There is a very interesting apologia at Pontifications from Fr. Chrysostom Frank about the similarities between classical, high Anglicanism, and Byzantine Roman Catholicism. In addition to some of the more obvious similarities (married priests, a more collegial ecclesiology, etc.), Fr. Chrysostom also observes that there is more of an appreciation for the close connection between theology and devotion. Here is an exerpt. What do you think? Lex orandi lex credendi? Would it tempt you if the Anglican ship were definitively to sink? Is it tempting now? Has the Anglican ship sunk? Etc.?
This liturgical experience with its resultant liturgical theology, an experience common to both Anglican and Byzantine Christianity, was aptly articulated by the 1984 Anglican-Orthodox Dublin Agreed Statement: “(63) Anglicans and Orthodox hold that the liturgy and all worship are essentially for the expression, maintenance and communication of the true faith. Liturgical texts are thus fundamental doctrinal standards for both.” and “(53) Faith and worship are inseparable. Dogmas are not abstract ideas existing in and for themselves, but revealed and saving truths and realities intended to bring mankind into communion with God.”
Read the whole thing here.
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This was made more particularly clear with the work of the Tractarians, EB Pusey especially, and later Evelyn Underhill. Her work Worship is a clear example of this sort of thinking.
WB,
I was in a class this week where we were talking about the Summa. During the class, an unnamed student asked this question, "If Thomas believes in the Bible, why does he also use Aristotle?" I believe there was a time when people at YDS would not have asked that question.
John Henry Cardinal Newman
I was the student who asked that question.
Signed,
Pete Rose (aka, Tracy Griswold)
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