Yes!

But… not sad enough to discard it.

Again Mike, thank you for your time.

IN the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

WE, the Bishops, together with the Delegates from the Clergy and Laity of the Church of England in the Dominion of Canada, now assembled in the first General Synod, hereby make the following Solemn Declaration:

WE declare this Church to be, and desire that it shall continue, in full communion with the Church of England throughout the world, as an integral portion of the One Body of Christ composed of Churches which, united under the One Divine Head and in the fellowship of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, hold the One Faith revealed in Holy Writ, and defined in the Creeds as maintained by the undivided primitive Church in the undisputed Ecumenical Councils; receive the same Canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, as containing all things necessary to salvation; teach the same Word of God; partake of the same Divinely ordained Sacraments, through the ministry of the same Apostolic Orders; and worship One God and Father through the same Lord Jesus Christ, by the same Holy and Divine Spirit who is given to them that believe to guide them into all truth.

And we are determined by the help of God to hold and maintain the Doctrine, Sacraments, and Discipline of Christ as the Lord hath commanded in his Holy Word, and as the Church of England hath received and set forth the same in ‘The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Church of England; together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches; and the Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons’; and in the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion; and to transmit the same unimpaired to our posterity.

- The Solemn Declaration of 1893

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Gerry,

Your reply to me belies your undertone of soft underside, which I shall now harpoon and feed on. (just kidding, Gerry… haven’t seen you type in ages).

Yes, there is a reason that I avoided the question. Mainly that it’s not a fair question. You will, of course, simple disagree with anything I might put forward as being ‘authentically Anglican’, and therefore Christian (AHEM!). I didn’t really see the sense in getting into an argument with you over that…though, I see the self-congratulatory and joint-misery (“orphaned”) tone of this blog hasn’t changed too much.

Kate, blogs really amount to the bloggers’ assumptions about the world around them, anyway…thus the congregation of Moaning Myrtles. They’re good to a point (a point), but that – in the end – is why I stopped writing for them. Well, that and I was tired of gathering with like-minded friends and getting attacked for daring to disagree.

Peter & Scott, good to see you lads are still hanging in!

Thus saith the Mike

Michael
(West Yorkshire, UK)

Hi Michael -
Thanks for your commentary. Neither you n’or anyone else ventured forth to tell me what authentically Anglican Christianity is. Or did you miss that portion?
My apologies to all the bluenosers out there, seems that comment upset even non-bluenosers. No intent to look down the nose at anyone.
I encourage Essentials to run good things for the possible orphans left in the ACoC Michael….that is good.
Hope your not getting fogged in over there. Come winter, I can likely send some your way if you need it…
Blessings,
Gerry

Are you enjoying being over the pond now? Glad to hear you’re settling in.