'due to its Anglican heritage a lot of that is promising to uphold the C of E’s own Book of Common Prayer and Thirty-Nine Articles.'
Er, which of course is what all clergy, including bishops, promise to do. And yet we have an archbishop still in post who publicly contradicted the doctrine of the C of E, and refuses to retract that. Which is why we are in this mess in the first place. The politics of the protest are interesting, but it is a bit like commenting on the key in which the fiddle is playing while the doctrine of the C of E burns.
Tactile apostolic succession ('bishops who are ordained by bishops...and so on') isn't about some 'magic' that is passed on, but about ensuring that apostolic teaching is passed from one generation to the next. When bishops in the C of E no longer believe 'the doctrine of Christ as received by the Church' then not only does this provoke division and opposition—it makes apostolic succession a futile and empty gesture.
'due to its Anglican heritage a lot of that is promising to uphold the C of E’s own Book of Common Prayer and Thirty-Nine Articles.'
Er, which of course is what all clergy, including bishops, promise to do. And yet we have an archbishop still in post who publicly contradicted the doctrine of the C of E, and refuses to retract that. Which is why we are in this mess in the first place. The politics of the protest are interesting, but it is a bit like commenting on the key in which the fiddle is playing while the doctrine of the C of E burns.
Tactile apostolic succession ('bishops who are ordained by bishops...and so on') isn't about some 'magic' that is passed on, but about ensuring that apostolic teaching is passed from one generation to the next. When bishops in the C of E no longer believe 'the doctrine of Christ as received by the Church' then not only does this provoke division and opposition—it makes apostolic succession a futile and empty gesture.