Why would someone join the Anglican( Episcopalian Church)?

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Don’t they say Joseph of Arimithea was somehow their founder? I read that somewhere. Which is strange. I don’t think he ever went to England. He was a member of the Sanhedrin.
 
There is an entire mythology based around that. A few folk believe it. I’ve met a couple.
 
… Or it could be a publicity stunt by Glastonbury, who were good at that sort of thing.
 
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Well that’s what I mean. On their Liturgical Calendar they have Luther, Calvin, Hus etc who were considered heretics by the Catholic Church, yet side by side have many Catholic Saints on it including John XXlll in the newest revision I believe ten years ago that greatly expanded who is on the Liturgical Calendar of the Episcopalian Church in the United States anyways.

I’ve always thought of the structure of the Anglican Church to be similar of the Eastern Orthodox. It seems that like The Patriarch of Constantinople, the Archbishop of Canterbury is the highest in regards to respect and authority however the autonomous regions can really do a lot independently without say the Holy See being in control as in the Catholic Church? Is that a correct analogy to make?
 
Those who like the Liturgy of the Anglican church, which often calls itself Catholic, would likely mean you’d appreciate the Liturgy of Catholicism.

I mean everyone should probably search regardless of where you are born.
 
Yes, they honour people like Luther, but then so does the Catholic Church. They honour Catholics, too.

Yes your analogy with Orthodox is not far off. Each National Church in the Communion is Independent. The Archbishop of Canterbury has little power outside England: he is supposed to be an instrument of the Communion and first among equals (that’s when he’s not being roundly abused by one and all).

Then there are the Anglican churches outside the Communion, of whom our correspondent Mr Motley is a useful informant, being in one of their number himself.
 
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Well, one can check Harvey’s TO THE ISLES AFAR OFF, or Lewis’ ST. JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA AT GLASTONBURY, or Gray’s THE ORIGIN AND EARLY HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN BRITAIN, for ideas.

Checking Charles Thomas only gets you about half a page.
 
Yep, that comparison is close. Though amongst the Communion, Cantuar’s authority is minimal. It’s mainly suasion, and who gets invited to the Lambeth Conferences.

And look for St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher, on the CoE calendar
 
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But really the only churches that can claim to go back to Christ are the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. Sure the Church of England was founded by Augustine of Canterbury but that doesn’t mean every time the Church expands it is then founded by that person. Christ said to proclaim to all the nation’s, as one body. Not hey go expand and then start your own church with its own beliefs.
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I am a convert and in my conversion considered this. I think you could make an argument that the English church and some Lutheran churches (mainly Scandinavian) are Apostolic Churches just as you could the Orthodox. The reason I say this is that the Orthodox argument is that the Catholic Church added things to the Faith. The Anglican and Lutherans say the same thing. So, if you accept the Orthodox Church as Apostolic you could accept the Anglican and Lutheran.

But, if this ever was an reasonable argument it has since been shown to be false. Both the Anglican and Lutheran churches have seriously departed from the Faith. They ordain women and accept and solemize homosexuality. More reasons could be offered as to how they have departed from the Faith, but these are so crystal clear as to leave no doubt.
 
Let’s not over generalize here. Not all the Anglicans do things like that.
 
In fact, none of the herd of Henrys (Rex) here were bishops.
 
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America’s ‘formal’ National Cathedral is Episcopalian … A lot early Americans were Episcopalians, and it just remained in America.
 
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