Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Stand Firm | “Hey, TEC!  You just lost 30,000 people, $zillions in lawsuits, so what’s the plan?

Stand Firm | “Hey, TEC!  You just lost 30,000 people, $zillions in lawsuits, so what’s the plan?


“Hey, TEC! You just lost 30,000 people, $zillions in lawsuits, so what’s the plan?

“Why, thanks for asking, Stand Firm! We plan to acknowledge diversity and build a spirit of openness in the diocese, initiating a Bishop’s Committee on Inclusivity… to encourage ‘reasonable and holy conversations’ on same-gender relationships. Stuff like that.”

The folks in South Carolina who couldn’t have reasonable disagreement with their lawfully elected bishop and the diocese of which they were part, stabbed said bishop and diocese in the back and helped launch lawsuits against them. That’s right, they couldn’t hang with people with whom they disagreed, so they decided upon both heresy and schism in order to align with the NYC club in which everybody submits to one way of thinking.

Oh, I forgot, the big TEC headline at the link is about how the NYC club appointed a bishop to lead agree with everything the South Carolina heretics and schismatics want. Because they’re all about reconciliation and such. As long as you endorse their opinions. And don’t think differently.

h/t SF reader maineiac

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