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Old 10-13-2008, 07:50 PM
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The doctrinal standards of the Anglican Church are the 39 Articles of the Church of England and can be viewed at Anglicans Online | The Thirty-Nine Articles However with the woeful state of Anglicanism I could not imagine too many Anglicans being familier with their own standards.

In the past there have been martyrs like Thomas Cranmner, Hugh Latimor and Nicholas Ridley. Bishop Leighton and Richard Baxter were Anglican whilst George Whitefield and the Wesleys belonged to the Church of England whilst young men. There was also people like Charles Simeon, John Newton and many other influencial 18th century Anglicans. But it seems to have been downhill all the way since with some exceptions such as JC Ryle during the latter part of the 19th century.

The Anglican communion is in turmoil and personally speaking if I were an Anglican I do not think I could remain within the church with its rank liberalism and its moves on ordaining gay clergy. Like any mixed denomination some individual congregations may be OK but they are a declining bunch.
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