Anglican

beliefs, worship practices and church structures. Anglicans base their faith on the Bible, traditions of the apostolic the concept of apostolic succession, and writings of the Church Fathers. Anglicanism forms one of the branches of Western Christianity, having fully declared its independence from the Holy See at the time of the Elizabethan Religious Settlement. (Sentamu, 2012) The Anglican Church of Southern Africa is the province of the Anglican Communion in the southern part of Africa. This diocese

In recent years, the issue of homosexuality has been a controversial and frequently discussed topic within the Anglican tradition. The Lambeth conference is an assembly of bishops of the Anglican Communion and is convened by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The conference allows for a collaborative and consultation function which allows for relevant issues to be discussed within the communion (“Lambeth Conferences”). The argument over homosexuality was discussed predominately as a communion wide issue

Recently, the Anglican Communion and the Episcopal Church have been in a lengthy and complex disagreement regarding the role of the lesbian, gay, transgender, and bisexual members of the church body and to what lengths the church should go in order to “accept” all the different sexual orientations within its congregation. The Anglican Communion and the Episcopal Church have completely disagreed on the Communions core doctrine during this debate and have not come even close to creating a resolution

“Te Pouhere (1991) is a just response to the Treaty of Waitangi and the Gospel in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia”. To answer this question is to examine the very foundations of the Anglican Church in these lands, to explore the history of people and events that brought us to the moment of Te Pouhere’s ratification and to elicit a sense of the forces that drive us as a church, both then and now. With a view to the vast reality that is entwined with answering, and with humility in recognizing

Newly ordained Anglican priests are given a bible to show that all their authority is rooted in scripture, while priests that are ordained in the Roman Catholic church are given a chalice and a patten to symbolize their receiving power to consecrate the Last Supper. The Anglican polity preserves the ordained orders of bishops, presbyters-priests, and deacons that go back to apostolic times. Although there is no official doctrine of having a priest, some Anglicans consider it essential; some feel

is nothing distinctive about Anglican spirituality, and if we were to ask people who worship regularly at an Anglican church what distinguishes their spirituality from other Christians, we may be met with puzzlement. It is certainly true Anglicans can have characteristics without these being distinctive. It is characteristic of Anglicans to practice liturgical worship and say the creeds, for example, but these are not unique to Anglicanism. The website of the Anglican Communion reveals a number of

Anglicanism is an off shoot of Christianity and comprises of Anglican Churches in more than 160 countries, with around 80 million followers all sharing the same belief, the belief that Jesus Christ is their saviour. Yet despite this single belief in Jesus, the Anglican Church is divided on the issue of whether or not abortion is right or wrong. Devout Anglicans from all corners of Australia have taken up arms on this issue as the Anglican Church tries to hold together the two major beliefs on abortion

Puritan founded New England. Interestingly, a recent scholar has theorized that the main reason why Anglican ministers wrote so few religious documents was not their numerical disadvantage to the Congregationalists, but the hierarchical and conformist nature of the Anglican religion. Unlike Puritan ministers, known for their passionate rants opposing moral degradation, the placid approach of Anglican ministers inspiring deference to superiors failed to inspire writings from the ministers themselves

Sunday’s 6:45 pm service on the 14th June at ‘St. David’s Anglican Church, Forestville’ for the young adults of their community, continued their deconstruction of The Ten Commandments, focusing on, “Thou shall not steal”. Through song, discussion and self-devised prayer, Senior Minister Gavin, shared Christianity’s understanding of stealing as “dishonouring to God” and the importance of this to Anglicans. St. David’s is decorated beautifully with flowers beside the alter at the front of the room

The Anglican Church, more commonly known as The Church of England, exists worldwide and has been since 1534. The service of an Anglican Church communion can be witnessed at St Matthews Anglican Church, West Pymble, Sydney. What is also evident in this worship are the beliefs of Christianity. These beliefs include that Christ is fully divine and fully human, God is the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, there is one God, Jesus resurrected and his eternal life after death. St Matthew’s Anglican Church had