2011 – Page 238 – Episcopal Cafe

Assorted links

January 20, 2011 2 Comments

NYT editorial on the Vatican; Received in the church via Skype; Opposing views on Tucson; Mary falls out of favor; Cain says Jesus was “The Perfect Conservative.”

Conflating mental illness with evil

January 20, 2011 2 Comments

It’s the Christian underpinnings of my view of evil, in a world in which we do have free will, and sin, which in all cases involves a choice, that makes it impossible for me to ever see those who suffer from schizophrenia as an embodiment of moral evil. Those who are so afflicted haven’t chosen their delusions and hallucinations; a stand-out even in the pantheon of dreadful diseases, theirs is an illness no one would choose.

Hiltz: boycott “anything but exemplary”

January 20, 2011 4 Comments

“On the subject of primacy, each of us received a number of documents, ancient and modern, Anglican and ecumenical addressing the role, function and authority of this ministry within the Province and within the Communion as a whole. There is a real need for clarity with respect to the place and influence of the Primates’ Meetings and the nature of their service as one of the Instruments of Communion.” – Hiltz, on next week’s meeting of the primates.

Resistance to centralizing authority is Anglican

January 20, 2011 1 Comment

Over at No Anglican Covenant there’s a new blog post by Ronald Stevenson, QC, the former Chancellor of the Anglican Church of Canada, entitled “Some

Communion without Baptism II

January 20, 2011 65 Comments

My sense is that many of the people who are for Communion Without Baptism, especially those who are not career theologians… aren’t trying to change our sacramental theology. Instead what they’re trying to do is to establish Episcopal identity and any negative effect on the sacraments just happens to be collateral damage.

The Spirit’s breathing sign

January 20, 2011 No Comments

On the death of Anterus, Bishop of Rome, A.D. 236, the brethren assembled in the church to choose a successor; but while they were debating who was the fittest person to fill the See, a dove suddenly alighted on the head of a stranger there present, and he was unanimously elected Bishop.

Rosa Parks enshrined at National Cathedral

January 19, 2011 No Comments

Six feet above the vaulted entranceway to Washington National Cathedral, the rough contours of Rosa Parks’ face are taking shape.

Intra-Faith dialogue is hard

January 19, 2011 1 Comment

Every Christian claims Jesus, so essential questions of how we understand Jesus, his earthly ministry, the meaning of the crucifixion, the nature of his call upon our lives (questions to which a non-Christian is largely indifferent) become the grounds of our essential debate and, literally, a matter of life and death.

San Joaquin to elect next provisional bishop

January 19, 2011 1 Comment

The Standing Committee has selected the Rt. Rev. Chester L. Talton, retired bishop suffragan of the Diocese of Los Angeles, as the candidate for the next provisional bshop of the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin.

Vatican letter a smoking gun?

January 19, 2011 5 Comments

Nearly 14 years before the corrosive extent of abuse of thousands of children in Irish Catholic institutions came to light, there was a Vatican letter to the Irish bishops telling them, in Vatican-canonical-speak to do… what?

The Archive

Year: 2011