Letters
from 8 to 15 February 2004
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Hello?
Helloooooo?
I DON'T
KNOW WHETHER TO LAUGH OR CRY at the latest announcement from then Anglican Communion News Service on 'Anglican Telecommunications'.
Certainly
the Anglican connections of the names listed are quite clear.
But, please tell me — how have the Primates of the various provinces
have become adept at evaluating curricula vitae and industry
credentials of telecommunications professionals? How does this
commission of well-meaning but nontechnical clergy and laity
propose to evaluate and oversee the work of highly technical,
global specialists?
Even
if one were to argue that technical knowledge is unnecessary
within this group, it alarms me that the director of telecommunications
found it necessary to demonstrate a web portal. Further,
the press secretary to the Archbishop of Canterbury is presented
as a new user to a digital tool that has been in the
hands of Western and Asian consumers for at least ten years. Where
has he been?
Finally,
nowhere in this release is an acknowledgment of the base need
of any community pursuing connectivity — a stable electrical
supply. Perhaps Trinity should underwrite a study of that issue
first.
When that's solved, I have a few questions about information
security.
Mary
O'Shaughnessy
Microsoft
Certified Professional
Certified
Information Systems Auditor
Church
of St Luke in the Fields
New York, New York, USA
moshaughnessy@nyc.rr.com
9 February 2004
One
with the Pope, the Orthodox Patriarchs, and a 'sizeable minority
of British Anglicans'
WITH REGARD
TO YOUR NEWS ITEM, 'Non-event noted in London', it is
regrettable that you do not report these articles impartially
thus avoiding
the temptation to editorialise. The Church of England clergy
who have received compensation under the provisions of the Ordination
of Women legislation did not 'quit because they did not like
women priests'. I think you would find that most of them left
because they did not feel that the Church (least of all a tiny
and unrepresentative body such as the General Synod) had the
authority to confer holy orders on women. By holding this view,
they concurred with Pope John Paul, the Patriarchs of the Orthodox
churches, a sizeable minority of British Anglicans and the vast
majority of Christians in all times and all places.
Unlike
the more progressive churches in North America, the Church of
England
quite rightly made proper provision for those who found the
church that they were ordained to serve no longer existed.
Timothy
Davies
St Paul's Church, Brighton
Brighton, ENGLAND
9 February 2004
Remembering
the reason
HELLO!
I WANTED TO DROP to drop a quick note and say
WELL DONE on your recent
AO letter. You captured — exactly — the
reason I came to the Anglican Church (Episcopal Church in
the USA)!
God Bless,
Josh Phillips
St Stephen's Episcopal Church
Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
vigomedic@yahoo.com
10 February 2004
Weakening
the foundation?
THANK YOU
FOR YOUR CONTINUED EFFORTS to promote and encourage Anglican
Christianity. I do at times feel discouraged by your liberal
tendencies, but I appreciate and look forward to the dialog.
In
your cover
piece last week you state that the foundation of the
church is based upon Scripture, Tradition, and Reason. I agree
and the reason I am so upset about the Robinson matter is that
the supporters of his election have apparently abandoned Scripture
and tradition in favor of reason and experience. Now I know we
can get into a debate about interpretation of Scripture, but
really, I have found arguments saying that the Robinson stance
is in any way supported by Scripture as totally unconvincing
and against common logic and any reasonable basis of Scriptural
interpretation. The liberal position here really denies the place
of faith in relation to God, denying his sovereignty in place
of human reason and 'experience'.
Perhaps
the most disturbing element of the controversy is the fact that
the liberal modernists have broken the dialog and gone their
own way in apparent contempt and disregard for their fellow Christians
and the unity of the Church. It would be better to step back
and all give their efforts keep the unity in Christ.
Doak
Campbell
Episcopal Church of the Guardian Angels
Delray Beach, Florida, USA
dsc@gate.net
12 February 2004
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