tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post4390969716485740224..comments2024-03-29T17:55:30.203+13:00Comments on Anglican Down Under: Being Anglican, early 2020Peter Carrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-43987031116326024202020-03-05T10:01:27.665+13:002020-03-05T10:01:27.665+13:00I agree with you, Bishop Peter, on this statement ...I agree with you, Bishop Peter, on this statement in the thread:<br /><br />"There is absolutely no reason to be complacent about the future because there is no reason to think the aggressive and corrosive growth of secularism in our society will cease. But there are reasons to hope that the future for "being Anglican" is bright."<br /><br />My chief reason for believing that the Church will not fail (Anglicans being just a part of the Body of Christ) is the Lord's commissioning of Peter: "You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church and the gates of Hell will not prevail against it". <br /><br />The Church is thus a divine institution; not limited to the power of its human membership to survive. This is the difference between a purely human institution and the sacramental life of the Body of Christ. While the Sacraments of the Church are being celebrated, and the Gospel (Good News) of redemption is preached, God's Church will survive its surrounding cultures - like the salt of the earth and like the yeast in the loaf.<br /><br />"Through All Eternity You are God". "Deo gratias".Father Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17062632692873621258noreply@blogger.com