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THIS IS A MUST READ POSTING BY THE MAD PRIEST
. . . Then Lake made this very striking prophecy: ‘The fundamentalists will eventually triumph. They will drive the Experimentalists out of the churches and then reabsorb the Institutionalists who, under pressure, will become more orthodox…The Church will shrink from left to right’.”
Read the whole thing: [...]
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George Conger writes:
The Anglican Communion has foundered and is ready to sink beneath the waves, bishops attending the 14th Lambeth Conference tell the IRD.
Charges of dishonesty and ignorance were exchanged during the first week of the conference, a gathering of the bishops of the Anglican Communion in Canterbury, England, that occurs every ten years. Attempts [...]
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CHRISTIANITY TODAY LIVEBLOG: Timothy C. Morgan at Lambeth, Canterbury, is reporting:
HENRY LUKE OROMBI, Archbishop and primate of Uganda, will have a commentary piece published in The Times of London, which will post online at 9 p.m. BST (British Summer Time).
Times religion correspondent Ruth Gledhill leaked word of this piece on her blog this afternoon. Here’s [...]
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The bishop begins:
Some people, understandably, look to Lambeth for a magic blueprint. I don’t see this happening:
See why: Bishop Alan’s Blog: Lambeth: Rabbit in the Hat? Good analysis. Something to understand and ponder.
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OUTSTANDING: Tobais Haller has written a fascinating piece that warrants our attention:
Two of the most common accusations directed these days at The Episcopal Church is that it tends towards a relativistic ethic and a universalist view of salvation. I’m concerned to clarify these terms a bit, for they seem rather vague. I tend, myself, towards [...]
Posted in Noted with Interest on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wounded Bird: Grandmère Mimi has some more humor for us with, “Doesn’t Take Much To Pass The Bar:”
ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn’t it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn’t know about it until the next morning?
WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
Read the whole list at Wounded Bird: “Doesn’t [...]
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LOCAL COVERAGE ONLY SO FAR?
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – A local theater group is off to England to perform for a gathering of the world’s Anglican bishops in Canterbury.
The acting troupe from Western Michigan University is putting on a play called Seven Passages, which critically examines bible verses about homosexuality.
Calvin College Professor Stephanie Sandberg wrote [...]
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Interest article on the Mennonites by James Jakob Fehr:
Depending on whether you see the glass half-empty or half-full, you can call this situation a chronic problem or the challenge of faith. It is a reflection of that most fundamental and yet difficult of theological concepts, God’s incarnation in Christ. Divine acts in human form? [...]
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Bishop Roskam is my bishop. This is what Martin Beckford, Religious Affairs Correspondent for the Telegraph had to say (did he write the headline?):
The Rt Rev Catherine Roskam, Suffragan Bishop of New York, said domestic violence is deemed acceptable in some parts of the world and that “even the most devout Christians” are guilty [...]
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OOPS: George Conger writes:
Canterbury: The Archbishop of Canterbury had no hand in inviting a deposed Ugandan bishop to address a scheduled session of the Lambeth Conference.
Dr Rowan Williams said he “wasn’t aware of this” invitation to the Rt Rev Christopher Ssenyonjo to participate in a self-select group scheduled for July 22 entitled “Disciplined Listening: [...]
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Nathan Empsall has this to say:
. . . Well, sir, it all depends on what you mean by “boundaries.” I readily acknowledge that the ordination of women and gays pushes the boundaries of typical understandings of the Church, but I do not for a second believe it pushes the boundaries of the Gospel. It [...]
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GREAT POST: Chuck Blanchard, vigilant as always for significant writings, has found this:
Martin Marty has a “Sightings” column on the ordination of women. The post focuses less on the merits of the ordination of women than on the argument that Cathoic doctrine is unchangeable.
(He quotes from Marty)
and adds:
Of course, many (but not all) items [...]
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I different point of view is expressed by the Mad Priest on his blog:
If there is any intelligent person left in the world who still needs convincing that The Grand Tufti is a man who knows a lot of long words and who can remember what other people say in books, but who has no [...]
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Here is one observation on the Archbishop of Canterbury’s address:
Much interesting discussion this morning about Rowan’s address last night. He laid out exactly what the position is, in terms of our people see each other from both sides of the divide. All I’d want to add is that the vast majority of people here are [...]
Posted in Noted with Interest on July 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ruth Gledhill reports:
Almost all of Britain’s social problems are caused by a loss of religion, the Chief Rabbi told Anglican bishops last night.
Societies without religion disintegrated and people succumbed to depression, stress, eating disorders and alcohol and drug abuse, Sir Jonathan Sacks told 650 bishops and their spouses in Canterbury.
Sir Jonathan, the first Chief [...]
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DUMB DEPARTMENT: The BBC reports:
A city council has blocked its staff from looking at websites about atheism.
Lawyers at the National Secular Society said the move by Birmingham City Council was “discriminatory” and they would consider legal action.
The rules also ban sites that promote witchcraft, the paranormal, sexual deviancy and criminal activity.
BBC NEWS | UK [...]
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George Pitcher of the Telegraph puts it this way (and that is the Telegraph’s headline):
Bishop Clive Handford, a former primate of Jerusalem and the Middle-east, struggles with describing how the working group he chairs is going to find a way to hold the Anglican Communion together.
This is hardly surprising, because there is much about the [...]
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Second Presidential Address to the Lambeth Conference 2008
29 July 2008
‘What is Lambeth ’08 going to say?’ is the question looming larger all the time as this final week unfolds. But before trying out any thoughts on that, I want to touch on the prior question, a question that could be expressed as ‘Where [...]
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Actually, William Faulkner said, “To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.” To understand the world of Episcopal Church, it helps to understand the Bishop of Mississippi, Duncan Gray. This is important reading:
A bit of personal history: I have been nurtured and shaped within the Evangelical tradition of my Church. Most [...]
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The Rev. Melody Wilson Shobe is Assistant Rector at a church in the Diocese of Texas. She has written an entertaining posting about church marquees at the Daily Episcopalian:
Maybe colorful church marquees are just not “the Episcopal way.” But if that’s the case, I have to wonder why. Are we wary of theological pitfalls, or [...]
