tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post570956737955774243..comments2024-03-27T08:37:26.489-04:00Comments on Not Another Episcopal Church Blog: "Discernment in Community": Self Fulfilling ProphecyUndergroundpewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-35848722301539425722011-07-07T22:50:00.977-04:002011-07-07T22:50:00.977-04:00Anon 12:43,
Good point. As long as the spirit dri...Anon 12:43,<br /><br />Good point. As long as the spirit drifts left, I guess we in TEc are in for a long ride.Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-79822264087310131372011-07-07T12:43:46.172-04:002011-07-07T12:43:46.172-04:00The problem with this is that as soon as this &quo...The problem with this is that as soon as this "discerning community" - which is actually unbelievably tiny, and composed of only a small percentage of Christians from around the world - reaches their desired conclusion, they then want to have this tiny little 'discernment' of theirs made into absolute and binding dogma for all Christians for the rest of eternity! The Holy Spirit is then ordered to be totally mute on the subject for ever after.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-41670350126422324972011-07-03T10:58:17.909-04:002011-07-03T10:58:17.909-04:00"discerning community." Discerning Commu..."discerning community." Discerning Community is the discernment of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, not a stratified contemporary sample. The myopia of a select few is not generalizable.Dale Matsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975212053636312471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-90157597522819470222011-06-30T14:15:51.690-04:002011-06-30T14:15:51.690-04:00Andy,
Time should reveal the answer to your quest...Andy,<br /><br />Time should reveal the answer to your question, and I suspect time is answering it.Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-64832591124337604542011-06-30T14:13:05.124-04:002011-06-30T14:13:05.124-04:00Anon 1017,
Excellent point. Does the Holy Spirit a...Anon 1017,<br />Excellent point. Does the Holy Spirit admonish as well as build up?Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-57173253994181335882011-06-30T11:33:49.798-04:002011-06-30T11:33:49.798-04:00I read this, and my mind is drawn to Alcee Hasting...I read this, and my mind is drawn to Alcee Hasting's now famous quote about "Making the rules as we go along". Too, I have to ask just <i>what</i> is being discerned, is it the will of the Almighty or the will of the community?Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03516444685469895837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-50249930898880544132011-06-30T10:17:15.825-04:002011-06-30T10:17:15.825-04:00Maybe the Holy Spirit is working through the Gener...Maybe the Holy Spirit is working through the General Convention of the Episcopal Church. <br /><br />If so, and the results of that work of the Spirit has been to shrink the Church by over a million members, then perhaps the will of the Lord is not exactly what the leadership of the Episcopal Church imagines it to be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com