To have a greater appreciation for Anglicanism, one must not only read the history of, but read the works of those figures that shaped the Anglican Tradition. Lancelot Andrewes is one of those who's works should be read and thought upon.
http://anglicanhistory.org/andrewes/apo/giles1.html
Many post-modern types, who decry the traditional teaching of the Church as blind religious anti-intellectual fundamentalism and hold high the enlightened theology of theirs as brought about by their intellect. Yet they forget, they forget that men like Andrewes where themselves great intellectual powerhouses and that their intellect brought the Church closer to God and not try to remove God from the Church. Alas, the greatness of Andrewes intellect is in it he does not try to prove how great he was for his thoughts, but how great the Lord is. Compare that with those who call themselves theologians now, his work is devoid of the current narcissism and political activism and the propping-up of sin as acceptable Christian behavior.
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