<sod>Broad church as an expression is now increasingly replaced by references in the [[Church of England]] to liberalism.  For example, [[Rowan Williams]], the former [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], in his "text of reflection" ''The Challenge and Hope of Being an Anglican Today'', released in 2006,<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://rowanwilliams.archbishopofcanterbury.org/articles.php/1478/the-challenge-and-hope-of-being-an-anglican-today-a-reflection-for-the-bishops-clergy-and-faithful-o|title = The Challenge and Hope of Being an Anglican Today: A Reflection for the Bishops, Clergy and Faithful of the Anglican Communion|date = 27 June 2006|accessdate = 13 May 2015|website = Dr. Rowan Williams, 104th Archbishop of Canterbury|publisher = |last = Williams|first = Rowan|authorlink = Rowan Williams}}</ref> described the three "components in our heritage" as "strict evangelical Protestantism", "Roman Catholicism" and "[[Liberal Christianity|religious liberalism]]", accepting that "each of these has a place in the church’s life".  These would broadly correspond to the low church, high church and broad church parties in the Church of England.  It has been suggested that "broad" tended to be used to describe those of middle of the road ceremonial preferences who leaned towards liberal Protestantism; whilst "central" described those who were theologically conservative, but took middle way in ritual. Broad churchmen might best be described as those who are generally liberal in theology, often culturally conservative, but also supportive of a broad, that is, comprehensive Anglican Church including Evangelical Anglican, "Middle of the road" or "vanilla Anglicans" or "central churchmen", liberal or "progressive" Anglicans, moderate high churchmen, and Anglo-Catholic Anglicans (though not fundamentalist on the one extreme nor papalists on the other). It is not possible to draw sharp lines between some of these traditions.<eod>
<sod>Broad church as an expression is now increasingly replaced by references in the [[Church of England]] to liberalism.  For example, [[Rowan Williams]], the former [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], in his "text of reflection" ''The Challenge and Hope of Being an Anglican Today'', released in 2006,<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://rowanwilliams.archbishopofcanterbury.org/articles.php/1478/the-challenge-and-hope-of-being-an-anglican-today-a-reflection-for-the-bishops-clergy-and-faithful-o|title = The Challenge and Hope of Being an Anglican Today: A Reflection for the Bishops, Clergy and Faithful of the Anglican Communion|date = 27 June 2006|accessdate = 13 May 2015|website = Dr. Rowan Williams, 104th Archbishop of Canterbury|publisher = |last = Williams|first = Rowan|authorlink = Rowan Williams}}</ref> described the three "components in our heritage" as "strict evangelical Protestantism", "Roman Catholicism" and "[[Liberal Christianity|religious liberalism]]", accepting that "each of these has a place in the church’s life".  These would broadly correspond to the low church, high church and broad church parties in the Church of England.  It has been suggested that "broad" tended to be used to describe those of middle of the road liturgical preferences who leaned theologically towards liberal Protestantism; whilst "central" described those who were theologically conservative, but took the middle way in terms of liturgical practices. Broad churchmen might best be described as those who are generally liberal in theology, often culturally conservative, but also supportive of a broad—that is, comprehensive—Anglican Church including Evangelical Anglicans, "Middle of the road" or "vanilla Anglicans" or "central churchmen", liberal or "progressive" Anglicans, moderate high churchmen, and Anglo-Catholic Anglicans (though not fundamentalist on the one extreme nor papalists on the other). It is not possible to draw sharp lines between some of these traditions.<eod>