Pusey, Part 4

And so again you have the the vacuum that the

apathetic priests and bishops left in in in, in the

in the Church of England in society, which was being

filled with, you know, for virus and and wonderful evangelical

preaching at the expense of things like the theology of

the church.

And so Imp uses mind right on.

Do we see that in the sermon that we in

the sermons that we read, was that simple and on

sacrificing, printing and distributing of Bibles was not enough, right?

There was something mawr that was needed from from from

Christians, right.

There was something more that was in for Christians.

And so, for for pussy, the physical church is essential

for the flourishing of evangelistic efforts.

In other words, the missionary society is the church, and

that is a strong departure from his, uh, evangelical opponents.

And I use that word very loosely because, well, you'll

see why later, Um, for pussy, it is the church

that is the missionary society.

And so what are some of the points off of?

Quote unquote?

Pusey is, um, if you will first is a high

view of the sacraments, A very high the sacraments are

important. Second is a high view of Episcopal.

See, it is truly an order in ordinance of God.

E Remember where I read that?

But that's a quote from him.

I don't know if it was Mormon or Chadwick.

Third, that the high that the view of the high

view of the of the visible church as the body

in whom were made members of Christ you know, you

know, again, going back thio to the his readings of

the father's right outside of the church there is no

salvation. And in England, the Church of England is the

church. And so, in order for that for that to

occur, um, another For people to truly become members of

Christ's body, there need to be members of the church.

Fourth, high view of church authority regarding discipline, devotion.

Submit to your bishops as we do want to Christ,

right fixed at highview, visible parts of devotion.

So just ornamented ing.

So just ornamentation the church and and other types of

devotion. This is important because these are the church liturgical

out working off of one's faith and as we know

a liturgical are working is simply a ritualistic expression of

what is meant to happen outside of the church, right?

So if 11 uses devotions to speak to God in

the church, then the idea is that these are also

meant to be brought outside into the world so that

anything that you do is purely devoted to the honor

and glory of God and seventh reverence for the early

church instead of the reformers in regard to the views

of doctrine.

And so one of the reformers.

And, you know, Newman and others work characterized by their

strong dislike of the reformers, which, you know it is

what it is.

And probably eventually this is part of part of what

led them toe to believe that the Anglican position, as

it currently stood, was not appropriate, which then caused him

to leave later.

But again, the church is an essential part of missionary

of missionary efforts, because without the church, there is a

part that is missing.

And so again, the a quote from the sermon.

It is not by the easy on sacrificing multiplication of

copies of the written word, but by self sacrificing labor.

It is not by the written word on Lee but

through the word of God, living in and quickening his

chosen temples, sanctifying them and testifying his own presence by

the holy off the habitation, wherein he dwells.

So that's so great Work must be account accomplished.

In other words, part of what helps people helps draw

people to God is when they're able to stand in

awe off things that are beautiful of things that are

cruel. And the church is that right?

And this is why, um hey, you know, he he

wanted he sort of advocated for church churches to be

ornamented for for them to be stained glass windows when

it was characteristic of evangelical churches were there to be

completely simple and completely unadorned because the focus what's on

the word and and that wasn't a bad thing that

wasn't a bad, uh, inclination.

But for pussy, part of what helped people stand in

awe or understand themselves in God is by simply being

in awe off him by simply standing in a place

where they could be in awe of God and through

that being drawn to their reality as members of the

body. Uh, and you accomplish this through things such as

beauty. Having said that, though in West I will finish

my presentation overall, even he remained.

It's strong, strong, adhering to the Anglican to the Anglican

norms. Um, in fact, he says, I am, however, more

and more convinced that their is less difference between right

minded persons on both sides of these on board sides

than these often suppose that differences, which seemed considerable, are

really so Onley in the way of stating them that

people who would express themselves differently and think of each

other's mode of expressing themselves very faulty mean the same

truths under different modes of expression.

One of things that Owen Chadwick suggests is that the

zeal of the Oxford movement really was the same zeal

from the evangelical movement desire to fill a void, to

feel something that was missing within the church, and that

is a devotion to God and a turning back to

God. Eso that then, uh, there would be a change

in the people of England.

So, you know, at least according to some, both the

evangelical movement and the track Terrian movement are really just

two sides of the same coin.

And the point of this is to bring the word

of God into, you know, to the people and to

have people give their hearts to their Lord and to

turn all of who they are and be welcomed into

his presence, either through the hearing off the word or

to standing in awe of the word through beauty, through

sacraments and through liturgy.

Thank you.

Pusey, Part 4

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