tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post5615045383880146090..comments2024-03-28T09:17:03.940+00:00Comments on AncientBriton: Scottish Episcopal Church votes to consider accepting SSMAncientBritonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357913998344777403noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-42723054360440642672016-06-16T22:52:50.129+01:002016-06-16T22:52:50.129+01:00Marriage was a divine ordinance from the beginning...Marriage was a divine ordinance from the beginning of the human race, and is not subject to change by democratic vote, however many bishops can be mustered. It is all there in the BCP rite of Holy Matrimony.Little Black Sambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16699227938165106710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-36103478591415748042016-06-13T16:37:33.858+01:002016-06-13T16:37:33.858+01:00Thank you John. I read your article with interest ...Thank you John. I read your article with interest when it first appeared (RH Col) and have posted a new entry on the subject.AncientBritonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12357913998344777403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-16423841396970277102016-06-12T23:28:31.995+01:002016-06-12T23:28:31.995+01:00This move by the Scottish Episcopal Church is not ...This move by the Scottish Episcopal Church is not just about changing the definition of marriage it also about indicating in public their alignment with a "liberal progressive" ideology. This is the new political correctness that is replacing Christianity in polite circles. The statement in April by the bishops of the Church in Wales does the same. I have written this up as part of "evidence of conversion to the diversity ideology" - you may find this of interest See:<br /><br />http://churchgrowthmodelling.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/conversion-to-diversity-ideology.html<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-40416401155888484172016-06-11T21:32:11.960+01:002016-06-11T21:32:11.960+01:00Firstly that which we might call marriage took pla...Firstly that which we might call marriage took place long before the time of Christ. Thus I suggest that the Church does not own the institution of marriage.<br />Secondly marriage was not regarded as a sacrament until the 16 Century ,by the Council of Trent.<br />Thirdly it is recorded that some 15,000 'marriages' of the same sex have happened since the secular law was changed.<br />However, I have never understood how 'A Church' or 'The Church' may be organised and rules changed by a democratic vote. But ,of course, thus is how the Scottish Episcopal Church ,and indeed the Anglican Commnion does things ,as we know to our peril by anomalous Governing Body votes. So the Church of Scotland run things democratically as we do in the Church in Wales,and there is no true authority .By the nature of the GB ,authority in the C in W is a dynamic process and depends very much on who puts themselves forward for election or indeed the manoeuvrings of the Bench. There has been only minor revolts from the laity ,which are dismissed in a clever political way. The comments one hears are ,for example, "well I don't agree with it ,but it has been voted thus, so I shall have to accept it".<br />The answer ? One needs to recognise that decisions are made as for a parish council because there is no learned authority ; same goes for the Church of Scotland.<br />One must acknowledge that in the Roman Catholic Church any change occurs very slowly and are extremely carefully explored over a long period by expert theologians and other academics. I therefore suggest that the muddle and mess in the Scottish and others of the Anglican Communion is of our own fault.Simple soulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820918875811010809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-36768781992825475862016-06-11T19:21:17.959+01:002016-06-11T19:21:17.959+01:00Seven Bishops: Tower of London !
Seven Bishops: Tower of London !<br />Oliver Nicholsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187098939500953848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-10395671906098681942016-06-11T11:28:24.139+01:002016-06-11T11:28:24.139+01:00seven bishops? now that's overmanningseven bishops? now that's overmanningPetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09469768137152442790noreply@blogger.com