Vatican told Mary document undermines Anglican teaching
The evangelical group Church Society has written to the Vatican rejecting the ARCIC report, Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ, published earlier this year. They feel the work by the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission undermines the historic Anglican teaching which Church Society seeks to uphold. Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ attempted to offer a compromise to Anglicans and Catholics over the role of the Virgin Mary.
It stated that Catholic teachings on the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption of Mary into heaven are consistent with Anglican teachings of the Bible. But David Philips, General Secretary of Church Society, disagrees with this claim and says that ARCIC have ‘caved in’ on any Anglican understanding of Mary and ‘backed up’ the Roman Catholic understanding instead. He said: “Roman Catholic teaching has no warrant in scripture and the Anglican Church’s teaching is that the...