ANGLICANISM, PART 1

As some of you may know, I grew up in a very conservative Anglican church. I was Christened as an infant, later baptized, Confirmed at age eleven and a half, after which I took my first taste of Holy Communion, all at the same church. Being Anglican is part of my proud heritage, so it irks me when others profess to label Anglicanism in ways that seem to contradict the Bible. Recently, I heard someone describe Anglicans as moderates. That is far from truth. A moderate is another word for someone God would describe as lukewarm (see Revelation 3:16). On the contrary, Anglicans have been the lifeblood of every major shift away from humanism and lukewarmness, and toward a more honest and robust relationship with God.