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C of E holds TEC position on property ownership

November 4, 2010 8 Comments

The Telegraph reveals that the secretary general of the C of E General Synod agrees with the presiding bishop of The Episcopal Church. The Secretary General says, “The important thing is that if people go, they are making decisions as individuals. It is not parishes that decide to go to join the ordinariate, it is individuals. It may be all the members of one [parish, but] they can’t take the institutions, the offices, or the assets of the Church of England with them.”

Christ Church, Philadelphia will not pay Episcopal Assessment

November 4, 2010 7 Comments

The Vestry of Christ Church, Philadelphia, has discerned that to contribute to the Episcopal Assessment is to agree to and support Charles Bennison’s decision to remain as Diocesan Bishop, and we cannot do so. We encourage the vestries of the parishes in our diocese to join Christ Church in increasing support to the Program Budget [by ending] payment of the Episcopal Assessment.

Bishop of Lewes defends his “January 1939” equation

November 4, 2010 1 Comment

The Bishop of Lewes has compared the situation of traditionalists in the Church of England to the situation faced by the UK in January 1939. He claims he made no reference to Hitler or the Nazis. As a BBC interviewer points out, he didn’t need to. On January 30, 1939, speaking before the Nazi Reichstag (Parliament), Hitler threatened Jews with annihilation.

Resisting the urge to walk away,
resisting the urge to give in

November 4, 2010 2 Comments

As the Episcopal Chust is responsible for its choices, so the Archbishop of Canterbury, the various Anglican Communion structures, and the individual Anglican provinces are each responsible for their choices. If one or more of those entities chooses to “punish” or impair communion with TEC, TEC should recognize that the decision and responsibility for it belong to those who made the decision and not to TEC.

Doing theology

November 4, 2010 No Comments

If by “Anglican theology” we mean a set of definitive texts, creeds, and historical documents that sets Anglicans apart from other Christian bodies, we will search in vain to find it. We can, however, find a wide array of theologies being done by Anglicans. And there is a difference. Noting how Anglicans do theology may prove more fruitful than detailing what Anglicans believe.

God’s infinite love and mercy

November 3, 2010 1 Comment

Richard Hooker, who was born about the time Latimer died and who himself died three years before Elizabeth, comes nearer to being its definitive theologian than anyone else the Church of England has produced, with his Treatise on the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity being the nearest approximation to an Anglican summa

What a good boy, what a smart boy, what a strong boy

November 2, 2010 No Comments

Expectations themselves are neutral things. They can be used to spur us to excellence or to inspire us to grow and discover who we are. But they can also be used to deny our self-worth or sense of belonging. When John the Baptizer refuses to be defined by the expectations of the priests and Levites, he is holding onto the identity he has as the voice crying out in the wilderness.

A crash course in Episcopal history

November 2, 2010 3 Comments

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Death is not fatal

November 2, 2010 No Comments

In the busyness of life many have lost the ability to recognize the Presence in their midst and the awareness that they can converse with the risen Lord. This is the only part of the gospel you can truly make your own.

Wither traditions?

November 1, 2010 12 Comments

But if we continually transform worship so that it will open people to the Holy, what are we supposed to do with our traditions? Don’t traditions anchor our worship? How can we discard them so readily? Isn’t one of the mainline church’s strengths its ability to adhere to tradition in the face of a world that blindly chases trends?

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Author: Jim Naughton