The majority of Calvinists appear to be either Presbyterians of different flavors or Reformed Baptists of one kind or another. It's rare to hear of an Episcopalian or an Anglican who is Calvinist, other than J.I. Packer maybe.
I've found only one explicitly Calvinist or Reformed expression of Anglicanism here in the US and that would be the Traditional Protestant Episcopal Church, which is itself a split from the Reformed Episcopal Church. I take it there is a similar church in England called the Church of England (Continuing). Both denominations reject apostolic succession but hold to a loose episcopal form of church polity and stick to a plain interpretation of the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion, which are clearly Protestant if not overtly Calvinistic. But I might add that the Articles do include a section outlining double predestination.
Anyway, I'm pleased to note that the blog readership is growing. May God grant the increase of His church through His many graces. Amen.
Addendum: This was written several years ago. Since that time I did more investigation. Unfortunately my investigation produced evidence that the Traditional Protestant Episcopal Church is actually a hodge podge of Calvinism, high church Arminianism, and certain Anglo-Catholic emphases. The use of the 1928 Book of Common Prayer rather than the 1662 BCP is problematic precisely because of the Anglo-Catholic doctrines incorporated into the prayers and services.
Furthermore, since that time the TPEC has merged with the Anglican Orthodox Church headed by Bishop Jerry Ogles. The AOC has no doctrinal statement that nails down any doctrinal position other than the the 39 Articles of Religion. Of course, if we follow the 39 Articles as they are plainly and logically stated that is a sufficient doctrinal statement. But when the 39 Articles become a wax nose that can be molded to justify high church Arminianism and Anglo-Catholicism then their logical propositions are flatly denied and the truth is obscured. Ambiguity, equivocal theology, and heterodoxy seems to be the modus operandi of the Anglican Orthodox Church.
Charlie J. Ray, August 17, 2013
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