Follow-Ups to Answer from Expert The Ven. Dr. Brian A. Evans

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San Patricio Farrier wrote at 2009-03-02 19:46:46
Howdy y'all, jus' a wee correction here- Consubstantiation means that Christ is IN or near the Eucharist, which is what most traditional Lutherans believe, not that the Eucharist "represents" Christ.  I can't speak for what Anglicans believe, but Anglican teaching is that Transubstantiation does occur at the consecration.  Also, while historically speaking the Episcopalians would be the American branch of the Anglicans, it is totally innacurate to say the they are the same today.



God bless,



Robbo

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Justin Weaver wrote at 2010-04-05 05:10:24
Dear Kelly,



Another key book regarding Anglicanism would be Vernon Staley's The Catholic Religion: A Manual of Instruction for Members of the Anglican Communion.  It dissects the Anglican church's history and has all the facts regarding beliefs and worship. Episcopal churches vary ours is very conservative, does not have female priests and also believes that the homosexual Bishops are living outside of the sacrament of marriage and are therefore part of the schism within the church today.  To follow up with Brian, the Church's tinderbox moment certainly was the divorcing of Henry's wife however there were many things leading up to that including the abuses of the Catholic church (including the selling of indulgences, rogue friars, foreign Bishops being appointed who could not tend to their flocks because they didn't live in country, the Papal Tax, and payment for office to name a few) that became prevalent in the middle ages and to lend the entire history of the Anglican church to that moment is simple at best.  The church existed in England and Ireland from the first century on and has a rich history.  Our church to this day still is in our view a member of the "one holy catholic and apostolic church."  It is hard to simplify the connections.  We also absolutely believe in transubstantiation, that the bread and wine are the body and blood and that that is one of the Holy Mysteries which we cannot explain.  We look to the Pope as a Bishop among Bishops just as the Orthodox church to the east with their presiding Bishops still look to Rome for guidance, and the hope is that one day they can all join back together and be again unbroken.  God Bless you both! An interesting topic that obviously lends itself to more than a paragraph or two.



Justin

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Seth wrote at 2010-11-23 18:53:31
There are different degrees of Eucharistic theology within Anglicanism. Some believe in consubstantiation, which is the belief that the body and blood are truly present along side the bread and wine. Some believe in a Zwinglian style, that it's symbol only. And some, known as Anglo-Catholics, believe as I do, we believe in transubstantiation.  

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