Hudson Barton who blogs at Anglo-Reformed Anglicans in the Wilderness offers his assessment of the ACNA revision of the Nicene Creed.
Last week, the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) released their revision to the Book of Common Prayer. It includes sections for Morning/Evening Prayer, Holy Communion and the Ordinal.
The most controversial part was the Nicene Creed which forms a part of the Holy Communion service. The excitement concerned whether they were going to remove the "Filioqué clause", which had been a part of Anglican tradition for over 400 years. In the end, it was not removed, or perhaps we should say it was half removed (more on that later). The real story however is all the other changes that were made.
The following is a simple reflection on six places where ACNA's revised Nicene Creed does not reflect the settled view of Scripture or of the Anglican formularies (1662 Book of Common Prayer and the 39 Articles). Instead, it follows the 1979 Episcopal Prayer Book which in turn followed the "International Consultation on English Texts" which was a co-venture of many mainline churches including the Roman Catholic Church back in the early 1970's. Keep reading
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