tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post116052801351299345..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: Dissent from B033SUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1160792457658301542006-10-13T19:20:00.000-07:002006-10-13T19:20:00.000-07:00Rev Susan,Thanks for an answer on a busy day. I h...Rev Susan,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for an answer on a busy day. I have been pondering your reply for a day or so (not so quiet on this end, either) and I note a number of things:<BR/><BR/>There are a variety of things that can be called “essential.” There are essential teachings of the Lord Jesus, such as the verses you cited, known in the BCP as the Lord’s summary of the Law. There are also some Hiramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00845924600039905182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1160687848331863872006-10-12T14:17:00.000-07:002006-10-12T14:17:00.000-07:00hiram, It's a really busy day here but how about M...hiram, It's a really busy day here but how about Matthew 22:37-40SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1160680436155932852006-10-12T12:13:00.000-07:002006-10-12T12:13:00.000-07:00OK, what are the essentials -- and how do you know...OK, what are the essentials -- and how do you know?Hiramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00845924600039905182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1160674735608305022006-10-12T10:38:00.000-07:002006-10-12T10:38:00.000-07:00Hiram, more important to me than the question "how...Hiram, more important to me than the question "how much diversity" is "who gets to drawn the line?"<BR/><BR/>If we'd applied your criteria in the 16th century would it have been "too much diversity" to have had Anglicans side by side at the communion rail disagreeing about transubstantiaton vs. "real presence" ... catholic vs. protestant?<BR/><BR/>And never mind Fox and Spong ... I'm sticking SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1160674230156526272006-10-12T10:30:00.000-07:002006-10-12T10:30:00.000-07:00Rev Susan,How much diversity is possible in "one f...Rev Susan,<BR/><BR/>How much diversity is possible in "one faith"? Can Jesus Christ be both "the only way to the Father" and one of many ways? If so, how? Can Jesus Christ be both "the only-begotten Son of God, very God of very God," and also a human being like us who was especially filled with and aware of the Divine Presence -- which we also could become, if we seek to open ourselves as Hiramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00845924600039905182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1160669276217682692006-10-12T09:07:00.000-07:002006-10-12T09:07:00.000-07:00"One Lord, one faith, one baptism" Tony ... I know..."One Lord, one faith, one baptism" Tony ... I know it helps the schismatic spin to talk "two religions" but for most Episcopalians it's just one -- the same old comprehensively Anglican one that has left room for diversity for -- oh -- the last few centuries or so.SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1160605148291793342006-10-11T15:19:00.000-07:002006-10-11T15:19:00.000-07:00This is good. The clearer the differences the mor...This is good. The clearer the differences the more that the realignment is shown to be necessary. We wouldn't want anyone to doubt that there are two religions under the ecusa tent.Tony Seelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751662054424993371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1160578643549637462006-10-11T07:57:00.000-07:002006-10-11T07:57:00.000-07:00On what grounds can the decision of GC or the Stan...On what grounds can the decision of GC or the Standing Committees to confirm or decline to confirm a bishop be overturned, and what authority would do the overturning?<BR/><BR/>JonJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13323740465436735706noreply@blogger.com