Anglicans believe that Christ is fully offered in the sacrament of Holy Communion ("effectual signs of grace"); it's far more than a memorial or symbolic meal. We understand that real presence is his spiritual presence spiritually experienced in the believer's heart when they receive Christ again by faith with thanksgiving.

Hopefully he encouraged you to tell your people how these essentials are at the very heart of our sacramental theology and Prayer Book worship. I hope that he mentioned to you in his admonition to commemorate the Reformation this Sunday that the reformers were willing to live and die for the evangelical essentials of Holy Scripture as stated in the historic Anglican formularies: the two books of Homilies, the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion, and the 1662 Book of Common Prayer.

Each of these sins can be argued directly from natural law, yet there are no squabbles between general and special revelation. Christians must be able to defend the sanctity of monogamous, male-female marriage and the beauty of chastity against the pagan practices of the modern age, so what follows is a biblical and theological response to polygamy, pedophilia, and incest.

Polygamy (Nonmonogamous Partnerships)

The Apostles' Creed's purpose is not to replace the Bible, nor to be the only creed for the church, nor to reduce Christian truth to its statements. Rather, it summarizes biblical doctrine and is meant to be recited corporately by followers of Jesus. Its affirmations are necessarily part of Christian doctrine, and all three branches of Christianity affirm it (although not with the same interpretation of every aspect).