tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12005502.post5619533547231950426..comments2023-11-28T13:30:46.120-05:00Comments on Leonardo's Notebook By Mattheus Mei: Are they really 'Anglicans'?Mattheus Meihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07629195495902678804noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12005502.post-4335611345665893532008-02-19T18:24:00.000-05:002008-02-19T18:24:00.000-05:001) I've known quite a few people who chose places ...1) I've known quite a few people who chose places for their religious degrees despite not entirely agreeing with the doctrines of those places. It probably doesn't happen as much at CIU / CBC as it does at Duke Divinity, but it does happen.<BR/><BR/>2) I've known even more people (myself included) who have chosen a school BECAUSE of it's doctrinal stance and then subsequently (and sometimes while at the school) come to believe differently from that doctrinal stance.<BR/><BR/>Before hypothesizing a trend based on limited data, be sure that you actually DO have the data.<BR/><BR/><BR/>The people I knew at the Rawandan Anglican church up in the Triangle had come together from (mainly) more liberal Episcopal churches and some Presbyterian churches. They came together mainly over social issues, doctrines, and concerns. They are active in social gospel / Catholic Worker / sheep-v-goats issues. They universally believe that homosexual acts and that those living in open sin ought not to be ordained. It's more this mix of social liberalism and theological conservatism that has attracted them.<BR/><BR/>I have bearded none of them on their view of the sacraments. But I may next time I talk with any of them.St. Izzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14491461444116895539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12005502.post-30749998400009797662008-02-18T22:01:00.000-05:002008-02-18T22:01:00.000-05:00That's a very true statement. But at the same time...That's a very true statement. But at the same time, one must believe that a person wouldn't choose an institution to learn from unless one at least agreed with the doctrine espoused if not necessarily subscribing to it. I think this particular associate pastor if not subscribing to the doctrine agrees with it and possibly appreciate the liturgical forms (broad sense) that grow out of that doctrine if one can glean as much information from the churches website about particulars of the active ministriesMattheus Meihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07629195495902678804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12005502.post-48953926230840985572008-02-18T21:49:00.000-05:002008-02-18T21:49:00.000-05:00Just one thing. Be careful about assuming that a ...Just one thing. Be careful about assuming that a priest/minister subscribes to the doctrinal statement of the school from which they graduated.St. Izzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14491461444116895539noreply@blogger.com