Can't even agree on Jesus
The Rev. McDowell of the Diocese of North Carolina told VirtueOnline after the floor vote, "In the Episcopal Church we don't do up and down votes on Jesus Christ as Lord, and to do so is potentially a mean-spirited approach, to ask questions that aren't meant to be questions."Unfortunately, that's not because that theological FACT is not available for democratic decision.
And they've descended to Holocaust references...paging Mike Godwin:
The House of Deputies of the 75th General Convention of the Episcopal Church today overwhelmingly refused to even consider a resolution that affirmed Jesus Christ as the "only name by which any person may be saved.""This type of language was used in 1920s and 1930s to alienate the type of people who were executed. It was called the Holocaust. I understand the intent, but I ask you to allow the discharge to stay," said the Rev. Eugene C. McDowell, a graduate of Yale Divinity School and Canon Theologian for the Diocese of North Carolina.
Right now, we're rehearsing my Evening Canticles at the Mac. Old text, veddy English, right in the tradition (though the Mary of my Magnificat is a bit of a tomboy). And I can't help but feel that it's a requiem for the Episcopal Church.
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