What Anglicanism Means T 0 Me

On November 19th, 1975, Father Tanton addressed what he calls the ”King's Divinity Students ” at The Atlantic School of Theology. His notesfor this talk are in outlineform on cards. They are reproduced here verbatim, and are typical ofthe notes he carried with him into pit/pits and other places where he was invited to speak

Thanks for the kind invitation to speak.

Have brought some notes & books, The little boy who said of the preacher reading his notes, “If he can't remember what he is going to say how does he expect us to."

"WHAT ANGLICANISM MEANS TO ME" 0r 'WHY I AM AN ANGLICAN."

The man at the political meeting, My father was a Liberal, my grandfather was a Liberal, so I am a Liberal. The excited drunk replied, My father was a bachelor, my grandfather was a bachelor, so I am a bachelor.

"WHY I AM AN ANGLICAN"

I am an Anglican by birth, upbringing and training, and continue to be an Anglican by conviction.

THE ROUTE BY WHICH I HAVE COME.

Inﬂuence ofhome. Father an Anglican, pro-British. Raised on the St. Paul Catechisms, in which emphasis is on the Historic Catholic reformed position of the Church, and Biblical foundation.

Mother - a combination of Presbyterian — Methodist background. She learned Catechism with her children in Church (after 20 years).

Inﬂuence of Parish Priest. Archdeacon White, rector for 26 years. The little things. Religion caught not taught. The candles and cruciﬁx in the vestry. Tensions in the deanery. LOYALTY TO THE CHURCH. Canon Malone an indirect influence. Years at College and influence of various persons. Mount Allison - Rector of Sackville and the AYPA.

KING'S COLLEGE. In 1930 at Liscomb - Norman Swain, a Public accountant, introduced me to the Anglo-Catholic movement (lived with the Swains after hospital in 1931).