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Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Ephraim Radner's response to Matt Kennedy
The guys over at the Anglican Communion Institute (ACI) are absolutely brilliant. Follow this link to check out Ephraim Radner's timely and excellent response to Stand Firm's Matt Kennedy.
What would be accomplished in the unilateral declaration of a new province, except the further fragmentation of the Communion? That wouldn't be discipline, but rather further disintegration.
Frankly, I can only understand the call for APO from those dioceses that do not ordain women. They at least have a theological rationale for such a call. The call for APO from dioceses that do ordain women (and recognize women bishops) smacks of Donatism.
Besides, in the end, the call for APO only plays into the hands of the revisionists by implicitly recognizing Dr. Jefferts-Schori's office as something that it really is not (i.e., primatial).
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Hi Dave,
What would be accomplished in the unilateral declaration of a new province, except the further fragmentation of the Communion? That wouldn't be discipline, but rather further disintegration.
Frankly, I can only understand the call for APO from those dioceses that do not ordain women. They at least have a theological rationale for such a call. The call for APO from dioceses that do ordain women (and recognize women bishops) smacks of Donatism.
Besides, in the end, the call for APO only plays into the hands of the revisionists by implicitly recognizing Dr. Jefferts-Schori's office as something that it really is not (i.e., primatial).
Regards,
Dan
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