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Who Are Those Episcopalians?

Who Are Those Episcopalians?. Pilgrim’s Path – week 4 By. The Rev. Alex Riffee. Ancient English Christianity. Reached Britain in early 3 rd century recorded by St. Alban. 6 th century greater push for Christianization…Pope Gregory sends Augustine in Kent.

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Who Are Those Episcopalians?

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  1. Who Are Those Episcopalians? Pilgrim’s Path – week 4 By. The Rev. Alex Riffee

  2. Ancient English Christianity • Reached Britain in early 3rd century recorded by St. Alban. • 6th century greater push for Christianization…Pope Gregory sends Augustine in Kent. • 11th Century, Sarum Rite…an ordering or Christian public worship…approved variant of the Roman Rite. • One Holy Catholic Church…with some Anglican Flavor!!!

  3. Henry VIII (1509-1549 reign) • Divorce…sparked tensions with Rome. • Caused break (1534). • Reading of Reformers. • Little change. • Kept catholic structure • Agreed with Luther on Abuses of power in the Church. • Agreed on the importance of the sacraments.

  4. Thomas Cranmer • 1548-1549, first BCP, • Promote unified English worship • Used sources of Sarum Rite, Lutheran Sources, etc. • Under Henry's rule, Cranmer did not make many radical changes in the Church, due to power struggles between religious conservatives and reformers.

  5. The Elizabethan Settlement (1559) • Entrenched camps… • Non-Conformists (Puritans) • Roman Catholics (Popish) • Supreme Head (Governor) of the Church • Inherited title from Henry’s line • Needed to find common ground, consenting where possible, while remaining Orthodox and Catholic.

  6. Richard Hooker (1594)On the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity • Hooker argued for a middle way or via media • argued that reason and tradition were important when interpreting the Scriptures, and that it was important to recognize that the Bible was written in a particular historical context. • Hooker balances a catholic corporate dimension of the church and the efficacy of the sacraments, with a reformed theology of salvation, and the primacy of Scripture. • Christian humanism that places a high value on reason. • Essentials vs. Adiaphora (things indifferent)

  7. The Balance • Each new age within Anglican history has brought with it issues of disagreement. • The struggle is always to find the middle path. • Or, finding the truth in the midst of different positions.

  8. Jeremy Taylor/Richard Baxter • Jeremy Taylor – (1613-1667) – Pro-monarchy and High-Church Catholicism. Holy Living & Holy Dying (1651) • Richard Baxter – (1615-1691) – refused to break from the church even with differing opinions (Presbyterian leanings). The Reformed Pastor (1656) – Civil War 1642-1649 • (1649-1660 Common Wealth) • Both focused on practical ministry/Christian morality

  9. A Prayer Book People Thomas Cranmer 1549, 1552 • John Wesley • "I believe there is no Liturgy in the world, either in ancient or modern language, which breathes more of a solid, scriptural, rational piety than the Common Prayer of the Church of England." • Hannah More (Methodist writer and philanthropist)

  10. Global Anglicanism • 85 million members plus • 44 regional/national churches around the globe in more than 160 countries. • Structures/committees established to enable Anglican unity in the diversity of the Communion • BCP – Things indifferent…cultural relevance to understand the faith (many different prayer books)

  11. Coming to the Table • catholic in structure – pray together • Searching for the middle-way • Scripture, reason and tradition • Sacraments, essentials, unity. • Every generation is given the task to find the middle way. • Doesn’t mean always agreeing • Not to be perfect, but to be faithful…

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