Wednesday 18 July 2007

Blog reactions to Richard Wood's situation

See here for the Fulcrum (Open Evangelical) response.

See here for the 'Ship of Fools' (unconscious irony) response.

See here for the Thinking Anglicans (aka, given their US contributors, Thinning Anglicans) response.

See here for Anglican Mainstream (where ironically the least sympathetic to Richard is a blogger nicknamed Mainstreamer) response.

Other links will follow as this unfolds. The big question so far seems to be whether Article XXVI is binding (i.e. given that the unworthiness of ministers hinders not the effect of the Sacrament you must receive communion from any given minister whether you wish to or not), or permissive (i.e. given that the unworthiness of ministers hinders not the effect of the Sacrament you may, with a clean conscience, receive communion if there is no other choice available). The Liberal view (irony again) seems to be that it means you must.

1 comment:

Timothy Edwards said...

It is striking (especially given Article XXV) how many of the internet commentaries on this situation refer to the "sacrament" of ordination.