[Faith-talk] anglicans

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I was attending a conservative Anglican church until it closed because of 
lack of membership last August. Now, I attend a Missouri Synod Lutheran 
Church. Both churches believe in the Nicene Creed as basic doctrin. 
Salvation is through Christ's death on the cross. He became sin for us so 
that God could see us as Righteous, that is, if we accept his salvation. We 
get it by asking Him into our lives and believing that He alone saves us, we 
can do nothing of ourselves for Salvation. One scriptural basis for this 
belief is Ephesians 2, verses eight and nine. Both churches believe in the 
God breathed, or inspired, inherent, infallible word of God. There is a 
verse in Revelation 20 or 21 that says cursed be anyone who adds to or takes 
away words from my book. That is serious stuff. One area where they differ 
is in Apostolic succession, the idea that priests are consecrated or 
ordained, and that their gift is directly descended through the apostles to 
Popes, and to both Catholic and Anglican priests. The church I now attend 
does not take this view. As to Communion, the Anglican church believes that 
it is both bread and wine, but also the body and blood of Christ. As to how 
it could be both, that is an unexplainable mystery. Read John 6 in order to 
hear Jesus Himself instruct his disciples to eat His flesh and drink His 
blood.