Thursday, January 21, 2010

What are the Church of England's beliefs in sex before marriage?

and if you have anymore beliefs from the church please add them onto your answer.


Don't bother making up stupid beliefs because the chances are I won't find them remotely funny.What are the Church of England's beliefs in sex before marriage?
no sex before marriage.What are the Church of England's beliefs in sex before marriage?
Officially it disapproves.





The particular beliefs of the C of E are set out in the 39 Articles of Religion which are at the back of any copy of the Book of Common Prayer. In summary, it is mainstream protestant, and believes in predestination (Calvinism).





In practice it has a whole variety of beliefs within it, thanks to it being compulsory at one time to belong to the C of E to have an official state post or attend university (indeed at one time it was the only legal religion in England). So you get anglo-catholics who are only one step removed from actually being catholics, ranging all the way through liberals who seem to believe almost anything through to evangelicals who have a lot of common ground with methodists and baptists.





You've posted this from the American Yahoo site - think of the episcopal church: that's the American equivalent. The Anglican Communion worldwide is currently in convulsions over the ordination of women, and the C of E is currently debating how it can accommodate those who are against the ordination of women alongside those in favour. They have already voted in principle for women to become bishops, but cannot come to a conclusion as to how to make it work. I predict it will break up over this. It also can't make up its mind about homosexuality, if only because a number of its priests are homosexual.
Basically all Christian denominations think that it is wrong.

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