Received & Given
Essay series · 6 essays
Six essays on Anglicanism as a way of receiving and handing on the apostolic and catholic faith: through Scripture, common prayer, sacramental life, ordered ministry, and mission.
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Part 1
Anglicanism is not best understood as a novel theological system, a denominational compromise, or a loose permission structure for private preference, but as a disciplined way of receiving and practicing the apostolic and catholic faith.
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Anglicanism receives Holy Scripture as the first and norming authority for the Church’s faith, read in the worship, doctrine, ministry, and common life of the Church.
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Anglicanism characteristically receives, expresses, and inhabits its theology through common, liturgical prayer that enacts the received faith and forms the Church’s loves.
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Anglican sacramental life receives Baptism and Holy Communion as gifts instituted by Christ, through which God joins us to Christ, nourishes his Church, and forms a life of holiness, hospitality, and love.
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Anglicanism receives bishops, priests, and deacons as ordered ministries serving the whole baptized people through apostolic continuity, communion, accountability, and mission.
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Anglican worship gathers and forms the Church through Word, prayer, sacrament, and ordered ministry so that the whole baptized people may speak, embody, and serve the Gospel in the world.
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