Posted on 07/21/2008 5:23:04 PM PDT by tcg
It hasn’t taken that many days to realize that the once-every-ten-years Lambeth Conference is again abundant in elaborate rhetoric. Last night’s sermon by the Bishop of Colombo, the Rt. Rev. Duleep de Chickera is a good example.
We heard from the bishop that the Anglican problem is very simple, "The church is called to be an inclusive communion,” de Chickera stated, “where there is space equally for everyone and anyone, regardless of color, gender, sexual orientation, ability. Unity in diversity is a cherished Anglican tradition, a spirituality which we must reinforce in all humility for the sake of Christ and Christ's gospel.
"Unity in diversity is a cherished Anglican tradition a spirituality which we must reinforce in all humility for the sake of Christ and Christ's gospel."
The bishop of Colombo just wants everyone accept everyone else and find our unity in the single conviction that anything goes. To him, this is the Anglican way.
As a cradle Episcopalian and one who hung around the periphery of the Anglican way for most of my adult life, this is not the via media ideal desire by the early Anglican fathers. They saw themselves in a middle ground between the Catholic and Protestant polarities and walking the “middle road” between them. In terms of aligning with either side, Anglicans and Episcopalians could always be describe as “almost, but not quite.”
This seems to be lost in a revision of history that makes the church the middle ground in every area, where we embrace part of what we can find in paganism, hedonism, and a variety of alternative lifestyles and other religions.
In fact, after the sermon and before the Eucharist, the bishop offered a Buddhist chant, which he said “connected us to the Eucharist.” He couldn’t be farther from the truth.
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Bull's-eye! I fail to see the source for this mass hysteria among the Episcopal Church leaders (I understand it's also happening among the other Protestant Churches?).
If it doesn't settle down, however, I may have to become an ex-Episcopalian. I know my old man would have been livid with rage at this nonsense.
How can they talk of unity when 230 of the 880 bishops worldwide are not attending. The Alglican church is nearing a breakup, I fear.
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