Because the scriptures tell us not to judge people as that's God's job! As for my friend, I didn't judge him, I simply explained the role of a...
The standard is in the scriptures, how are they identified as members of the church according to the scriptures?
In the Anglican Churches I've visited both before and after becoming a confirmed member of the Church they practised open communion. Open to all...
But then it isn't your job to judge who is and isn't able to take communion, that is why the scriptures say that its the individual who must...
There is only ONE Church, yes there are many denominations but that doesn't change the fact that there is only one Church, the Church of the Lamb....
So to you having communion with our brothers and sisters in Christ is debasing the Lord's supper? Where in scripture does it say this? Christian...
I agree, closed communion to those who are members of the Universal Church (as that is what Catholic means). Those outside of the church, i.e....
The Lord's supper is open to all who are members of his flock, no matter how worthless they seem to you they are all a precious gift to God. The...
And by implication your saying that those not of the Anglican faith are not members of Christ and children of God?
No.
In what way is sharing the Lords table with other believers debased?
What would be differences in the US BCP and the UK version?
I have a copy of the 1979 prayerbook which I mistakenly bought from Amazon thinking it was an earlier edition.
I would hazard a guess that the RCC would disagree with your post above. From a protestant perspective and probably an orthodox perspective this...
I think we have been seeing the same thing but from different points of view! I completely agree with what you have posted here.
I think I may have found where the confusion is, what I mean by the church of England was created during the reign of Henry VIII is that the...
Yes it's roots do link back to that period. It states that the Church came to Britain during the Roman period, a while later a group sent from the...
As a relative new comer to all thing Anglican I've read a lot about how the book of common prayer is what defines liturgy in the church. There...
Here we go, straight from the horses mouth so to say: https://www.churchofengland.org/about-us/history/detailed-history.aspx
I'm not saying that there wasn't a church in England just that the entity that is now called the Church of England came into being through the...