(September 1, 2012 at 10:01 pm)CaseyTheAthie Wrote:(September 1, 2012 at 9:52 pm)greneknight Wrote: I think my vicar and bishop are more suited to answering questions like who is or is not a Christian. They know my position and they have no problem with me as a Christian. My vicar warns me to be careful of fundamentalists and atheists who will say I'm not a Christian. Only my church has the right to declare if I'm a communicant of the church. Atheists, non-conformists and even other Anglicans have no right or jurisdiction over my diocese.
I find this part really interesting. Do you not have a right to declare yourself any of these?
Of course I do. I know I am a Christian and a pretty devout one too considering my service to the church since I was 5. But some people think I'm not. So, I'm saying, faced with such a dispute, the Church is the best arbiter of these things. Of course ultimately, it's still for the CHurch to decide who is a Christian. Someone can call himself a Christian but the Church doesn't accept it, he's NOT.
