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Amazing Grace: The Via Media in Ethical Action - Anglican (Micah 6:8)

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Wilberforce combined evangelical passion with political pragmatism, prophetic vision with parliamentary process. He did justice through legislation, loved mercy by caring for opponents, and walked humbly through decades of defeats before victory. Anglican application of Micah 6:8 embraces the via media: holding together prophetic and priestly, evangelical and social, personal and political. Justice, mercy, and humility must be practiced in both church and state, through both prayer and policy. The Lambeth Conferences have repeatedly called Anglicans to Micah 6:8 living.

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