The Anglican question

Catholic Review ^ | 7/28/14 | Dr. H. P. Bianchi

[Welchie25]

In a widely praised move, the Church of England recently voted to allow for female bishops. It would seem to follow that the church’s shift toward popular opinion would result in an influx of new members. If one, however, looks at the American branch of the Anglican community, the Episcopalian Church, the predicated impact of the vote is quite the opposite.

The Episcopalian Church is far more progressive than its sister church in England. The American church consecrated Barbara Harris as its first female bishop in 1989, and in 2006, Katharine Jefferts Schori was elected as the head of the Episcopalian Church, the first female head of a national church.

The Episcopalian Church is proudly and unabashedly a modern church with its approval of contraception as a matter of private conscience, legal abortion, same-sex blessings, married clergy, and openly gay priests and bishops. It is a church that emphasizes a message of diversity, love, and acceptance. It should be thriving it the modern world, poised for a major revival, yet it is dying.

[Dr. Thorne]

The church of England is apostate. They care not for the Word of God or Christ Himself. Their sole concern is remaining politically correct so they can feel good about how tolerant and progressive they are.

[Slyfox]

A few years ago, three Anglican bishops and 500 Anglican parishes asked Rome if they could enter the Catholic Church. I haven’t heard anything more than that.

[Petrosius]

http://www.usordinariate.org

[arthurus]

It all comes from seeing the Church as providing a Product that needs to appeal to the widest segment of the population, rather than as a repository of morality snf the Truth of existence. If the Church reflects all your day to day attitudes and wants then you have no reason to go to church. Nothing in your life will change with church attendance. Church attendance will not make you a better person nor even make you feel more like you are a good person. It is just a waste of a Sunday that could be spent barbecuing in the back yard or going to the beach.
Contrarily if Church relays to you that you are not in keeping with the Good and that there is a better way and that God does not want you to do certain things or behave in certain ways, then it will make you uncomfortable about yourself and you are more apt to attend church either hypocritically or in genuine effort to save your soul and improve your life on Earth.

What is the point of going to a Modern church?

[Slyfox]

Thanks. 500 parishes requesting admission are a lot of parishes, especially when there are only 350,000 Anglicans who attend services on Sunday in England.

An average parish will be anywhere from 1000 to 3000 people.

So, for 500 parishes requesting admission to the Catholic Church we ain't talking chump change. It is more like a tsunami.

[Jeff Chandler]

It all comes from seeing the Church as providing a Product that needs to appeal to the widest segment of the population, rather than as a repository of morality and the Truth of existence.

Anglicans! I thought you were talking about the Pope.

[iowamark]

The Episcopalian Church is proudly and unabashedly a modern church with its approval of contraception as a matter of private conscience, legal abortion, same-sex blessings, married clergy, and openly gay priests and bishops. It is a church that emphasizes a message of diversity, love, and acceptance. It should be thriving it the modern world, poised for a major revival, yet it is dying.

Liberals would say that they just aren't liberal enough!