Talk:Anglican doctrine

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	Expand the section on Unofficial doctrine to include paragraphs on Anglican doctrines derived from Liberal Christianity doctrines of Anglo-Catholicism and the Ritualist movement doctrinal developments of the 18th century, and the Great Awakening Write a section on doctrinal issues related to ordination of women Write a section on homosexuality doctrine Reference as many facts as possible Remove article stub tag I think the above items would be sufficient to remove the article stub tag. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 15:43, 29 August 2006 (UTC) Write a short list of books for further reading (this would also be helpful to editors to research new sections for the article) Rewrite the lead section as a summary of all the article Expand the pararaph on the doctrinal controversies related to Pietism and the Methodist schism Get linked from relevant articles elsewhere in Wikipedia Explain how some provinces have used church legislation to distance themselves from some implications of the Thirty-Nine Articles Expand the stub of E.L. Mascall Explain the Anglican ecclesiologies, as they were prior to the pastoral oversight experiments (probably in the 'unofficial doctrine' section) Write a section on the Nonjuring schism Expand the Book of Common Prayer section Expand post-reformation history of formal doctrine Review the list of notable contemparary advocates to ensure representative coverage Write a section on Anglican Eucharistic theology Write a section on the History of Calvinist-Arminian debate in Anglicanism Write about the doctrines of Anglican sacraments Write about the Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral Write about the Bangorian Controversy If you take on one of these tasks, please write “in progress” next to it and sign your name with ~~~~ (four tildes). If you want to pass on the baton for a task, just delete your in progress marker. When a task is done, just strike it out with <s> at the start of the line.

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Redlinks are on purpose, as I think there should be articles with those titles eventually. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 22:11, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Methodist schism

I am not convinced by the comment that the Methodist schism resulted from Arminian/Calvinist conflict. As far as I understand it, although there were (and still are) Calvinist Methodists, they do not represent the direct tradition of Wesley, whose views were as Arminian as those of the mainstream Anglicans. Wesley was himself an Anglican, and the schism was over quite different matters, such as the church's authority to appoint preachers and ordain ministers, and the bishops' deep suspicion of "enthusiasm". Myopic Bookworm 10:39, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Ok - deleted that bit. I had read it somewhere, but I can't remember where, and I thought it was uncontroversial. Like I said on the project talk page, this article is in desperate need of some good sources. By the way, I am puzzled by your phrase ... Arminian as those of the mainstream Anglicans. Had Arminianism become mainstream by the 18th century? I certainly don't hear much of it from Anglicans nowadays - though Predestination and Election don't seem to get talked about much anyway. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 14:01, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

I don't know what Anglicans you talk to. In the UK, in my experience, explicit Calvinist doctrine is restricted to the Evangelical wing of the Anglican church, and is not universal among Anglican Evangelicals. I think other Anglicans (whether liberal, middle-of-the-road, or high church) are broadly Arminian in theology, but frequently have not come across the term "Arminian" (because they think of the doctrine as simply "Anglican", and associate Calvinism with Scottish Presbyterians). Myopic Bookworm 15:38, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

I have mostly spoken with Evangelical Anglicans. Problem solved! --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 15:59, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Info for other articles

Contributions to Women as theological figures and Religion and politics welcome (or add to Christianity and politics if more appropriate). Jackiespeel 21:39, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Non-jurors

I'm not sure the non-juring schism is relevant, since it was more a matter of politics and personal conscience (was the oath of allegiance to James II binding after his deposition?) than any doctrinal issue. Myopic Bookworm 15:42, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

From what little I know about it, both the Jacobites and Williamites had distinctive theologies. At least one distinctive doctrine was the Divine right of kings - although that is partly a political doctrine. Also, I think oaths are particularly important in Anglican history, as they distinguished Anglicanism from some dissenting traditions, notably Quakerism, and actually became one of the 39 articles.

Anyway, non-jurors are quite low down the /to do list. We may never get there! --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 12:12, 8 September 2006 (UTC)