That’s actually a good way of putting it. The AMIA might be said to be those of the conservative, evangelical wing of ECUSA who did not leave over the ordination of women, but could not stand for the ordination of Vicky Eugene Robinson as an openly homosexual bishop. Not the only reason for the split, nor the only way to characterize AMIA either, but I think that many of the folks there are those who were the last to leave ECUSA so to say.
Certainly on some moral and gender-related issues we have moved away from the RCC. But if you compare our general theological and liturgical stance now to what it was in the 16th century, we’ve become much more like Catholicism. The 1979 American Prayer Book, for instance, which drove some conservative Anglo-Catholics out of the Episcopal Church, is far more Catholic in many respects than its predecessor (it has a rite for sacramental reconciliation, for instance). I’m sure GKC will disagree with me here!Hi,
I was talking to my friend the other day about this. She attends an episcopal church. She says the episcopal church is splitting because some do not like the path that the episcopal church is going down, gay bishops, gay marriages, women ministers and bishops.
I was raised episcopal and I thought was always considered protestant, although they use to be very close to the way the CC runs things. Not anymore Im afraid.
What was The Church of England like in the 16th Century?
Surprisingly enough, I don’t, absolutely. There are a few points in the 79 book I rather like.