About the Liberal Anglican Community

AN INDEPENDENT AND FREE COMMUNITY

The Liberal Anglican Community is an Independent and Self-Governing Community. It preaches the teachings of Christ and administers the sacraments which are regarded as channels of His blessing. It is a Community in which there is intellectual and religious freedom and a natural balance between ceremonial worship, devotional aspiration, scientific and mystical thought.

It uses a revised liturgy in the language of the country, a liturgy designed to sound a note of joyful and uplifting aspiration. The Liberal Anglican Community welcomes all and sundry to its services, those who have faith and those who have lost faith; those who believe in the literal exposition of Scripture and those who accept the allegorical spiritual interpretation. Above all, it desires to serve those who earnestly seek spiritual truth.

FREEDOM OF BELIEF

The Liberal Anglican Community erects no barriers around its altar. All who come in a spirit of reverence are welcome to the Holy Eucharist and to all other services of the Community. The opinions or beliefs that an individual holds are considered his own business. The mind that is free is in the best condition to grow. Growth in spirituality improves the perception of the truth that each one must discover for himself and in his own way. It is believed that anything other than in freedom retards progress. Therefore, the difference between the Liberal Anglican Community and all other Catholic and Protestant communities lies in the fact that with the ancient sacramental worship has been associated the fullest measure of freedom of feeling and thinking, and respect for the individual conscience.

RELIGIOUS BALANCE

The Liberal Anglican Community seeks to give the world the best elements, on the one hand, the sacraments; and on the other hand, spontaneous worship without losing the center of the great mystery of the Christian faith that is the Holy Eucharist.

HOLY ORDERS

The Priestly Order of the Liberal Anglican Community is derived (in ascending order) through the Liberal Catholic Church, and from the Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands (a member of the Union of Utrecht in Full Communion with the Anglican Communion and the Archbishop of Canterbury through the Bonn agreement of 1931), which became independent of Rome in 1870. Through this Apostolic Succession, unbroken since the time of Christ, the Liberal Anglican Community aligns itself with the historic Church in centuries past. Vocations of both men and women are accepted. The Priest does not claim any authority over the individual conscience of people; rather, emphasis is placed on their role as ministers of the Divine Sacraments, ready to serve those who may ask for or need their help.

The Liberal Anglican Community is autonomous and independent of any religious organization.