The Heritage Anglican Network: A Clear Flowing Stream

Robin Jordan said:

One concept that have [sic] been used to justify the befouling of the stream is the theory of the Anglican Church as a via media, or middle path. Tractarian, later Roman Catholic John Henry Newman first proposed this theory in the nineteenth century. Tractarian Edward Bouvrie Pusey would modify it and former Unitarian and one-time Tractarian Frederick Maurice would popularize it. In his theory Newman postulated that the Anglican Church was a middle path between Protestantism and Roman Catholicism. In Newman’s theory the path was actually dead center between Protestantism and Roman Catholicism but veered toward Roman Catholicism. Later Newman would reject the concept of the Anglican Church as via media as untenable, and would convert to Roman Catholicism. The Our Lady of Walsingham Personal Ordinariate in England and Wales has adopted Newman as its patron saint. In Pusey’s modification of Newman’s theory the Anglican Church was a separate branch of Catholic Christianity alongside of Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism. Maurice’s concept of the Anglican Church as a via media was more dynamic and future-oriented than Newman’s and Pusey’s. Maurice saw the Anglican Church as changing and evolving, moving progressively toward being a Church that would incorporate the best elements of the different traditions in Christianity. The Anglican Church would be the church of the future. Of the three theories, Maurice’s would grab the popular imagination.

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All Saints Church Dallas: Dallas, TX > Events > Tim Keller at Anglican 1000 Summit

It appears that Tim Keller is welcome among Anglo-Catholics. I guess that means he's not speaking out against the Tractarians?

All Saints Church adheres to the "convergence" view. In other words, there is nothing wrong with Anglo-Catholicism or the Charismatic movement. Why can't we all just get along?

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At All Saints Dallas we believe God reveals his love to us through the Scriptures, the Spirit and the Sacraments, the three streams of a life giving church.

All Saints Dallas is a Christ centered, Bible teaching, Spirit filled liturgical church. Upholding the Biblical and historic essentials of the Christian faith, all of the teaching, preaching and worship seek to offer a vibrant, living relationship with Christ. Here you can expect a rich, authentic worship experience and a thoughtful liturgy offering a connection to an ancient faith. You can expect to encounter the living God who leads, restores, heals and transforms our lives.

Sometimes we can be so "broad" as to become for all practical purposes just another latitudinarian church. Read "liberal". Additionally, R. Scott Clark has rightly pointed out the problem of using the triperspectivalist view as a method of doing theology. See R. Scott Clark on Tim Keller and Triperspectivalism.

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All Saints Church Dallas: Dallas, TX Events Tim Keller at Anglican 1000 Summit

To hear Tim Keller's talks for yourself, visit Anglo-Reformed.