Posted by Herman
on 6/30/2009, 2:42 pm, in reply to "Re: hmmmm"
Hey, I am very glad that Metropolitan Jonah as the chutzpah to reach out and lay it on the line like he did. He certainly did not waffle or mince words, particularly on issues like Calvinism. But from reading the reactions at the blog sight, he evidently offended some members of ACNA. In this I am less concerned about the differences between the two churches than the differences within their "one" church. The one thing they really would have to give up is their willingness to redefine themselves every time they are challenged. Frankly they simply have to make a stand and stick with it. Besides the Calvinist/Catholic divide, another case in point is this Archbishop Duncan's unwillingness to even deal with the rather basic issue of the ordination of women, preferring that "God sort it out". Well, I'm sorry but God "sorted it out" some time ago, it is just up to those in spiritual authority to be willing to face up to it and teach it. ACNA obviously ain't there yet. If they really can't unite within themselves with a common and consistent theology, they are not going to commune with the Orthodox any time soon.
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