Wednesday, June 20, 2007

The Preamble to the Episcopal Church's Constitution: Psych!

http://www.standfirminfaith.com/index.php/site/article/3769/

[STand Firm] 20 June 2007--What fresh hell is this:

"The 'Communion' language seems to have been a passing nod to ecumenism, not a foundational statement of identity.

The scripturalists claim that, when the 1967 General Convention approved adding the Communion language to the Preamble, its intent was to mandate that TEC always remain part of the Communion. I'm not aware of any evidence to support that claim.

A more plausible view is that the Communion language was intended simply as an inoffensive endorsement of that era's general trend toward ecumenism."

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