Free to Do Otherwise [Commentary on Browne: Article X] — The North American Anglican

Long-time followers of this site know that this is a very serious issue with me. As I explained in my post/video Liturgy, Pentecost, Wesley and the Book of Common Prayer, Part I: What is a Liturgy?, I do not believe that Anglicanism–and by extension those churches founded on Wesleyan theology, such as Holiness and Pentecostal churches–can be considered truly Reformed. By that I mean that both election and perseverance must be absolute. If nothing else the existence of penitential rites (a common feature of Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer and the Holy Communion) mitigates against absolute perseverance. I look at this issue from a slightly different perspective in my post What I Learned About Approaching God From the 1928 Book of Common Prayer.

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