All You Need to Know About an Orthodox Anglican Church

Posted by MichaelCawthon on January 4th, 2020

The Orthodox Anglican Churchis defined as the American assembly of the OAC or the Orthodox Anglican Communion. It bears many similarities in terms of doctrine and churchmanship as the Continuing Anglican Movement; however, the origins of the church predate the said movement’s beginning, not to mention the church being publicly critical of the same movement when it was first founded in the late 70s. TheOrthodox Anglican Church traces its history back to the early 60s. It was founded by a group of Episcopalians who upon withdrawing from the Episcopal Church established a new, conservative, low-church alternative, hence the incorporation of Orthodox Anglicanism.

The Orthodox Anglican Church believes that the Bible is God’s written word and that the Holy Scriptures of both the Old and New Testaments are ultimately divinely inspired and that they contain all things that are necessary to receive salvation through faith in Christ alone. Followers of the church adhere to various sacraments based on God’s Word, put in action. Among the dominical sacraments they follow are Holy Communion and Baptism, which Orthodox Anglicans believe to be Christ ordained for all Christians. They likewise believe that the Holy Sacraments and the Written Word are rightly proclaimed and joined together in the traditional editions of the Book of Common Prayer.

For Orthodox Anglican Church believers the Nicene Creed and the Apostles’ Creed ought to be taught in Church and received by the Faithful. They likewise believe that Christian marriage is a sacred bond between man and woman and that the Church’s Ordained Ministry is reserved specifically to godly men. They hold strong to the fundamental dogmatic tenets and principles of Orthodox Anglicanism as promulgated in the Ordinal and the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England.

TheOrthodox Anglican Church forms part of the Global Orthodox Anglican Communion with an ethos, worship, and mandate rooted in the truth of God’s Word in the Holy Scriptures as they are stated in both the Old and the New Testaments. Their sacraments are believed to be more than mere symbolic rituals—they are believed to be a means of grace.

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Saint Michael the Archangel Anglican Church is a multinational church for people who wish to worship within the admiration of Liturgical Anglican worship. In Saint Michael the Archangel Anglican Church, members come from different countries to worship “The One God”, as defined by Holy Scriptures “The lord is one”. It is said that, through the sacraments of his church, lord feeds the members with his Grace. Saint Michael the Archangel Anglican Church believes in maintaining the historic faith of the Church along with celebrating its glorious timelessness.