20 April 2015 A.D. PANTHEOS: Anglicans Form Breakaway Church—So This is News?
20 April 2015 A.D. PANTHEOS: Anglicans Form Breakaway Church—So This is
News?
Longenecker, Dwight. “Anglicans Form Breakaway Church—So
This is News?” Pantheos. 17 Apr 2015.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/standingonmyhead/2015/4/anglicans-form-breakaway-church-so-this-is-news.html.
Accessed 19 Apr 2015.
Anglicans
Form Breakaway Church – So This is News?
Developing
out of a worldwide Evangelical Traditionalist movement called GAFCON (Global
Anglican Future Conference) the new alliance brings together Evangelical
Anglicans from America and Africa mostly–who are upset at the Anglican decision
to ordain women bishops, espouse the gay agenda and allow their buildings to be
used for Islamic prayer.
The
Anglican Church, like all Protestant churches, is no stranger to schism. Go here to
read about the multiplicity of Anglican breakaway churches. Some break away
because the Anglican Church is too liberal, some because it is not liberal enough.
Some because it is too charismatic, some because it is not charismatic enough.
Some because it is too Catholic, others because it is too Protestant.
That
Anglicans continue to go into schism should not be a surprise as schism is one
of the foundation principles of Anglicanism.
How
could a Church that cut itself off from the historic Catholic Church hope to
retain unity? It was founded in schism. It continues to foster schism.
I
personally have a fair bit of sympathy for the conservative Evangelicals in the
Anglican tradition.
In
the face of the C of E becoming the Church of Everybody (and therefore nobody)
where else can they go?
Because
of their Protestant doctrine and their basic assumption that the Catholic
Church is wrong, wrong, wrong, they can’t join the Ordinariate or become
mainstream Catholics.
All
they can do is form their own little group.
What
is most disconcerting is that the little Anglican breakaway churches can’t even
seem to gather enough agreement to merge among themselves.
Anglican
Bishops Planning Breakaway Church
I
once asked a pastor in one of the so called “continuing” churches why the
different schisms didn’t unite.
He
explained, “We agree with this group doctrinally, but they are charismatic and
we can’t have that. Then we agree with that group liturgically but they have
women priests and that’s not good. Then we agree with this group doctrinally
and liturgically but they’re soft on Anglo Catholics and turn a blind eye to
gays. Then we agree with some members of this group but they have some real
wackos. We like the prayer book this group uses but their bishop is a tyrant
and we like the hymnal of that group but they…..” you get the idea.Everybody playing at church and making it up according to their own good ideas.
So
it must be if you build on sand and not the solid Rock called Peter.
Read
more: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/standingonmyhead/2015/04/anglicans-form-breakaway-church-so-this-is-news.html#ixzz3XnL9vSGn
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