tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post7164960577332433099..comments2024-03-29T04:31:15.219-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: High, Low, or Broad. . .Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-71778442952759151402014-03-20T22:33:22.666-05:002014-03-20T22:33:22.666-05:00Ugh! You linked to the hardcover edition of my boo...Ugh! You linked to the hardcover edition of my book, which is expensive. Your readers might like to try the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Worship-Wars-Early-Lutheranism-Congregation/dp/0195365844/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395372302&sr=8-1&keywords=herl+worship+wars" rel="nofollow">paperback edition</a> instead, which is considerably cheaper.Joe Herlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-2504634194945931712014-03-20T09:24:12.495-05:002014-03-20T09:24:12.495-05:00"It does not take a history geek to know that..."It does not take a history geek to know that from the time of Henry VIII the Church of England has had a somewhat split personality with respect to doctrine, structure, and worship."<br /><br />I believe the Pastor Peters is a bit wide of the mark in this statement. Henry VIII was a very orthodox catholic churchman– strictly what would be called high church. The title "Defender of the Faith" was given to Henry by the Pope in recognition of Henry's writings against Luther.<br /><br />The "split personality" of Anglicanism dates from the time of Elizabeth I. In her time, the Protestant Reformation was spreading rapidly in England. There was a great sense of division between those of a Catholic orientation and those of a Protestant orientation within the country. It seems that Elizabeth herself leaned slightly in the Catholic direction, but her biggest concern was national unity. She directed her counselors to work out whatever compromises were necessary to unify the nation. This compromise – the "split personality" of the Church of England, is known as the Elizabethan Compromise.<br /><br />Fr.D+<br />Anglican PriestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com