KingdomCraft: Why I'm not Anglican

Music:
The first song is the music for Psalm 117 of the Genevan Psalter by Claude Goudimel. The lyrics to that can be found here:

The rest of the music is written by me.

[tonic-music]

"high church means churches looking like *this* and not like a barn house"
"anglo catholics who are basically just catholics who are more likely to be gay"
"came into history because Henry was horny and wanted to divorce his wife"

RZ really shooting shots at everyone today dang

[lucytuttle]

"Designed so that no one person has too much power." I went to a conservative Presbyterian church for 8 years. The senior pastor had a ton of power and basically no oversight. In the Anglican Church every priest is overseen by a bishop, who is overseen by an archbishop, who is overseen by all the other archbishops. And half of the archbishops just told the Archbishop of Canterbury that two men can't get married and he can pound sand as we send missionary priests into his jurisdiction.

[TheInvshika]

“Don’t poop at church.” – Redeemed Zoomer, 2022

[gymnasticsteamchina]

I am not sure that Anglicanism is as top down as you think. Anglican churches have a parish council, which is similar to elders. The Parish Council makes decisions about many aspects of the churches practical running. There is also state and national level synods, where lay representatives are sent to vote on decisions regarding legislation and theology.
There is also somewhat of a unifying document, which is the book of Common Prayer as well as the 39 Articles. Both of those set up a lot of Anglican theology and governance. Of course not all Anglican Churches are the same, and so some do not follow what I described,

[hmrobert]

The King is pointedly not head of the Church of England. He rather holds the carefully selected title of "Supreme Governor", because Christ is the only Head of the Church. The King is only exercizing Earthly authority over the Church, not spiritual authority as the Pope does.
While the separation of the Church from Rome bagan under Henry VIII, the real work towards modern Anglicanism began under his daughter, Elizabeth I, who oversaw the creation of the 39 Articles and the Book of Common Prayer.

[agentjs]

the second commandment is not intended to mean "you can't make any images of heavenly things, period" otherwise God would have been breaking his own commandment when he ordered the construction of statues of cherubim on either side of the Ark.

The purpose of the second commandment was specifically to forbid the creation and worship of idols, as the Israelites did when they built the golden calf. When we create images of Jesus, the intention is not worshiping that actual image. The image of Christ is supposed to lift our eyes and minds to God, not to replace God. That is why Catholics and Orthodox love their imagery so much. As humans, it's kind of part of our DNA to incorporate the senses into worship. It was done during the Old Testament temple worship, and we do it today. I have found imagery to be very beneficial to worship.

[majorminor]

Thanks for this! It's always good to see perspectives from the 'outside'.
While I could quibble with some of your definitions and history, I think you are right on most points.

Definitely having a (by all accounts) at best agnostic king is not where I would like my denomination to be, but to me, it just makes that prayer of 'God save the king' all the more important.

that being said, having bishops who refuse to use the scripture-soaked liturgies, to the point where faithful Anglicans are fleeing the denomination as quick as possible is worse, in my opinion.

Praying alongside you that God will bring a revival and reclamation of the mainline, and that we can be a part of that.

[aaronwilson]

I find listening to you, addicting. I have grown up in a pentecostal. Holiness group called the gospel assembly movement. You have answered so many questions without me asking your videos. Yes, I'm 55 year old man. Questions that most of my life. I have been afraid to ask. Most of what you say I agree with but I am slightly a synergist. Probably did not spell that, right. And I'm a dispensationalist. But I can't stop listening to you. And I have been investigating reformed theology and the reformation and where we came from. You kind of got me started in this. It is wild that you can put me on the edge of my seat listening to you. I do not have an argumentative spirit when we disagree. I want to hear More and see WHY we disagree and where the distributor came from n if it stands up to the Bible. Please keep up the good work. No, you do not offend me even when you kind of make fun of Things that I believe or have believed. Just keep up doing what you're doing. Have a wonderful thanksgiving and a new year and know that I am watching and listening, not arguing

[ArmedEducator]

“I can’t help but roast you because you’re the one who get least mad at me for it”

I died.😂😂😂😂

I mean I consider myself non-denominational, but I already understand non-denominational might as well be Baptist.

[joshc]

I think the Anglo-Catholic thing you said applies to Episcopalians not Anglo-Catholics

[Steve-ukp]

I am s "broad church" Anglican. We believe that High church and low church have important things to teach us. So Angicanism is even more nuanced than ppl think.

[YourFunkiness]

As an ACNA Anglican, I am not thrilled with my church leadership either.

[Mark_Jonas]

I’m sorry but that spiral staircase is horrendous

[marshimeak]

Next Video: Why I'm not a Methodist?

[tamassky]

20:48 That quote is actually attributed to Queen Victoria

[MissingTrails]

It is not fair to say that the Church of England "came into existence" as a result of King Horny VII. However, it is perfectly legitimate to say that the Church of England began to function independently of Rome as a result of King Horny VII. In my opinion, this is an example of God using the foibles of man for His purposes. A lot of bad came with it, but a lot of good has resulted. Just look at the Book of Common Prayer.

[jqjkmkj]

As a baptist thats spot on. So many good baptist jokes out there

[Steve-ukp]

Also icons in the churches have tradionally been an evangelical tool to the illiterate, not to mention seeing beauty in creation.

[watcherwlc]

I think you confuse Episcopals for Anglo Catholics. Anglo-Catholics are heavily traditional and conservative.

[wessbess]

Congregationalism does not mean the pastor runs the congregation, although it does happen sometimes. It means the congregation can vote they can actually vote out a Pastor. Generally, they have an elder board or a deacon board to serve as a check and balance.