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What is Anglicanism? There are many associations that come to mind. Whether it is the buildings, the unique history, the prayers, or church government, often we emphasize one aspect against others. Is the Anglican church a Protestant church with distinctive characteristics, or a Catholic Church no longer in communion with Rome? In Anglicanism: A Reformed Catholic Tradition, Gerald Bray argues...

the pre-Reformation period for guidance. The English Reformers either did not regard subjects like that as controversial, or, if they did, the subjects were not sufficiently central to their concerns to necessitate taking a particular position concerning them. As a result, modern Anglicans generally accept the essentially amillenarian approach developed by Augustine of Hippo in his great City of God, but this is seldom if ever central to Anglican theological interests, and if someone prefers another
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