Amen, amen and AMEN! Once you begin to hear the Word - as it is written and taught (by truly Godly men) it becomes so clear and unambiguous.
My God is NOT a God of confusion! (Neither is His message.)
I tried to pin our pastor down on this and got a disconcertingly vague and circular answer. "Yes," Episcopalians follow Scripture, "but" we also believe that Scripture is subject to ongoing re-interpretation as the Holy Spirit moves.
So in other words Scripture means whatever the Council of Bishops says it means this month, which is to say, it means nothing.
I dunno. I'm sitting here with my Norton edition of The Writings of St. Paul, and he seems to be pretty clear and to the point and not leave much room for ongoing re-interpretation. But then, I guess that depends on what the meaning of the word "is" is, doesn't it?