The Episcopal Church has often been criticized (or celebrated) for being noncommittal when it comes to matters of doctrine. In her defense, the church has bent over backwards to make room for all people and the varying degrees and combinations of belief and doubt we each might have. The term “broad” has been used in describing the spectrum of acceptable beliefs. It is a term that leaves the details of those beliefs to the theologians to hammer out. And while it is true that worshipping together and participating together in the life of the risen Christ are considered above all else, the Episcopal Church cannot be characterized correctly, however, as having no doctrine. We believe in God. We believe in Jesus Christ. We believe in the Holy Spirit. Of course, how we reflect those beliefs is also important. Our hope is that in living out what we believe we reflect God’s love above all other things.
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