While I can in general agree with the definitions below, I found it
interesting that Anglo-Catholic was omitted. Anglo Catholicism often does
include (rightly) the full panoply of worshop (smells and bells) but while
it holds the Sacred Scriptures (esp the NT) in high regard it does not
make them a god nor does it look to them alone or without additional help
from Holy Tradition/Ancient Fathers or for that matter Holy Reason. Most
AC's are open to rapprochement under the right terms(e.g. equality
apriori) with the Vatican or the Phanar but w/o losing our own unique
experience, heritage and tradition(e.g. we take Christ's High Priestly
prayer in St John seriously andnot because we have any 'deficiency' to
correct). We take the Lambeth Quadrilateral seriously as well. Many today
who make full useof the richness of ritual do so w/o an equally strong
committment to the historic (all 2000 years) Catholic Faith that comes to
us from the Apostles in the plenitude of its glory. This makes for some
strange andinteresting bedfellows at times.Blessings. GDVW+
>>From:
"The Rev. Fr. Johann W. Vanderbijl III" <cranmer@...>
>> Reply-To: faithandlife@...
>>To: <faithandlife@...>
>>Subject: Re: [FaithandLife] Low-Church and Proud
>>Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 09:47:37 -0500
>>
>>Would y'all please clarify the terms being used in these posts.
>>Evangelical, Broad Church, Low Church, High Church and so on...I have
>> found that what one person means by "evangelical" is not the same as
>> another. Fr. J.
>
> DC: Speaking personally:
>
> EVANGELICAL:
>
> A. The absolute supremacy of the Holy Scripture as the only rule of
> faith and practice, the only test of truth, and the only judge of
> controversy.
>
> B. As a result of Adam’s fall, all men are not only in a miserable,
> pitiable, and bankrupt condition, but in a state of guilt, imminent
> danger, and condemnation before God, have no will to serve God, no love
> of God, and no meetness for heaven, whose only hope is in the office
> and work of Jesus Christ.
>
> C. The eternal Son of God, Jesus Christ, has by His life, death, and
> resurrection, as our representative and substitute, obtained a complete
> salvation for sinners, and a redemption from the guilt, power, and
> consequences of sin; and that all who believe on Him are, even while
> they live, completely forgiven and justified from all things, reckoned
> righteous before God, and are interested in Christ and all His
> benefits.
>
> D. The root and foundation of all vital Christianity in anyone is the
> work of grace in the heart, by the Holy Spirit, bringing about inward
> repentance, inward faith, inward hope, inward hatred of sin, and inward
> love of God’s Law (the inward work of the Holy Spirit is necessary to a
> man’s salvation).
>
> E. The true grace of God is a thing that will always make itself
> manifest in the conduct, behavior, tastes, ways, choices, and habits of
> him who has it; where the Spirit is, He will always make His presence
> known.
>
> (Excerpted from Knots Untied, by Bishop John Charles Ryle -- an
> outstanding book!)
>
> I think from an Anglican standpoint, agreement with the Thirty-Nine
> Articles, which Bishop Ryle observes: " . . . were always intended to
> be, and are at this day, the foremost, chief, and prinicpal test of a
> churchman, and that in this point of view there is nothing else that
> stands on a level with them." (Knots Untied (reprint, Moscow, ID:
> Charles Nolan Publishers, 2000).
>
> BROAD CHURCH
> One of three popular designations to define the style of worship in a
> particular Episcopal church. "Broad church" worship is vaguely midway
> between low and high, and may or may not include elaborate liturgy,
> incense, and/or sanctus bells. A generation ago, an irreverent saying
> defined the three styles of Episcopal worship as follows: "High and
> crazy; broad and hazy; low and lazy."
>
> HIGH CHURCH
> One of three popular designation for styles of worship in an Episcopal
> Church. "High Church" worship emphasizes theological or liturgical
> formality. Parts or all of a "high" service are often sung or chanted
> rather than reading or speaking them. Services often include several
> vested assistants, incense and sanctus bells.
>
> LOW CHURCH
> A popular designation for a church that is, on the whole, less formal.
> Most low churches tend to emphasize good sermons as being more
> important than good liturgy, and do not chant or sing their services or
> use incense or sanctus bells. A low church might alternate Morning
> Prayer with the Eucharist for their primary Sunday worship.
>
> The source for these last three is an online dictionary of Episcopalian
> Terminology prepared by the Very Rev. John Burwell, Rector of the Church
> of the Holy Cross (ECUSA) on Sullivans Island, SC
> http://www.holycross.net/anonline.htm
>
> Soli Deo Gloria!
>
> Drew
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
> "If there were any word of God beside the Scripture, we could never be
> certain of God's Word; and if we be uncertain of God's Word, the devil
> might bring in among us a new word, a new doctrine, a new faith, a new
> church, a new god, yea himself to be a god. If the Church and the
> Christian faith did not stay itself upon the Word of God certain, as
> upon a sure and strong foundation, no man could know whether he had a
> right faith, and whether he were in the true Church of Christ, or in
> the synagogue of Satan."-- Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, Reformer and
> Martyr
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