INDIANAPOLIS, IN: Drawing the Line with Communion/Confirmation?
INDIANAPOLIS, IN: Drawing the Line with Communion/Confirmation?
COMMENTARY
By Gary L'Hommedieu
Special to Virtueonline
www.virtueonline.org
July 9, 2012
The 77th General Convention is deliberating on two separate sets of resolutions that, if passed, would presume an authority on the part of Convention that is inappropriate: the authority to change Tradition. Specifically, the GC is considering changing the meaning and practice of baptism/holy communion and confirmation.
The theological confusion of these two motions side by side reveals a deeper clarity regarding the real spirit underlying the theology of this Church.
First the confusion: On the one hand, Resolutions A041-A044, in removing confirmation as a requirement for leadership positions in the Church, profess to "bring the canons into conformity with the baptismal theology of the Book of Common Prayer, which teaches that 'Holy Baptism is full initiation by water and the Holy Spirit into Christ's Body the Church.'"
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
COMMENTARY
By Gary L'Hommedieu
Special to Virtueonline
www.virtueonline.org
July 9, 2012
The 77th General Convention is deliberating on two separate sets of resolutions that, if passed, would presume an authority on the part of Convention that is inappropriate: the authority to change Tradition. Specifically, the GC is considering changing the meaning and practice of baptism/holy communion and confirmation.The theological confusion of these two motions side by side reveals a deeper clarity regarding the real spirit underlying the theology of this Church.
First the confusion: On the one hand, Resolutions A041-A044, in removing confirmation as a requirement for leadership positions in the Church, profess to "bring the canons into conformity with the baptismal theology of the Book of Common Prayer, which teaches that 'Holy Baptism is full initiation by water and the Holy Spirit into Christ's Body the Church.'"
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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