While researching something else, this, from a post I made in the wake of TEC's GC 2006: There is no question that most of the Anglican Communion will not stomach the election of a woman Presiding Bishop, especially one that supports homosexuals the way she does. There is also no question that the Episcopal church …
The Episcopal Church and the Soviet Restaurant
Creedal Christian's post on the meltdown of the Anglican Communion (HT to Stand Firm) got me thinking about many things. One reaction to this is that the "middle" is AWOL in this discussion. But I think that view overlooks some things that have been at work both in TEC and our society in general. One …
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National Cathedral Might as Well Dump the Books
National Cathedral's uninspiring financial situation is leading to desperate measures: Then news came this week that the cathedral, visited by every U.S. president since Theodore Roosevelt laid its foundation stone in 1907, was considering selling off part of its rare books collection, probably worth millions. Cathedral officials said the potential sale of the books is …
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Book Review: The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Vol. 2: The Patristic Age
I've always been a strong advocate of patristic studies. That's not an easy advocacy in Evangelical Christianity, but it's one that needs to be made. It's not always easy in Roman Catholicism and Orthodoxy either, because the Fathers of the Church--or more precisely those who wrote and, as we learn here, preached, during the Roman …
An Episcopal Church Gets Its Roof Repaired. But Who Will Fix the Confirmation Class?
Well, at least at Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach: Construction is under way to replace part of the roof at the historic Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea. The roof covers the administrative offices and the choir room overlooking the courtyard and gardens. Advanced Roofing is the contractor. David Semadeni, a junior warden and a member of the …
Are People Who Don't Like the Manhattan Declaration Necessarily Bigots?
At the end of an otherwise interesting post, James Gibson at Sanctus makes the following parting shot: The visceral reaction against the Manhattan Declaration is a case study in the evangelical ghetto mentality. Born in ignorance, it grows into bigotry and a most un-Christlike lack of charity. If he was fishing for understanding, he needs …
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Recognising the Inevitable Split in the Anglican/Episcopal World
That great son of the Confederacy (and probable relative to his Ulster Unionist namesake) David Trimble gets it right on this one: Many of these orthodox may not yet be fully conscious of this change. It is in some ways subtle, in the tone and frequency of blog posts and other communications among those who …
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If Christians are in the Global South, Why Aren't the Leaders?
Gary L'Hommedieu asks this question--and answers it--in an Anglican context: "If over 80% of Anglicans live in the global south, why is this not reflected in communion structures?" writes Indian Ocean Primate Ian Earnest in an April 12 letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury in which he protests, among other things, the illicit transfer of …
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Why I'm Not an Episcopalian, Either
Perry Robinson puts it at its simplest: Sooner or later reasonable people figure out that they can believe everything in such a view without being a member of said “church” and can sleep in on Sunday morning, giving their cash to other organizations. They can then use their own time in ways that they find …
Blast From the Past for Maundy Thursday: Reflections on an Orthodox View of the Eucharist
For this Maundy Thursday, I'm going back to the obvious topic (obvious to me, at least): the institution of the Eucharist, which I went on at length about in 2008 with this series. You can access it as follows: Part I Part II Part III Part IV Those of you who are advocates of the …
Positive Infinity 