A Brief Defense of “Conversion” Stories Sometimes I wish I lived in the Church of the first Millennia, before the Great Schism of 1054. Things would be a heck of a lot easier. One could say “I’m a Christian” and people would more or less know what you meant. I don’t live in that world;…
Is Anglicanism Catholic or Protestant?
Roman Catholic? Reformed? Protestant? Most American evangelicals experience a church world that is either protestant and Reformed or Roman Catholic. You have to be one or the other. For many, ‘catholic’ means “Roman Catholic”; ‘Reformed’ means “Calvinist.” “Protestant” means “Non-Roman Catholic.” The Eastern Orthodox churches in these discussions are largely unconcerned. Anglicanism, however, had a unique, rich history…
Confessing the Faith: Protestant Articles of Religion (Jerusalem Declaration 4)
In the previous essay, I examined the development of doctrine, especially as it pertains to the Councils and Creeds of the first five centuries.