Anglo-Catholic Priest Takes New Liberal Washington Bishop to Task
Anglo-Catholic Priest Takes New Liberal Washington Bishop to Task
Fr. Michael Heidt disagrees with Dr. Mariann Budde that experience drives doctrine
By Fr. Michael Heidt
August 12, 2011
Religious liberals are in the difficult position of having to defend their innovations against the testimony of Scripture and Tradition.
Both of these, it's argued, are the final arbiters of our ecclesial decision making. The one is the revealed Word of God, containing "all things necessary for salvation" and the other is nothing less than the teaching authority of Christ, handed down to us through the Apostles. Being consonant with these, then, equates with authentic Christianity.
This leaves the proponent of, for example, the ordination of women, or gay marriage, with few options. They can simply ignore the argument altogether, awkwardly attempt to revise the meaning of opposing texts and church doctrine, or more attractively, posit a new authority altogether, one which trumps Scripture and Tradition. This new authority, we're told, is "experience".
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
Fr. Michael Heidt disagrees with Dr. Mariann Budde that experience drives doctrine
By Fr. Michael Heidt
August 12, 2011
Religious liberals are in the difficult position of having to defend their innovations against the testimony of Scripture and Tradition.
Both of these, it's argued, are the final arbiters of our ecclesial decision making. The one is the revealed Word of God, containing "all things necessary for salvation" and the other is nothing less than the teaching authority of Christ, handed down to us through the Apostles. Being consonant with these, then, equates with authentic Christianity.
This leaves the proponent of, for example, the ordination of women, or gay marriage, with few options. They can simply ignore the argument altogether, awkwardly attempt to revise the meaning of opposing texts and church doctrine, or more attractively, posit a new authority altogether, one which trumps Scripture and Tradition. This new authority, we're told, is "experience".
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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