tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888269878181760965.post8891992164695857176..comments2024-01-03T23:02:09.804-08:00Comments on The New Continuing Anglican Churchman: Conversations about the Continuing ChurchJ. Gordon Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03941152529096287366noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888269878181760965.post-12294785183629173732014-03-16T13:46:46.062-07:002014-03-16T13:46:46.062-07:00Dear Father, I am amazed at your article. I agree ...Dear Father, I am amazed at your article. I agree that there is certainly theological diversity. But don't you think perhaps the binding thing is not theology but political homogeneity? Is this why continuing churches have the bad habit of talking about politics incessantly in church? Because there is little agreement theologically but there is a great deal of it politically? Fr. Peter Geromelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03446384967701189818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888269878181760965.post-36993499560505181512013-08-20T07:28:14.038-07:002013-08-20T07:28:14.038-07:00It will be interesting to see over the next few ye...It will be interesting to see over the next few years what impact the RCC's Ordinariate will have on CAism in USA. So far seems more like an exodus mainly of clergy to them, with few buildings or entire congregations joining. This might significantly reduce the influence of the Anglo-Catholic wing of CAism. Though only time will tell. Will be interesting to see if one outcome is an increase in influence of High Church Anglicans who aren't slavishly RC in outlook. More like Laudians or Non-jurors than the Tractarians?M Frosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366569833672792386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888269878181760965.post-55511265583916242402013-08-17T16:56:50.848-07:002013-08-17T16:56:50.848-07:00Thank you for your comment, father. Rather than ge...Thank you for your comment, father. Rather than getting bitter about folk who don't tow the proverbial party line, I try to see the occasional disagreements that some of my people raise to certain biblical and moral teachings as an opportunity to continue teaching and forming them in the faith.J. Gordon Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03941152529096287366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888269878181760965.post-34373893530472018512013-08-17T14:20:28.062-07:002013-08-17T14:20:28.062-07:00Fr Anderson, I agree with your point. What you wr...Fr Anderson, I agree with your point. What you write about your congregation is point-for-point quite true of mine. The diversity of our people is a sign of health and strength. While there are a few clergy around who fulminate against the 39 articles and try very hard to appear more "Kartholic" than Abp Lefebvre, these are not representative of our people. Nobody pays them much attention and they will all be gone in 1 or 2 decades at most.Laurence K. Wells+https://www.blogger.com/profile/10688545563493033720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888269878181760965.post-3303112387244077952013-08-13T13:35:16.218-07:002013-08-13T13:35:16.218-07:00Thanks for your comment. I'm referring to the ...Thanks for your comment. I'm referring to the APA, though the same was true of the parish I was part of in seminary, which was in a different jurisdiction. and probably true of the other "Affirmation of St. Louis" jurisdictions too.<br /><br />The challenge of the priest has always been ministering to all of the people who come to the church from such different backgrounds and different motives!J. Gordon Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03941152529096287366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888269878181760965.post-57711991814507856112013-08-13T08:56:21.721-07:002013-08-13T08:56:21.721-07:00Your statement seems extremely broad. Has me wonde...Your statement seems extremely broad. Has me wondering if you're talking only about your specific jurisdiction (APA) or the entirety of Continuing Anglicanism in the USA? Please elaborate. For example, who is the "us" when you write, "The difference, however, between us and....?"<br /><br />In my experiences with CA parishes and parishioners over the years, seems like they break out across a spectrum mostly into two rather different types: low church/almost Reformed (e.g., accepting the 39 Articles, using the 1928 BCP) and high church/almost Roman Catholic (e.g., rejecting the 39 Articles or only "accepting" them as per Newman's tractarian position and using the American Missal).<br /><br />The CA parish in my area (ACA), which considered going into the RCC's Ordinariate, is definitely the latter, in both worship and as regards clergy. I couldn't even print the negative comments from their priest about the 39 Articles and when he celebrates "The Feast of the Assumption" this week, he'll be more RC than most RC churches in the area. The majority of CA churches I've worshipped at over the years seem more Anglo-Catholic than traditional Anglican. The other CA church I'm familiar with recently left CAism to become Orthodox. They, too, were more High Church.M Frosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366569833672792386noreply@blogger.com