The Doctrine of the Canons of the Anglican Church in North America

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[The Heritage Anglican Network] 20 June 2009--Canons are not just rules by which a church operates. They are statements of the doctrines that the church holds. They define what the church members are expected to believe and what the clergy are expected to teach. In the case of the canons of the Anglican Church in North America they also define what other “entities” with whom the church may enter into relationship must believe. Canons may also express a particular doctrine without putting it into the form of a statement.

In this article I will be examining a number of the provisions of the canons of the Anglican Church in North America that indicate the position that the canons take on specific doctrinal issues of concern to Anglicans. I will be taking a look at the implications of these provisions. My examination of the canons will not be exhaustive. It will be confined six canons but it will consider in one case how the other canons express a doctrinal view different from the doctrine stated in that canon.

To read the rest of the article, click here.
To read the previous article, "The Doctrine of the Constitution of the Anglican Church in North America, click here.
To read a series of proposed amendments to the ACNA constitution withexplanatory notes, click here.
To read a series of proposed amendments to the ACNA canons with explanatory notes, click here.