Traditional Anglican ping, continued in memory of its founder Arlin Adams. Extremely long article. What is ANCA?
American N C A?
Our society uses so many acronyms, that every article should identify the acronym with it’s full name at the beginning of the story.
I'm with the poster somewhere in the middle of that lengthy discussion, who pointed to the "Gamaliel principle".
I was in the somewhat unique position of being a member for 28 years of an ECUSA "training parish" for a large and populous (at least it was then) diocese. Every priest ordained in the diocese spent a period of time in my former parish as a sort of "shakedown cruise" before going to a first assignment.
With ONE exception in 28 years, none of the women ordained in that diocese (and there were a lot of them) were fit to serve as priests. Some were frankly seeking political power, some pushing a radical lesbian agenda (at least that one got fired but she probably wouldn't be these days), some were seeking an answer to their own neuroses. Only one seemed to have sought ordination because she wanted to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ and tend his sheep. But even she supported the homosexual consecration/ gay marriage thing, on the grounds of "social justice".
This controversy was brought over from ECUSA, and not too many of the wrangling disputants seem to realize that that was the camel's nose under the tent in the first place.
Was that a full college course I just scanned over? Wow.
Sorry but I didn’t read the whole thing but here are some scriptures regarding this and should answer any questions:
1 Corinthians 14:34-35 & 1 Timothy 2:11-15
Now don’t shoot the messenger here but, if we’re allowed to pick and choose which scriptures are relevant to us today aren’t we opening ourselves up to more criticism and even more trouble?
JB
Forgive me, Fr. Kennedy, but I believe you’ll never find peace trying to unite the pro-WO and non-WO crowds.