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Squeezing Harder Than That Squeezing Harder Than That Theology - N.T. Wrights and Wrongs
Blog & Mablog ^ | 11-23-12 | Douglas Wilson

Posted on 11/23/2012 10:59:24 AM PST by ReformationFan

The Church of England just recently said no to women bishops. There were howls of outrage from all the predictable quarters, for whom such a troglodyte move is just smack-the-forehead baffling.

Now I can understand a vote against women bishops as a preliminary move to try to undo the ordination of women priests. And I can understand a vote for women bishops as the next logical step after having established the practice of ordaining women priests. What I don't get is the affirming the ordination of women priests and opposing them as bishops. The pig, once swallowed by the python, has to move on down the line.

Also what I don't get is the attempt by men like N.T. Wright to pretend that women's ordination is a matter of biblical obedience, as opposed to floating down the Whig view of history on an inner tube, right over the falls of progress.

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TOPICS: Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: anglican; coe; douglaswilson; ntwright; wilson
Good words from Douglas Wilson
1 posted on 11/23/2012 10:59:37 AM PST by ReformationFan
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To: ReformationFan

Very well spoken, Doug ... thanx.


2 posted on 11/23/2012 11:34:11 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: ReformationFan

Douglas Wilson / Blog & Mablog PING


3 posted on 11/23/2012 11:51:23 AM PST by Alex Murphy ("If you are not firm in faith, you will not be firm at all" - Isaiah 7:9)
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To: ReformationFan

That was very good. I’m a big fan of his and I always enjoy his writing.

Here is a piece he wrote years ago titled “Perfectly Legal” that is a classic IMHO. He describes the actions of the modern unbeliever with excellent imagery. Enjoy!

http://www.dougwils.com/Old-Table-Talk-Articles/Perfectly-Legal.html


4 posted on 11/23/2012 12:02:12 PM PST by chickenlips
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To: chickenlips

Another excellent one from Wilson. Thanks for posting.


5 posted on 11/23/2012 12:37:45 PM PST by ReformationFan
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To: ReformationFan
If women can be ordained as priests , it doesn't make sense that they cannot be promoted to Bishop/.

They had no business ordaining them in the first place, now they have a conundrum.

6 posted on 11/23/2012 1:31:00 PM PST by Venturer
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To: ReformationFan
Squeezing Harder Than That Squeezing Harder Than That Theology

Thanks for posting this thanks for posting this article.

7 posted on 11/23/2012 2:18:48 PM PST by Isabel C.
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