diverse containing from the ultra low-church all the way the candle. This is one of the intrinsic beauties of anglicanism to me.
The Continuing churches have diversity as well.

[No Swansong]

The Continuing churches have diversity as well.

To be fair son the spectrum isn't nearly as broad within the continuing Churches as in the Anglican Communion. Comparitively it is quite narrow actually.

[Colabomb]

To be fair son the spectrum isn't nearly as broad within the continuing Churches as in the Anglican Communion. Comparitively it is quite narrow actually.
YOu have Catholic/broad/Evangelical.

As well as High and Low Church.

The only thing I haven't seen in continuing Churches is contemporary services.

[SirTimothy]

No. If you were to compare all REC churches or all TAC churches you would find much MUCH greater similarity than even between the churches in my 8-10 church diocese here in Cyprus and the Gulf.

[TomUK]

Hi,

I was reading through the posts of this message board and it seems that the Anglican church outside of the UK tends to me much more similar to the Roman Catholic Church? is this so???? or is each Anglican church different?

Eg: In my Anglican church we never pray for the dead, say the rosary, follow the stations of the cross etc

First of all welcome to the forum!

The Church of England is a truely wonderful thing but at times can be very confusing. One of the Churches where i worship is firmly rooted in the Catholic tradition- a Roman Catholic friend went there once and she said it was more Catholic than any Roman Catholic Church she had attended which is saying something! Equally there are number of more evangelical Churches who at times can be practically indistinuishable from mainline Protestant denominations. Most other Churches fall somewhere in between these two.

While the Anglican Churches you've attended don't do things like pray for the dead there are many which do. Generally it's only the evangelical Churches which don't. Things like Stations of the Cross or the rosary are practised the higher up the candle you get.

[Ravenonthecross]

well, i'm glad for you folks that there's some diversity, i for you folks, i guess it fits which way a person best feels they can worship the Lord God.

[RedneckAnglican]

The Continuing churches have diversity as well.

very much so...even with-in the parish itself!...

[DeoJuvante]

The Continuing churches have diversity as well.
Gee, that must be hard for them.

[pilgrimgal]

Basically it comes down to one simple fact. Every member of the Anglican communion (but not the continuing churches) is very diverse containing from the ultra low-church all the way the candle. This is one of the intrinsic beauties of anglicanism to me.

:amen: :) Me too.

[TomUK]

Basically it comes down to one simple fact. Every member of the Anglican communion (but not the continuing churches) is very diverse containing from the ultra low-church all the way the candle. This is one of the intrinsic beauties of anglicanism to me.

I suppose another way of looking at is to say that in many other Christian denominations it is the people are an extension of the Church (ie. you are a member of a particular denomination because of what that Church believes for example.) Anglicanism totally flips that on its head. Rather than the people being an extension of the Church it is instead the Church that is the extension of the people. Many people come to STR asking to be pointed in the direction of our catechism or statement faith and the simple fact is that we don't really have one, at least in the way they hope. What we have to do is to point them towards our prayer books and liturgies. Our identity and doctrine isn't to be found in some long-winded manuscript, but in the very way that we the people worship God. That is why we are so diverse - because the Church is an extension of us, the people of God, in all of our acts of worship.

[Colabomb]

Gee, that must be hard for them.
Why?

[SirTimothy]

Because they deliberately split off to avoid diversity of opinion.

[Colabomb]

Because they deliberately split off to avoid diversity of opinion.
That is a mischaracterization, and an ugly one.

The continuers broke off because we believe women are not be ordained, a very important issue in the life of the Church.

Not because we "Can't handle" disagreement.

We have Calvinists, Arminians, Catholics, Protestants, High Churchers, Low Churchers, etc.