Our Anglican Heritage
Overview
This book is an essential guide to the Anglican tradition for anyone who has ever wondered what Anglicanism-the largest Protestant denomination in the world-is all about. Now fully updated and significantly revised, this second edition of Our Anglican Heritage gives voice to the strong and vibrant evangelical roots of Anglican Christianity.
Events at the start of the twenty-first century have threatened to tear the Communion apart. The authors of this book, both Episcopal clergy, each responded to the crisis in different ways. One, a bishop, chose to stay in the Episcopal Church. The other chose to lead his congregation out of the Episcopal Church and into another Anglican Province. This book is a reflection of the strong faith and heritage they still share, and a recommitment to the biblical principles that still undergird and enliven Anglicanism.
Top Highlights
“This cord of three strands (Scripture, Tradition, Reason) has helped define Anglican Christianity for centuries. It is proven time and again to provide a way forward that is conservative and liberal, progressive and traditional. It is often referred to as a three-legged stool, but that is a static and small metaphor for such a dynamic and life-giving insight.” (Pages 33–34)
“take, believe that God is honored through excellence and well-conceived space.” (Page 48)
“Anglicans have largely decided that Jesus’ words are ambiguous touching the actual, metaphysical makeup of the bread and wine. His words, however, made it crystal clear that his followers are to eat this meal regularly, in honor of him, in full expectation that he will be present, in peace and harmony with the rest of the body, and that doing so in some way ‘proclaims the Lord’s death until he comes [again]’ (1 Cor 11:26).” (Pages 88–89)
“From this time on, if a person or group wanted to establish the veracity of their claims, they no longer tended to appeal to ‘The Church’ as the final authority but to ‘The Academy.’ Credibility no longer resided solely, or even primarily, with those who held ecclesiastical credentials, but instead those with academic credentials.” (Page 15)
“At its core, the English Reformation was an effort to maintain the church’s catholic (or ‘universal’) heritage while at the same time reasserting its independence from the Roman Catholic Church.” (Page 2)
Praise for the Print Edition
I very much hope that all of you will read this excellent little book, Our Anglican Heritage. It is clear, it is forthright, it is well written, it is pungent, it is faithful, it is courageous.
—Rev. John R.W. Stott, rector emeritus, All Souls Anglican Church
In a way one could say that Christ Church, Plano was built on the first edition of Our Anglican Heritage. Ever since I read it twenty-five years ago, it has been the staple that we recommend and give to all of our new members. In its new edition, the authors have done it again. They have given the church a clear and compelling account of what Anglicanism is, where it came from, and how it can be a trusted, magnificent, and reliable way of living out the Christian Faith.
—The Rev. David H. Roseberry, rector, Christ Church, Plano, TX
The publication of a new edition of Bishop Howe’s Our Anglican Heritage is an event to be celebrated! Anglicanism can only be understood through its history, and here is a readable, fair, and concise account of that history. Clergy and laity alike should rejoice that this resource is available to them in a revised and updated form. Full marks to Bishop Howe and Dr. Pascoe for this excellent and much needed piece of work!
—The Very Rev. Philip Turner III, vice president of The Anglican Communion Institute
- Title: Our Anglican Heritage: Can an Ancient Church Be a Church of the Future?
- Authors: John Howe, Samuel C. Pascoe
- Edition: Second Edition: Updated and Revised
- Publisher: Cascade
- Print Publication Date: 2010
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Pages: 258
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Anglican Communion; Church history; England › Church history--16th century; Anglican Communion › Doctrines; Episcopal Church › History; Homosexuality › Religious aspects--Anglican Communion
- ISBNs: 9781608994892, 1608994899
- Resource ID: LLS:RNGLCNHRTG
- Resource Type: text.monograph.church-history
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:47:13Z
About the Authors
The Right Reverend John Howe is the Episcopal Bishop of Central Florida. With his wife Karen he coauthored Which Way?: A Guide for Young Christians, along with numerous articles. He is the author of the first edition of Our Anglican Heritage (1976).
The Reverend Dr. Sam Pascoe is an Anglican priest serving as resident clergy at Jacksonville Anglican Fellowship. He was an Episcopal priest for over twenty years, serving churches in Virginia and Florida. He left the American Episcopal Church in 2006 and is now a member of the Anglican Church in North America. He is the author of Buried Alive, a study of the Anglican Articles of Religion.
