Received for the life of the world
Anglican worship gathers and forms the Church through Word, prayer, sacrament, and ordered ministry so that the whole baptized people may speak, embody, and serve the Gospel in the world.
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Received tradition, given faithfully
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A people ordered for faithfulness
Anglicanism receives bishops, priests, and deacons as ordered ministries serving the whole baptized people through apostolic continuity, communion, accountability, and mission.
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Anglican sacramental life receives Baptism and Holy Communion as gifts instituted by Christ, through which God joins us to Christ, nourishes his Church, and forms a life of holiness, hospitality, and love.
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Anglicanism characteristically receives, expresses, and inhabits its theology through common, liturgical prayer that enacts the received faith and forms the Church’s loves.
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Anglicanism receives Holy Scripture as the first and norming authority for the Church’s faith, read in the worship, doctrine, ministry, and common life of the Church.
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