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[EricFilmer]

Eric,

When I first visited an Anglican Parish, I was shocked by the amount of Holy Scripture read during every service.

I was accustomed to Southern Baptist ministers’ building an entire sermon from a few lines of Scripture.

So, the claim of not being “biblical enough” is rather ironic. I’ve had more exposure to Holy Scripture in the Anglican Church than I ever did in the Baptist Church.

This is not meant to be a criticism, just an observation.

Peace,
Anna

I agree completely. As an Anglican we felt that any accusation of us being not biblical enough was completely without merit and came from people who obviously had never been to an Anglican Mass nor ever looked inside the Book of Common Prayer. As I’m sure you know, the Anglican Mass shares the same Scripture format as the Catholic Mass, meaning that the first half of the liturgy is dedicated to an OT reading, a Psalm, a NT non-Gospel reading, and then a Gospel reading (followed by a homily/sermon). Much more Scripture is covered in Anglican/Catholic Masses than what one usually gets in most Protestant services (at least those which are not liturgically based like Anglicans, Methodists, and such).

These sort of critics make the same false accusation against the Catholic Faith, and, once again, I suspect that they have never actually seen a Catholic Mass. They claim that Catholics are not “biblical enough” for a number of reasons (such as our use of Sacred Tradition), and I think Anglicans are considered guilty by association because of the similarities between Anglicanism and Catholicism. In other words, if (according to their mindset) Catholics are not biblical enough, then neither are Protestants who share similarities with Catholicism (based on that reason alone).

 

[Anna_Scott]

I agree completely. As an Anglican we felt that any accusation of us being not biblical enough was completely without merit and came from people who obviously had never been to an Anglican Mass nor ever looked inside the Book of Common Prayer. As I’m sure you know, the Anglican Mass shares the same Scripture format as the Catholic Mass, meaning that the first half of the liturgy is dedicated to an OT reading, a Psalm, a NT non-Gospel reading, and then a Gospel reading (followed by a homily/sermon). Much more Scripture is covered in Anglican/Catholic Masses than what one usually gets in most Protestant services (at least those which are not liturgically based like Anglicans, Methodists, and such).

These sort of critics make the same false accusation against the Catholic Faith, and, once again, I suspect that they have never actually seen a Catholic Mass. They claim that Catholics are not “biblical enough” for a number of reasons (such as our use of Sacred Tradition), and I think Anglicans are considered guilty by association because of the similarities between Anglicanism and Catholicism. In other words, if (according to their mindset) Catholics are not biblical enough, then neither are Protestants who share similarities with Catholicism (based on that reason alone).

Eric,
There was a thread quite awhile back in which we compared Anglican Liturgy with Catholic Liturgy. They are almost identical.

And–yes, Anglicans are guilty by association. When I told one of my Baptist friends I was attending an Anglican Church, she did say something like, “Aren’t they like Catholics?”

It’s a funny thing: Protestants accuse us of being Catholic, and Catholics get upset when we call ourselves Catholic.

Peace,
Anna

 

[SaintPatrick333]

So much for the legacy of Luther and Calvin!
[There are Lutherans and Calvinists who “hold firm” of course, but they`re very much a minority.]

I don’t know much about Calvin but as for Luther’s legacy there isn’t much to say is there? He was Catholic, rebelled against the Church (though to be fair to his point he thought he was guiding it back to what he perceived as closer to Christ) since he disagreed with the theology on the reverence of Mary and the validity of the Eucharist (most people might be surprised to find out that Luther didn’t rebel due to the minority of clergy selling indulgences for absolution as it is often said). Luther was Catholic for a good part of his life, split off and formed his own religion. Spiritually wandered frantically for the remainder of his life until on his deathbed he renounced the very religion he created and returned to Catholicism. Martin Luther renounced Lutheranism! This is historical. Why anyone can honestly remain in the Lutheran church if they know this is astonishing. When the entire platform it was built on crumbles in the light of Truth and yet they still remain. It’s sad u_u