My wife is Anglican and finds strength in that tradition. A lifelong Baptist, I appreciate the richness of more liturgical positions (although a fair amount of it doesn't make sense to me) and pretty much agree with your assessment of us. However, I am unable to get around the doctrine related to believers baptism vs infant baptism. Thank you so much! I enjoy checking out your thoughts. Blessings!
Yes for sure. Dr. Bird, what about the Methodist? What bothers you about Arminianism? And what if any, are the ticky bits you wrestle with in 5 point calvinism
Just read the didache tonight and read parts of it to my family at the dinner table. My 17 year old son was incensed by how so many Christian’s reject a Catholic Christianity after hearing some of its content. I often tell them we are Catholic but not Roman Catholic.
I get the impression that, whether or not a church believes in having a calendar, it will end up with one. For the non-liturgical churches, or maybe just many of the American ones, it's mostly a secular calendar: Memorial Day, Mothers' Day, Independence Day etc — plus Christmas and Easter because you can't not have them.
If we're going to have a calendar anyway, I'd much prefer the one with Advent, Epiphany, Lent, and so on.
My wife is Anglican and finds strength in that tradition. A lifelong Baptist, I appreciate the richness of more liturgical positions (although a fair amount of it doesn't make sense to me) and pretty much agree with your assessment of us. However, I am unable to get around the doctrine related to believers baptism vs infant baptism. Thank you so much! I enjoy checking out your thoughts. Blessings!
Interested to hear your thoughts on Methodism! Is Arminianism the only reason why you could never be a Methodist?
Yes for sure. Dr. Bird, what about the Methodist? What bothers you about Arminianism? And what if any, are the ticky bits you wrestle with in 5 point calvinism
Just read the didache tonight and read parts of it to my family at the dinner table. My 17 year old son was incensed by how so many Christian’s reject a Catholic Christianity after hearing some of its content. I often tell them we are Catholic but not Roman Catholic.
Can you be Ariminian and be Anglican, or is Anglicanism synonymous with 5-point Calvinism?
Depends on who you ask! Technically, Anglicans are Reformed, but I know some ex-Wesleyan Anglicans.
Weren’t the Wesleys Anglican first?
I get the impression that, whether or not a church believes in having a calendar, it will end up with one. For the non-liturgical churches, or maybe just many of the American ones, it's mostly a secular calendar: Memorial Day, Mothers' Day, Independence Day etc — plus Christmas and Easter because you can't not have them.
If we're going to have a calendar anyway, I'd much prefer the one with Advent, Epiphany, Lent, and so on.