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  1. Albion

    Your religious beliefs

    No, but they all do have such a book and follow the historic liturgy fairly faithfully. The Anabaptist worship services and those of most other Protestant churches, on the other hand, bear very little similarity to the structure found in the historic worship service of the Western churches...
  2. Albion

    Your religious beliefs

    Ahh. Well, Anglican is something of a generic term. It can be applied to the Church of England in particular, but it's also accurate as a term of reference for any of the many other churches in the world that have the same heritage, etc. , both in the USA and elsewhere. Episcopal is the name...
  3. Albion

    Warning signs when calling a pastor?

    When being interviewed in front of the congregation--if that's part of the process in any particular church--it's amazing the range of emotions and etc. that the candidate is likely to exhibit. They easily come across as neurotic, very political, uncertain of their vocation, preoccupied with...
  4. Albion

    Your religious beliefs

    Oh, I don't think I'm irritated. Perplexed is probably more accurate. But either way I just thought I'd mention it for your benefit and for anyone who is likely to refer to the church in the future. Of course, you could always say "Episcopalian" instead and get by...and I think that's a more...
  5. Albion

    Would you support taxing churches?

    Churches are treated the same as secular non-profit organizations, and it would be difficult if not impossible to tax the churches without taxing all non-profits.
  6. Albion

    The need for Christ's sacrifice

    (responding to Lees who wrote this: Of course God could do that! If He were incapable of forgiving sin through the force of His own will, that would verge upon Him ceasing to be God. In addition, your statement confuses forgiving sin with Him supposedly just ignoring it. ' It is rudimentary...
  7. Albion

    Do you wear a cross or a crucifix?

    It's ridiculous to keep trying to argue that that's the most common reason, however. :rolleyes:
  8. Albion

    Your religious beliefs

    Hi, Fritz. If it was but a misspelling, I apologize for mentioning it. However, I run into this often. It's common for people to think that the name of the church is Angelican, as though it's based on something to do with angels, and that it's pronounced like An-jell-i-can. :giggle:
  9. Albion

    Your religious beliefs

    It's "Anglican," not "Angelican." You know, as in Angle (or Anglo) land, from which we get the word "England." Yes, The Episcopal Church is the largest of the Anglican churches in the USA. That's a view that's sometimes advanced, yes. However, it's not that simple. Anglicanism is, by its...
  10. Albion

    Do you wear a cross or a crucifix?

    FWIW, I don't care for the continual attempt to sideline the discussion like that, but the idea that wearing a crucifix rather than a cross minus corpus will surely signal that the wearer is a Christian whereas wearing a cross doesn't do that is just ridiculous. Everyone here knows Baptists or...
  11. Albion

    Your religious beliefs

    Let's concede that point, although I don't think myself that the comparison is as strong as you must. The more important point, which I made before, is that the suggestion that it's Lutherans who automatically fill this role, and no one else, is what's most curious. But while there is a real...
  12. Albion

    The need for Christ's sacrifice

    Well, I didn't say that there was a need for a Crucifixion. But at the same time, there is a good reason for having Jesus be crucified. Crucifixion was a common feature of Roman life and was seen as particularly gruesome and shameful even by standards of that time, so for the unfolding of the...
  13. Albion

    The need for Christ's sacrifice

    Your question is more than reasonable, and other believers have wondered the same thing. In brief, what I think we need to keep in mind is that much of the saga of the fall of mankind and the redemption of it by the direct act of God in Christ is a sacred drama that "is what it is" largely in...
  14. Albion

    Do you wear a cross or a crucifix?

    Pretty close to it. Look at what you wrote (emphasis mine)-- That statement is suggesting that the person who's making his decision on crucifix vs. cross is yielding to some pressure from other elements in society and not simply making his own free choice for any of a number of possible...
  15. Albion

    Your religious beliefs

    That would be what most Protestants of any denomination would say was their own church's approach.
  16. Albion

    Your religious beliefs

    As I said, I was referring to Lutherans I know personally and who have commented on the idea that is reflected in the quote we're discussing here. One pastor, in fact, asked his people (in my presence) if it wouldn't be a good idea for all of them to begin referring to themselves as "Lutheran...
  17. Albion

    Your religious beliefs

    That's interesting. ...and that's the point. Lutherans invented Protestantism and are Protestant in every respect EXCEPT, perhaps, for the fact that they retained much of the external characteristics of the Roman Church--the liturgy, church calendar, vestments, and so on. So to say that...
  18. Albion

    Your religious beliefs

    Different from one or the other parent, yes. In almost every instance, my religious belief is in accord with one or the other of them. Therefore, I might say I'm either in step with "my parents" (meaning at least one of them) or always at odds with "them." ;)
  19. Albion

    Your religious beliefs

    Must be something that Lutherans love to hear and retell. I mean no offense, but the story doesn't make sense.
  20. Albion

    Do you wear a cross or a crucifix?

    Could be. After all, we don't know what the reason may be for any stranger who's passing by to be wearing either a cross or a crucifix. You and others may guess that it means that person is a Roman Catholic, and the next person may assume that it's just an attractive adornment, as Josiah...
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