Dear sionnsar,
Okay, I find this a little confusing.
Are the books found in the Catholic bible, but not found in the Protestant bible considered canonical (considered part of Divinely-inspired Scriptures) for Anglicans? Or just nice writings?
If they're used in the BCP lectionary, does that sort of imply canonical status?
Or is this an issue where there is a certain amount of studied Anglican ambiguity, and thus, perhaps I'm asking the wrong question?
sitetest
Historically, the Catholic Canon of Scripture is what the Angilcan Church has used. However, more recently, I am not sure that this has been used. I *thought* the Episcopal church used the Revised Standard Version. Upon closer study, the RSV may or may not contain the Apocrypha (you can get the RSV Bible either way - my old third grade RSV Bible does not contain the Apocrypha). Now you have me curious. I will have to check the Pew Bible in church now! :-)