Liberal Anglo-Catholicism
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The terms liberal Anglo-Catholicism and liberal Anglo-Catholic (also Liberal Catholic) refer to people, beliefs and practices within Anglicanism
that affirm liberal Christian perspectives while maintaining the traditions culturally associated with Anglo-Catholicism
. The word "liberal" in this context refers to both a theological as well as a social liberalism.
. With regard to Christian Socialism, Frederick Denison Maurice said, "I seriously believe that Christianity is the only foundation of Socialism, and that a true Socialism is the necessary result of a sound Christianity." in 1849. Generally, liberal Anglo-Catholics will be social justice-minded. Jonathan Daniels, a seminarian of the Episcopal Church in the United States who died during the African-American civil rights movement, is a modern martyr for liberal Anglo-Catholics.
Liberal Anglo-Catholics allow the entirety of modern knowledge and research to inform their use of reason. Science and religion, for instance, are held to be legitimate and different methodologies of revealing God's truth. This also directly affects the liberal Anglo-Catholic's reading of scripture, church history and general methodology of theology. A metaphor is that theology for liberal Anglo-Catholics is a "dance" that allows people to slowly grow in an understanding of God.
In the UK the Affirming Catholicism movement is a home to many liberal Anglican Catholics.
Anglicanism
Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English...
that affirm liberal Christian perspectives while maintaining the traditions culturally associated with Anglo-Catholicism
Anglo-Catholicism
The terms Anglo-Catholic and Anglo-Catholicism describe people, beliefs and practices within Anglicanism that affirm the Catholic, rather than Protestant, heritage and identity of the Anglican churches....
. The word "liberal" in this context refers to both a theological as well as a social liberalism.
Social and theological liberalism
The social liberalism of liberal Anglo-Catholics can be seen in an association with Christian SocialismChristian socialism
Christian socialism generally refers to those on the Christian left whose politics are both Christian and socialist and who see these two philosophies as being interrelated. This category can include Liberation theology and the doctrine of the social gospel...
. With regard to Christian Socialism, Frederick Denison Maurice said, "I seriously believe that Christianity is the only foundation of Socialism, and that a true Socialism is the necessary result of a sound Christianity." in 1849. Generally, liberal Anglo-Catholics will be social justice-minded. Jonathan Daniels, a seminarian of the Episcopal Church in the United States who died during the African-American civil rights movement, is a modern martyr for liberal Anglo-Catholics.
Liberal Anglo-Catholics allow the entirety of modern knowledge and research to inform their use of reason. Science and religion, for instance, are held to be legitimate and different methodologies of revealing God's truth. This also directly affects the liberal Anglo-Catholic's reading of scripture, church history and general methodology of theology. A metaphor is that theology for liberal Anglo-Catholics is a "dance" that allows people to slowly grow in an understanding of God.
In the UK the Affirming Catholicism movement is a home to many liberal Anglican Catholics.