Posted on 03/11/2005 5:26:46 PM PST by sionnsar
Traditional Anglican ping, continued in memory of its founder Arlin Adams. It looks like he's connected to the ACN et al, but... "eco-phones"?
I thought he would just be the head of the Church of England and though derived from, the Episcopal Church does not really answer to the Archbishop of Cantebury except for in a synergistic way........or am I wrong???????
Church of England was derived from the Episcopal Church? And where did the Epsicopal church begin? I don't know?!
well my syntax was wrong......i meant that though derived from the Church of England, I didn't think the Episcopal Church answers to the Church of England like the Catholics here answer to the Pope.......just always thought the two churches were technically not under the same authority except for historical/ceremonial reasons.....
The American branch of the Episcopalian church definately doesn't! Appointing a Gay Bishop - who lives in a church house with his lover! Whose idea was that?!
"Why I am an Episcopalian and Why that Frightens Me"
A title like that reminds me why I love Anglicans. :^D
Where do we begin....
I guess Charles and Camilla could simply give a large, undisclosed amount of money to the church in exchange for an "annulment" of their previous marriages from the bishop.
....... Henry the VIII pushed through legislation removing the Bishop of Rome's authority in England (a process that had begun in 1214) in order to ensure the succession to the throne. In order to avoid another civil war upon his death (remember, Henry's father, Henry VII, had ended the the Wars of the Roses), Henry needed an heir; in order to have an heir, Henry needed a wife who could provide him one; in order to get such a wife, he needed an annulment from his current one on the grounds that she could not provide an heir (usually granted by the Bishop of Rome after payment of a large sum of money). The problem was that Catherine's nephew, Emperor Charles V, had captured Rome and thrown Clement VII in jail. In another words, the politics of continental Europe were preventing England from establishing a stable succession.
Here we have the occupant of the Chair of St Peter, St Clement, Leo the Great, Gregory the Great, and Innocent III jailed by a member of his own flock. Who could blame Henry for wanting to get away from that mess?
....... Everytime I see the seasonal missilettte (sp?) being used in Roman Catholic churches, I remember that the man who championed the concept of printing the service and Scriptures in the vernacular language books so that the whole congregation could follow along and participate. That man was Archbishop Thomas Cranmer of Canterbury, who was burned at the stake for his reform by the Inquisition.
Not Anglican bashing, but thats what I learned in school.
and the way the American branch of the Anglican church is going...
"While I have spent my whole life in God’s Church, I have not spent my whole life as an Episcopalian, having made this choice seventeen years ago."
What the @#$&*! for? They have been committed to abortion on demand since 1975.
Okay...where do I start. The Episcopal church was founded in the late 1700's in America. It is part of the Anglican communion of churches. The Church of England is a separate church of that communion. There are Anglican churches in many countries and all are independent. They are not part of nor governed by the Church of England. The doctrinal head of the Anglican church is the Archbishop of Canterbury; a first among equals. But decisions are all arrived at by consensus.
As to your historical facts; Henry did not behead five wives. He beheaded two, divorced two; one died of natural causes, and one out-lived him. And his divorce from Katherine was part of a struggle power with Rome that had gone on for some time.
It sounds very much like Anglican bashing and I've seen you make the comment before.
Your parents are Episcopalian and you don't know much about the church?
We were semiannual Christians, Christmas Easter DONE. You need to have a church for funerals and such. They were somewhat involved when I was little, and then it became less of a priority-
Then you weren't taught its history? You should really be more careful about making statements such as post #4 unless you know what you're talking about.
But that's what I learned- it's in my history textbook. Henry the 8th started the Church-
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