tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8208721004636107133.post4353591764044529489..comments2023-09-22T13:39:09.182-04:00Comments on Sacramental Living: Church of England R.I.P.?Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13862813250972201006noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8208721004636107133.post-73001975683837345262008-07-25T12:11:00.000-04:002008-07-25T12:11:00.000-04:00Then no, I would not agree that the Anglican Churc...Then no, I would not agree that the Anglican Church is trying to change culture, but to conform to it. In any church that goes astray there is usually a remnant that remains faithful, and that is what many in the C of E want to change, not the culture.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13862813250972201006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8208721004636107133.post-87315453528279210492008-07-25T10:05:00.000-04:002008-07-25T10:05:00.000-04:00I understood the point very well.I understood the point very well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8208721004636107133.post-33129947498105397562008-07-25T01:08:00.000-04:002008-07-25T01:08:00.000-04:00Thank you for your comment. The point of view of ...Thank you for your comment. <BR/>The point of view of the author was that the culture should transform the church, not the church transform the society. I think the Church of England has been transformed by the culture; a hedonistic, materialistic, patronizing culture, (I'm speaking in generalities, of course). The point at which I would agree with the author is that when the Church of England wants fellowship with the Anglicans in the south who still trust the Bible as God's Word, there must be conflict.<BR/>It is always a temptation of any church to fit the culture in which it exists. We see this in Russia where the Orthodox Church is in a mutual supportive position with the authoritative government as well as here in the west where certain churches align themselves either with the political left or right. Unlike the author of the article, I find this dismaying and I try to weed out those tendencies in myself. It is difficult.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13862813250972201006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8208721004636107133.post-20015624574692926012008-07-24T18:57:00.000-04:002008-07-24T18:57:00.000-04:00Isn't that the problem? That the anglican church ...Isn't that the problem? That the anglican church is trying to transform culture. The inability to act may be the only thing protecting the rest of us from the devastating effects of their moral ambiguity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com