Some interesting thoughts from around the blogosphere
In surfing the ‘Net today I came across some interesting reflections from Fr. Derrick Hassert of An Anglican Cleric and Mike Spreng of AnglicanThought.com. It seems as though they are very much on the same page as to their concerns about the future of traditional Anglicanism in North America: will there be any common ground between evangelical/Reformed Anglicans and those who tend towards Anglo-Catholicism?
Fr. Hassert gives us the essay The future of traditional Anglicanism in America, and Mike Spreng shares his thoughts on Soldiers on Both Battlefronts–Sacramental and Reformed. One can tell they have put a lot of contemplation into these, and they are both worth reading. I have to say that I am not as hopeful as I might have been at one time that the two groups will ever have true unity; we will be doing well to have one united church for each of the groups.
I also wanted to mention Fr. Matt Kennedy’s series on the Thirty-Nine Articles, the first three installments of which have been posted on Stand Firm:
On the First Article of Religion
Who is the Son?: Essays on the Articles of Religion part 2
The Third Article of Religion: He Descended to “Hell”
I am looking forward to future installments of this series.
Will, I think there is hope for unity. Asside from pulling out my Power of the Holy Spirit card, I would like to mention how the REC, a very “Evangelical” union is now uniting with the APA, a very Anglo-Catholic union. This is a bit ironic since this is the very thing that Bishop Cummings was against, but the situation is different today, and it seems that more men now are willing to explore the passions of others. Just my thoughts.
Mike,
I would have to say the “Power of the Holy Spirit” card WOULD trump all else! But the REC and APA do point the way towards perhaps the most likely possibility of there ever being a union of Evangelical and Anglo-Catholic–when there is good will on both sides and a common vision of what needs to be accomplished for the Gospel.
I agree. BTW, that name is “Cummins”, without the “g”. Sorry about that.