The Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota will vote today on a new bishop. One of the candidates is an ‘openly partnered lesbian’.
The Vatican has withheld the release of the details of the newly-announced welcome to the Anglican/Episcopalian folks who are unhappy with this or that (these or those) feature(s) of their denomination.
Having read the ruminations re these and similar matters on the net and having talked about them in church meetings and over an adult beverage or coffee at home or in restaurants, pubs, etc., I offer the following observation:
I am thinking of Churchill again as he contemplated the successful withdrawal of British and French forces from Dunkirk during the last War.
He thanked God for the deliverance and led the national and international thanksgivings and praises for all that had ensued – and then he offered something of the following: he said, in so many words, that we should remember that wars are not finally won by retreats. To win, we must attack and defeat the enemy.
The goal is not merely to survive, but to win by achieving victory.
Potential Anglo-Catholics will not win anything for anyone if they merely retreat from their churches.
Folks who are thinking of crossing the Tiber, as it were, and going to Rome, should be careful NOT to be running away from something. To do it right, they should be going TO something, to a ‘broader, sunlit upland’, not fleeing from what they see as unacceptable and going to something that seems to be less unacceptable.
Another way of saying it, folks thinking of crossing over should be going for the gold, or even for the platinum and not for something merely less imperfect.
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Well said Paul!
In my opinion, if you want to see THE blueprint for this strategy, look to the Diocese of South Carolina. The courageous Bishop there, is saying "We're Episcopal, and we're not going anywhere, but we will no longer support the national Church and it's agenda". I think it's a remarkable development down there, and I've been following it closely. Check it out if you haven't.
Thanks for the tip.
I think Rome waited too long and is offering too little.
I worry about many of the folks who swim the Tiber.
We hope they do so for the right reasons.
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