A Reflection from an Anglican Priest on the Asbury Revival
Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 10:52PM
Embryo Parson in Anglican Spiritual Life, Asbury "Revival", Baptism, Benedictine Spirituality, Contemporary Christian Worship, Continuing Anglicanism, Convergence Movement, Eastern Orthodoxy, Eucharist, Historical Theology, Holy Scripture, Mysticism, Pentecostalism and Charismaticism, Reformed Episcopal Church, Revivalism, Roman Catholicism
"I think part of the disconnect here, even in how this was received by Anglicans, is that I am an Anglican and revival isn't really a part of my sacramental worldview. I've been repeatedly told that there is a difference between revivalism and revival, but I don't see it here. Revivalism emphasizes the experience, the emotion and the feelings. Sacramentalism emphasizes the objectivity of the covenant promises found in both scripture and the sacraments. If you don't have a
sacramental understanding of the church what else is there? Revivalism. So then of course a revival doesn't seem like an issue. But for me it is. The promise of the gospel is there whether you feel it or not. The efficacy of the sacraments is efficacious regardless of what you experience." - Fr. Ricky McCarl, REC
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