About the Movement
A return to the historic Anglican formularies, for the renewal of the Church in our generation.
Beliefs
As a movement of conservative Anglicans, we strive to see the return of our varied synods to the truth, beauty, and wisdom of our heritage, retrieving what makes Anglicanism unique among all Christendom. By so doing, our hope in Christ our Lord is that the reunification of these varied synods will be more tenable. Anglicanism is not properly a via media of any sorts, rather a careful expression of the truths, mysteries, and beauty of the Christian Faith. We reject the errors of the present and seek to preserve this Reformed Catholicism. This preservation occurs through the recognition of Anglican Orthodoxy.
What do we believe?
On Holy Scripture:
Holy Scripture being the sole infallible rule of faith. Holy Writ as read through the Ancient Creeds, as expressed in the Prayer Book, as clarified in the 39 Articles, as taught in the Anglican Catechisms, as preached in the Books of Homilies, and as defended by the Anglican Divines.
On the Creeds:
These offer the necessary doctrinal guardrails against innovation and heresy. The Ancient Creeds (Apostles, Nicene, and Athanasian) and the Chalcedonian Definition.
On the Councils:
We affirm the first four Ecumenical Councils. The Christological clarifications of the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Ecumenical Councils are received insofar as they agree with the Holy Scriptures. (Fundamental Declaration of the Province).
On the Book of Common Prayer:
The 1662 Book of Common Prayer (along with the Ordinal, the 39 Articles of Religion, and the Catechism) is a unique source of agreement between the various synods and provinces within the Anglican Tradition, so it holds precedent in the preservation of orthodoxy. But other Prayer Books are also useful in these conversations.
On the Church Fathers:
We also listen to the orthodox voices of the Church throughout its history, from the Fathers to contemporary theologians and ministers.
On the Sacraments:
In the Sacraments of the Eucharist and Baptism being effectual signs of grace and God's will towards us, as ordained by the Lord Jesus Christ to be duly administered by the ministers of his Church.
On the Episcopacy:
In the Historic Episcopate as defined by the Apostle Paul, as developed in the Ancient Church, of the Fathers, and as preserved in the Reformed Catholic Church.
On the Liturgy:
In the Liturgy (the Mass and the Daily Office) as corporate expression of the beliefs of the Reformed Catholic Church.
What errors do we seek to reform?
The ever-growing liberalism that has taken root in Anglicanism which led to a departure from the Catholic Faith. This has expressed itself in particular ways which we reject:
- ✦The ordination of women as presbyters and bishops.
- ✦The affirmation of homosexual marriage.
- ✦Novel interpretations of Scripture and Tradition that minimize sin. (Universalism).
- ✦The rejection of Christ as the only way of salvation. (Pluralism).
- ✦Scholarship that calls into question the veracity and reliability of the Deposit of Faith. (Skepticism and Deconstruction).