"All May, None Must, Some Should"
"All May, None Must, Some Should"
By The Venerable Dr. Christopher Brown
Special to Virtueonline
April 2011
Many Episcopalians, randomly thumbing through the Book of Common Prayer, are puzzled to find a little service entitled "Reconciliation of a Penitent." Recognizing this as a form for confession of sins to a priest, they are likely to respond, "We have Confession? I thought that was a 'Catholic thing'."
The average Episcopalian tends to think of private Confession as foreign to the ethos of American Episcopalianism, even, perhaps, as an intrusive means of social control imposed by Roman Catholic clergy on their flock. "We don't need a priest be forgiven," they say, "We can go directly to God."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By The Venerable Dr. Christopher Brown
Special to Virtueonline
April 2011
Many Episcopalians, randomly thumbing through the Book of Common Prayer, are puzzled to find a little service entitled "Reconciliation of a Penitent." Recognizing this as a form for confession of sins to a priest, they are likely to respond, "We have Confession? I thought that was a 'Catholic thing'."
The average Episcopalian tends to think of private Confession as foreign to the ethos of American Episcopalianism, even, perhaps, as an intrusive means of social control imposed by Roman Catholic clergy on their flock. "We don't need a priest be forgiven," they say, "We can go directly to God."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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