July 28, 2010 – Episcopal Cafe

Textual analysis: human dignity and human rights

July 28, 2010 3 Comments

Katharine Jefferts Schori and Rowan Williams on human dignity and human rights.

Foundry UMC considers marriage equality policy

July 28, 2010 2 Comments

We therefore resolve that the congregation of Foundry United Methodist Church will support and honor the marriages of couples licensed to be married in the District of Columbia equally, regardless of the couple’s gender. We offer and approve the use of our sanctuary equally for all marriage ceremonies and we affirm that any of our clergy who choose to celebrate such marriages may do so knowing that we pledge to them our full support.

ACC Standing Committee further discusses breach of moratoria

July 28, 2010 2 Comments

Archbishop Philip Aspinall reiterated that the Standing Committee did not have the power to undertake such an action. It was also stated that the Standing Committee did not have all the powers of the ACC, especially when it came to the Membership Schedule. Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori questioned why the proposal was singling out The Episcopal Church.

Resolved: Continue supporting the ACC Standing Committee financially

July 28, 2010 6 Comments

Update – The standing committee revisited the question of moratoria and, the separation proposal in particular, today [Wednesday]. See the next post above. [3:30PM 7/28/2010]

Province of Ghana ordains first female priest

July 28, 2010 1 Comment

The Anglican Diocese of Kumasi has ordained its first woman priest of the Church, the Rev Mrs Priscilla Lovia Owusu-Asiedu. And at a commissioning of lay ministers in the Diocese of Accra, Archbishop Akrofi observed that women outnumbered men in attendance, and that women are in the majority among the graduands. He said this justifies the decision to ordain women into the priesthood,

Preservation of all male priesthood implies we are in control, not God

July 28, 2010 5 Comments

The gender of a priest or bishop cannot possibly stand in the way of God’s will to nourish us and bless us.

Blessed Mary, never virgin? Part II

July 28, 2010 45 Comments

Right around the year 383, an otherwise unknown author named Helvidus wrote a tract on the Blessed Virgin Mary. It doesn’t survive, but apparently he argued that Mary and Joseph really did consummate their marriage physically, and that the individuals referred to in the gospels as the brothers and sisters of Jesus were the biological children of Mary and Joseph.

An apprentice musician

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The virtues inculcated in us through exposure to and practice in the church’s tradition aid us in the acquisition and development of “particular skills, patterns of experience, habits of perception and portions of knowledge” essential for understanding, embracing and communicating the gospel well.

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