New Anglican Head Beyond Heresy
When the Anglican Church in the United States announced the appointment of Katharine Jefferts-Schori there were audible gasps of shock heard throughout the convention hall.
This week, those gasps were heard again, and louder. The woman who will be installed as the first female presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church doesn't believe Jesus Christ is the only way to God.
When Schori was elected on the fifth ballot, I predicted her appointment pretty much as a guarantee of future schism within the disunified denomination. Last week, I believe she sealed that eventuality by stating that Jesus Christ is not the only way to heaven.
After overcoming my anger at such blasphemous remarks, I realized this is a very good occurrence. The debate no longer revolves around some social hot buttons like abortion, homosexuality, and fornication. The issue is now supremely about Jesus; Immanuel God with us.
According to the Associated Press, Bishop Jefferts-Schori said, "If we insist that we know the one way to God, we've put God in a very small box.” She added that she doesn’t believe that "one person can have the fullness of truth in him or herself." Rather, "Truth is, like God, more than any one person can encompass."
With her statements the head of the Episcopal Church in America has formally revealed that she is an apostate and a heretic. It is not going to fly well, even with the socially left leaning congregants who are ignorant of comprehensive Biblical morality.
“See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ. For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form…” Col. 2:8-10
“And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14
Already, eight diocese have asked Rowan Williams, the Arch Bishop of Canterbury, to place them under a different leader.
Whether he does or doesn’t shouldn’t matter. It is long past time for God fearing people to abandon this wayward denomination and start looking for one that believes in and teaches Truth.
This week, those gasps were heard again, and louder. The woman who will be installed as the first female presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church doesn't believe Jesus Christ is the only way to God.
When Schori was elected on the fifth ballot, I predicted her appointment pretty much as a guarantee of future schism within the disunified denomination. Last week, I believe she sealed that eventuality by stating that Jesus Christ is not the only way to heaven.
After overcoming my anger at such blasphemous remarks, I realized this is a very good occurrence. The debate no longer revolves around some social hot buttons like abortion, homosexuality, and fornication. The issue is now supremely about Jesus; Immanuel God with us.
According to the Associated Press, Bishop Jefferts-Schori said, "If we insist that we know the one way to God, we've put God in a very small box.” She added that she doesn’t believe that "one person can have the fullness of truth in him or herself." Rather, "Truth is, like God, more than any one person can encompass."
With her statements the head of the Episcopal Church in America has formally revealed that she is an apostate and a heretic. It is not going to fly well, even with the socially left leaning congregants who are ignorant of comprehensive Biblical morality.
“See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ. For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form…” Col. 2:8-10
“And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14
Already, eight diocese have asked Rowan Williams, the Arch Bishop of Canterbury, to place them under a different leader.
Whether he does or doesn’t shouldn’t matter. It is long past time for God fearing people to abandon this wayward denomination and start looking for one that believes in and teaches Truth.
posted by PB at 4:40 PM
1 Comments:
Re: paultarsus; certainly one significant difference in what Bush said versus Jefferts-Schori is that Bush is a pilgrim on a faith journey who happens to be the presidnent of the United States not a theologian and not someone to whom we look for answers re: such eternal issues. Jefferts-Schori, by virute of her position, education etc. is expected to know better. I wouldn't want to be in her shoes.
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