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Tenets of the Anglican Church
Acknowledgement: Information on this page is taken from the Anglican Communion website.
Anglican Churches uphold and proclaim the Catholic and Apostolic faith, based on the Scriptures, interpreted in the light
of tradition, scholarship and reason.
Following the teachings of Jesus Christ, the Churches are committed to the proclamation of the Good News of the Gospel to the whole creation. Faith, order and practice have found expression in the Book of Common Prayer*, Ordinals of the 16th and 17th centuries, and most succinctly in the ‘Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral’ which was first approved by the Lambeth Conference of 1888. This document affirms as the essential elements of faith and order in the quest for Christian unity:
- The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament as the revealed Word of God;
- The Nicene Creed as the sufficient statement of the Christian Faith;
- The two Sacraments - Baptism and the Eucharist - ministered with the unfailing
words and elements used by Christ;
- The historic Episcopate.
Central to worship for Anglicans is the celebration of the Holy Eucharist (also called Holy Communion, the Lord's Supper, the Mass). In this offering of prayer and praise are recalled the life, death, resurrection and ascension of Christ, through the proclamation of the word and celebration of the Sacrament.
Worship is at the heart of Anglicanism. Its styles vary from simple to elaborate, from Evangelical to Anglo-Catholic, and from Charismatic to Traditional.
Baptism with water, in the name of the Trinity, unites one with Christ and the Church. Other rites include Confirmation, Holy Orders, Reconciliation, Marriage, and Anointing of the Sick.
*The "Book of Common Prayer" has been replaced in New Zealand by "A New Zealand Prayer Book / He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa" for most services of worship in New Zealand churches. Those services where the Book of Common Prayer is used are annotated "BCP".
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