Sanity of Bishops
Old Russian joke (as told by an OCA bishop): If a young man has a good voice and good mind they make him a deacon. When he loses his voice they make him priest. And when he loses his mind... (via)
Towards the unity of the ACNA with Continuing Churches
This recent news is interesting: http://anglicanchurch.net/?/main/page/1955: We celebrate the work of our Ecumenical Task Force and thank God for our ecumenical partners. We have endorsed concordats with the Episcopal Missionary Church and with...
Link resources: Holy Orders and Gender
Anglicanism in North America Anglican Mission in America (AMiA) study concerning Presbyters (2003) AMiA supplement on the Diaconate (2006) 2017 ACNA Holy Orders Task Force Final Report, includes counter-point No Other Foundation: Essays on...
Benedict XVI on Historical-Critical Scholarship
[Scripture has been opened up anew by historical-critical scholarship and, I admit, locked up anew as well. It has been opened up anew: thanks to the labors of exegesis we hear the Word fo the Bible in a completely new way in its historical...
We Africans are not children in need of western enlightenment
Friends, please hear me, we Africans are not afraid of our sisters and brothers who identify as lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgendered, questioning, or queer. We love them and we hope the best for them. But we know of no compelling arguments for...
subversive ontological egalitarianism
[McGowin’s appeals to read scripture & tradition contrary to a plain reading are seemingly reinforced (?) by an erosion of their authority in the first place. It leaves me with the sense that “subversive ontological egalitarianism” is what we are...