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Ten things that could land your vicar in trouble

BBC News

Friday 18 February 2005, 11:13 am
Keywords: Christian Topics , News Articles

The prospect of heresy trials for Church of England vicars who don't believe key doctrines has been raised this week, following a vote in the church's House of Laity.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4273377.stm

Mark says:

The real problem is that only three of the ten topics raised are agreed on by most orthodox Christians: the existence of God, the Virgin Birth, and the Ressurection. Only those truly apostate deny these articles.

But the remaining topics, theological issues like predestination, baptismal regeneration, and purgatory, form the traditional fault lines between Catholics and Protestants, Calvinists and Arminians, Lutherans and Reformed. While the Church of England might stipulate a particular stance for their clergy, opinion within the wider Christian community allows for variation and disagreement. Even the feedback appended to this article notes that the Church of England's 39 articles are are imposed only on their clergy, not on their laity, who are apparently free to believe whatever they'd like.