--- gdvw@... wrote:
> > Frater: WhileI agreewith Archbishop Hambridge's
> citation of the Book of  Acts; as an historian I
have tosay that the fractiousness of the Anglican
> Communion is not unique to it. >

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Fr. Wiebe+ 

Yes sir, the Church has always multiplied by dividing
as Kenneth Scott Latourette pointed out.

And as Lonnie Mitchusson said, paraphrasing some wag,
"as long as there is an Africa there will always be an
Anglican Church."   Lonnie overheard Fr. Gene M. and I
discussing the Nigerian Anglicans building churches in
the U.S. when she came up with that line. 

Regarding the ethos of Anglicanism, the
characteristics in Anglicanism that I perceived as
attractive was the high regard for precision of
thought in theology and high regard for learning, to
which you referred.  The ethos of Anglicanism for me
was the high regard for both Word and Sacrament and
the Episcopate as the assurance that the sacred
tradition was being passed on intact.  It seemed to me
that, until recent years,  the Anglicans had done a
better job of accomplishing that task than the RC's or
the Orthodox.

Though I liked the idea that the Anglican Communion
was referred to as the broadest church in Christendom,
the unity or inclusive aspect was not my first thought
when I reflected on the ethos of Anglicanism.  

I won't ramble further.  There is a sermon by Bishop
Williams which he presented at SYNOD OF THE DIOCESE OF

OF BRITISH COLUMBIA VICTORIA, BC, on JUNE 8TH, 2002
which makes sense to me as expressing the ethos of
Anglicanism.  The sermon is titled Creed or Chaos and
can be found at
http://www.caledonia.anglican.org/BsermonJune082002.htm

Best regards to all,

Charles



 


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