Krikščioniškojo Pašaukimo Aspektai Anglikonybėje
Aspects of the Christian Vocation in Anglicanism

Summary/Abstract: This article reviews distinguished Anglican views on the contents and scope of the Christian vocation and reveals characteristic aspects of the Anglican Christian vocation. Theological thought in the Anglican tradition differentiates into two trends, respective of the provisions by the High Church and Low Church. The first is closer to Catholicism and corresponds with much of the Catholic doctrine. The second represents the greater portion of the Anglican community – it reflects the view that is more characteristic of Protestants. Politics and religion as well as the secular and sacral were matters that, from the very start, Anglicanism began comprehending as one entity to which every believer must commit according to personal abilities. Thereby social activism became an integral component of the Christian vocation. Anglicanism understands of the Catholic Church institution of the Pope as an element of Christian stagnation interfering with an authentic realization of the Christian vocation along with its evolvement. Since it considers that the Pope represents a distorted Christianity then, by the same, he interferes in the realization of a vocation not only for the individual but also for the entire Church: a Church that is ruled by a pope cannot be what God called it to be.

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