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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Just Tell It Like It Is.



Spent the last couple of days holed up in the Press Room at St. Vincent's Cathedral, Bedford, developing carpal tunnel syndrome and trying to put out something meaningful about the first Provincial Assembly of the new 'Anglican Church in North America', or ACNA for short. Well, its not shooting, riding, or vicariously connected with your friends catching huge great fish but it was a bit of history in the making - especially Metropolitan Jonah's address this morning. He called for the full communion of Orthodoxy with the new Province. Excellent but what would Anglicans have to do to make this happen? Jonah pulled no punches:

"Full affirmation of the orthodox Faith of the Apostles and Church Fathers, the seven Ecumenical Councils, the Nicene Creed in its original form, all seven Sacraments and a rejection of ‘the heresies of the Reformation.' His Beatitude listed these in a series of ‘isms’; Calvinism, anti-sacramentalism, iconoclasm and Gnosticism. He went on, the ordination of women to the Presbyterate and their consecration as Bishops has to end if intercommunion is to occur."

Nice one Jonah, all good grist for the LSP mill, not that I have a problem with the procession of the Spirit from the Father and the Son, you understand, but what about ACNA?

Scary New York Boy Bishop

The last I heard more than a few had a perverse regard for Calvinist anti-sacramentalism - but at least they're not dismal devotees of the Sharia peddler that occupies the throne of Augustine, or fans of the Boy Bishop in New York either; maybe that will save them in the end.

I hope so, much as I dislike the 'heresies of the reformation' and the various detestable enormities of Sola Scriptura, infantile hymns and slavish devotion to Puritan 'divinity'. Despite all that, and far more, I'd like to see ACNA succeed because I think they really do want to believe the Faith, which is no bad thing. Only time will tell if they find it.

More of that anon. Looking forward to another episode of 'Horse & Stable' tomorrow a.m.

Cheers,

LSP

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4 comments:

  1. The CrowJune 25, 2009 at 1:24 PM

    What is a Boy Bishop, and why is she scary?

    :)

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  2. LSPJune 25, 2009 at 2:24 PM

    Good question.

    "Boy Bishops" were medieval children who dressed up as Bishops for a day. Some think that Schori looks a little like that (time prevented finding a more suitable picture).

    She's scary to trads, of various stripes, because she's in a position of power and's against them - litigiously.

    Saying that, some find her reassuring. Hamas, for example, doubtless welcomes her support, along with those who think abortion's a "sacrament".

    So I suppose she's a little controversial...

    Cheers,

    LSP

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  3. The CrowJune 25, 2009 at 6:21 PM

    Ah. Thank you for the explanation.

    :)

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  4. LSPJune 25, 2009 at 6:23 PM

    Of course I'm a hopeless traditionalist, so...

    LSP

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