Posted on 07/06/2007 10:58:55 AM PDT by fgoodwin
The Rev. Ann Holmes Redding, a local Episcopal priest who announced she is both Muslim and Christian, will not be able to serve as a priest for a year, according to her bishop.
During that year, Redding is expected to "reflect on the doctrines of the Christian faith, her vocation as a priest, and what I see as the conflicts inherent in professing both Christianity and Islam," the Rt. Rev. Geralyn Wolf, bishop of the Diocese of Rhode Island, wrote in an e-mail to Episcopal Church leaders.
During the next year, Redding "is not to exercise any of the responsibilities and privileges of an Episcopal priest or deacon," Wolf wrote in her e-mail.
In June, she announced publicly that, for the past 15 months, she's also been a Muslim — drawn to the faith after an introduction to Muslim prayers left her profoundly moved.
But others were critical, saying it wasn't possible to be both Christian and Muslim. And some took issue with her being a leader within the Episcopal Church while also professing another faith.
Some also saw Redding's announcement as another sign that the Episcopal Church was veering too far away from Scripture, doctrine and tradition. The Episcopal Church, which is the U.S. branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, is already embroiled in deep conflict with the Communion over scriptural interpretation on issues such as homosexuality and the ordination of women.
She believes she has not violated any of her baptismal or ordination vows. And "since entering Islam," she said, "I have been, by my own estimation, a better teacher, a better preacher and a better Christian."
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I recall that a former head of the NAACP - Benjamin Chaves? - declared himself a Christian and a Moslem at the same time and was forced out. It is nonsense to state that you can faithfully belong to two different religions.
“..she is both Muslim and Christian, will not be able to serve as a priest for a year..”
Why is she still called and Epicopalian? Pretty lenient sentence.
“Some also saw Redding’s announcement as another sign that the Episcopal Church was veering too far away from Scripture, doctrine and tradition”
Wooaa there! Lets not overreact. /sarcasm
Their stool is scripture, tradition and reason
She is foolish to believe that she can worshipb'shem Yah'shua
the Elohim of Israel and at the same time
worship Allah, who is haSatan.
Advice for this “priestess”-
Ezekiel 14:6
“Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Repent! Turn from your idols and renounce all your detestable practices
Amen !
Kudos to the Rt. Rev. Geralyn Wolf.
My Parish Priest had his hold orders removed about ten years back, for refusing to break off a relationship with a married woman. So it can happen.
hold = holy
D’oh!
She believes she has not violated any of her baptismal or ordination vows.
That's what whats-his-name, that Episcopal priest a couple years ago who turned Druid, said.
"since entering Islam," she said, "I have been, by my own estimation, a better teacher, a better preacher and a better Christian."
Yeah, right.
Roses are reddish,
Violets are blueish
If it wasn't for Jesus
We'd all be Jewish..
What a flippin’ idiot! Islam doctrinally denies the divinity of Jesus Christ. It claims that the crucifxion and Resurrection of Christ were both frauds and this idiot ‘priestess’ thinks she can be both Episcopalian and muslim?? She’s lost.
I am a Christian and a baseball fan.
You have a point!
Kudos to the Seattle Times, for covering this news story merely factually, without portraying her as a victim.
I rest my case.
Coming Vatican Doctrinal Document Will Reaffirm Role of Church
Their stool is scripture, tradition and reason
Our local loons changed that to "scripture, reason, and experience", the better to mislead the inattentive and lukewarm.
And poor Richard Hooker never said anything of the sort, anyhow. They just made it up out of a statement in the Ecclesiastical Polity where he said that Scripture is paramount, then tradition, and when BOTH those are silent, ONLY THEN may one resort to reason.
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