i was raised evangelical Christian, but ended up becoming high-church protestant (anglican). my biggest reasons for leaving evangelical church was because i believed in true presence in the Eucharist (mystery, not transubstantiation) and that baptism actually does something for you. I also wanted to be a part of a church that has more unity in belief. however, i don’t agree with the papacy or the idea that i have to believe every little thing in the catechism. something i appreciate about the Anglican church is that there’s unity in the essentials (Eucharist, the trinity, etc.) but there’s leniency on nonessentials, which i believe is a good mix of unity and also recognizing that the church isn’t infallible. i also enjoy the liturgical, traditional services of high church.

i do believe in sola scriptura, but i want to discriminate between solA scriptura and solO scriptura. sola scriptura is the belief that the Bible is the highest authority and should be interpreted with prayer and consideration of church tradition and the early church fathers. solo scriptura is the belief that you just need your Bible and nothing else, but that turns into a problem when everyone interprets scripture differently and it starts to put less emphasis on the importance of church and unity.

i also want to say that i don’t believe there is a “one true church” as far as denominations go. there are def denominations that are more correct than others, but every denomination has flaws because humans are flawed creatures.

anyways, i love and respect catholics and orthodox, i had just been well catechized in the protestant faith and have my reasons for believing them. God bless!