It is worth pointing out that the Toleration Act still in principle upheld that all English & Welsh folks were CoE and subscribed to the 39 Articles. It only allowed some ministers & chapel to dissent from SOME of the 39 Articles (mainly on episcopacy and ordination by bishops).
Yes, absolutely (which, incidentally, is I think an interesting way to think about how to authorize dissent within the context of an established church).
I wonder if the attempts for unity are the result of realizing that certain modalities of the church are dying. Perhaps we are at a historical moment when we need to figure out new ways for being the church while keeping some institutional markers for history and the future. I am no church historian, yet I feel the church’s tectonic plates moving.
It is worth pointing out that the Toleration Act still in principle upheld that all English & Welsh folks were CoE and subscribed to the 39 Articles. It only allowed some ministers & chapel to dissent from SOME of the 39 Articles (mainly on episcopacy and ordination by bishops).
Yes, absolutely (which, incidentally, is I think an interesting way to think about how to authorize dissent within the context of an established church).
Its almost as if the Dissenters were a different rite within the Church of England. Like Latin & Greek rites among the Catholic Church.
I wonder if the attempts for unity are the result of realizing that certain modalities of the church are dying. Perhaps we are at a historical moment when we need to figure out new ways for being the church while keeping some institutional markers for history and the future. I am no church historian, yet I feel the church’s tectonic plates moving.