Cicero wrote:
That was one reason why I left the Anglican Church, because like Newman I concluded that there was no way that it could be the universal Church, throughout the world and through all time since its founding by Christ. I received great good from growing up in the Anglican Church. I have read and considered its own claims to be universal and apostolic, and I found that I simply could not justify those claims.
Well said.
Cicero must know that that is not what the Book of Common Prayer says re: the word “catholic”.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
...
Remember, Lord, your one holy catholic and apostolic
Church, redeemed by the blood of your Christ. Reveal its
unity, guard its faith, and preserve it in peace.
...
Father, we pray for your holy Catholic Church;
That we all may be one.