Aspects of Anglican IdentityTensions within the Anglican Communion and discussions about the possibility of women bishops have thrown a spotlight onto underlying issues such as: How are decisions taken in the Church? What are the roles of synods, bishops and primates? How should the Archbishop of Canterbury's ministry develop? What do being 'in communion' and 'out of communion' mean? How significant are diocesan boundaries in an age of globalization? Behind the headline-provoking debates are questions about the very identity of the Church of England and the Anglican Communion. How do Anglicans understand their own church and its place within the wider Church? In this lucid and accessible collection of essays, Colin Podmore draws on his expertise and experience, and explores these and related topics, setting them in their historical context. He also explains how synodical government works and looks at the Declaration of Assent, a defining statement of the Church of England's identity. |
Contents
The origins and development of the Church of England | 1 |
High churchmen church and state 180138 | 7 |
Idea name and identity | 26 |
The Church of Englands Declaration of Assent | 43 |
Primacy in the Anglican tradition | 58 |
6 | 79 |
7 | 89 |
Common terms and phrases
Act of Synod amended Anglican churches Anglican Communion Appointment of Bishops Archbishop of Canterbury archiepiscopal canon law Canterbury and York cathedral Catholic Church century chapter Christian Church Assembly Church House Publishing Church of England Commission consecration constitution Convocation of Canterbury Council creeds Crown Appointments deanery synods debate Declaration of Assent diocesan bishop diocesan synod doctrine ecclesiastical ecclesiology election English Church episcopal appointments Episcopal Church established evangelical faith final approval full communion High and Mitred high churchmen high-church historic formularies Holy House of Bishops House of Clergy House of Laity Ireland Keble Lambeth Conference legislation London Measure metropolitan metropolitical jurisdiction Michael Ramsey Newman Nockles ordination of women Oxford Movement parishes Parliament pope Porvoo priesthood priests primacy primates prime minister proposed Province of Canterbury provision Reformation Report of Proceedings resolution Revision Committee Rome royal Scottish Scriptures Society SPCK synodical government territory theological Thirty-nine Articles Tractarians vote Windsor Report worship