GENERAL CONVENTION 2012 Change upon Change Pausing on the Covenant Title IV Trial Run We believe in one God.

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We believe in the Holy Spirit.

We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.

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Mat.I.T ownsend photo Dr. Carl Johengen, lay deputy from the Diocese of Rochester, testifies about Resolution A049 , which authorizes trial use of a same-sex blessing rite. The Prayer Book, Liturgy and Church Music Committee heard testimony from more than 30 people during a July 7 hearing at General Convention.

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In the muggy heat of early July in Music's report accompanying the but most specifically on this Indianapolis, General Convention resolution. account: I think it is reasonable to worked its way through more than The House of Bishops approved believe that exclusive and lifelong 400 resolutions on sexual morality, the rite July 9, on a vote of 111 to 41, fidelity to one other person is pred­ the Episcopal Church's place in the with three bishops abstaining. icated on sexual difference , on the broader Anglican Communion, The Rt. Rev. Thomas Ely of Ver­ fact that there is but one 'other' sex. structural reform, and domestic and mont, episcopal chairman of the When our Lord Jesus Christ com­ international concerns. committee, introduced the resolu­ mends lifelong fidelity to one per­ Resolution A049 authorized a pro­ tion and said it allows for wide local son, in Mark's Gospel (10:1-12), he visional (rather than trial) rite for interpretations. The resolution does appeals to the story of the creation blessing same-sex couples. After the not make the rites mandatory, but of our first parents," Bishop Bauer­ convention, while some bishops leaves it up to each diocesan bishop schmidt said . emphasized the difference between to implement them, adapt them for "In other words, the basis for a rite for blessing and a rite for a local use or not use them at all. monogamous relationship is sexual wedding, other bishops, such as the "That will mean different things difference itself. There is one 'other' Rt. Rev. Mark S. Sisk of the Diocese in different locales," Bishop Ely said. sex. One wife espouses one hus­ of New York, authorized priests to "There is a place in this process for band; one husband espouses one use the rite in civil-marriage serv­ every Episcopalian regardless of wife. Genesis provides the scriptural ices. Each diocesan bishop is free, their level of support for the mate­ warrant. What sure warrant of Holy as of the first Sunday in Advent, to rial. Read it, digest it, reflect upon it, Scripture is there for requiring this authorize local use of the rite. use it, but please don't ignore it." form of exclusive and lifelong "This is clearly a work in process, The Rt. Rev. John Bauerschmidt, fidelity for two people of the same and there is a place in that process Bishop of Tennessee, asked that the sex? I think this liturgy does not for all Episcopalians , whether or not vote on A049 be taken by roll call, have sufficient basis in either Scrip­ they agree with the action we are then spoke against the resolution. ture, tradition, or reason for us to taking today," said the Committee "I speak in opposition to Resolu­ authorize its use." on Prayer Book, Liturgy and Church tion A049 for a number of reasons, The Rt. Rev. Edward Little II,

4 THE LIVING CHURCH• August 12. 2012 Bishop of Northern Indiana, asked the bishops to defeat the resolution. "The Christian world is going to understand us as having changed the nature of the sacrament of holy matrimony," he said. "I do not believe that we are free to do that." "To head down this path of legisla­ tion is simply not necessary," said the Rt. Rev. Samuel Johnson Howard , Bishop of Florida, because such blessings are already taking place in the church as a pastoral response. But the Rt. Rev. Nathan Baxter , Bishop of Central Pennsylvania , said the measure will encourage people in his diocese to learn about their diverse neighbors. Many in Baxter's diocese disagree with the Episcopal Church's move to create the rites, he said. "And in my case many, many African American pastors are upset with me . But I really believe this is God's call to us to continue the conversation as we go forward." The Rt. Rev. Bill Love, Bishop of Matt Townsend photo Albany, said that the resolution's pas­ Bishops Jeffrey Lee (left) of Chicago and Andrew Waldo of Upper South Carolina, members sage, plus the defeat of the Anglican of the Prayer Book, Liturgy and Church Music Committee, listen during the July 7 hearing. Covenant and reduced giving to the Anglican Communion, would be a "triple whammy" to the Episcopal by 78 percent among lay deputies and minutes later, we're going to pro­ Church's position in the Communion. 76 percent among clerical deputies. ceed with a debate that deeply The Rt. Rev. Leo Frade, Bishop of "I am frequently explaining to my divides us. What I want is for us to Southeast Florida, supported the friends what the Episcopal Church be faithful to the things that we have resolution. "People will say that His­ is, and what we stand for," said said in our Book of Common panics will be upset with this vote," Jenna Guy of Iowa. "It is always with Prayer." Holt said the declaration of he said . "But we have gay children, burning pride when I tell them about marriage as between a man and a uncles and friends. Please do not the inclusive nature of this church." woman is a core value. generalize that Hispanics will run The Rev. John Zamboni of New "I speak to you in the minority ," from the Episcopal Church" because Jersey described the resolution as a said the Ven. David Collum of of this vote . wonderful piece of liturgical work Albany. "Passing this resolution is The Rt. Rev. Duncan Gray III, "I've been happily married to my just the majority wielding power Bishop of Mississippi, said he would wife for six years," he said. "I wish against the minority, saying, 'We not authorize the provisional rite in we would have had this liturgy when don't care. We don't care."' his diocese , but recognized that we got married six years ago." Convention also adopted a revi­ General Convention would proba­ Other deputies, like the Rev. sion to the canons that adds "gender bly adopt it. Charles L. Holt of Central Florida, expression and identity" as a pro­ "I know I see through a glass opposed the resolution. tected class (see "Protected: 'Iden­ darkly," he said, asking that people "We had a man who spoke in this tity and Expression,"' p. 9). who are for the rites "walk beyond house to reform this church, and On July 11 the Rt. Rev. Michael this vote with a sense of humility that very much moved me," Holt Smith, Bishop of North Dakota, and less of a triumphant note." said. "For the first time, I felt united introduced The Indianapolis State­ The next day the rite won approval with this group. But then, just a few (Continued on next page)

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(Continued from previous page) ment (see p. 34), a minority report Pausingon the Covenant and statement of dissent from the convention's decisions regarding Resolution B005 post­ historic commitment to and con ­ sexuality. The statement, which poned any decision stituent membership in the Anglican Bishop Smith read aloud to his col­ regarding the proposed Communion as expressed in the Pre­ leagues, has attracted support from Anglican Covenant and amble of the Constitution of the 14 bishops-eight of whom are tar­ asks that the presiding Episcopal Church." gets of Title IV complaints. bishop and the president of the The resolution calls on the Epis­ "Those of us lmown as the Com­ House of Deputies appoint a task copal Church to "deepen its involve­ munion Partners have expended a force of Executive Council "to con­ ment with communion ministries great deal of energy for at least the tinue to monitor the ongoing devel­ and networks," and encourages past six years working to persuade opments with respect to the Angli­ "dioceses, congregations and indi­ theological conservatives to remain can Covenant and how this church vidual Episcopalians to educate in the Episcopal Church and theo­ might continue its participation," and themselves about the Communion logical liberals to remain in the Angli­ report those findings to the 78th as well as promote and support the can Communion," Bishop Smith said General Convention. Anglican Communion and its work" in introducing the statement. As originally submitted by the Rt. In introducing the resolutions to "'The Witnessing and Blessing of a Rev. Ian Douglas , Bishop of Con­ the House of Bishops July 10, Douglas Lifelong Covenant' is for all practical necticut and episcopal chairman of said the committee was blessed by purposes same-sex marriage," the the World Mission Committee, B005 comprising seven of the proposers of statement said in one of seven resolved that General Convention the eight initial Covenant resolutions. points. "It includes all of the essen­ endorse the preamble and first three As the committee worked, it tial elements found in a marriage sections of the four-part Covenant became clear that "this church holds rite: vows, an exchange of rings, a "as a demonstration of the Episco­ a wide variety of ecclesiological pronouncement, and a blessing. We pal Church's dedication to the unity positions and opinions on the Angli­ believe that the rite subverts the of the Anglican Communion." The can Covenant and its position in the teaching of the Book of Common Covenant's fourth section sets dis­ Anglican Communion," Douglas Prayer, places the Episcopal Church ciplinary guidelines for resolving said. "As we continued to perfect ... outside the mainstream of Christian disputes in the Communion. we began to believe that we would faith and practice, and creates fur­ Resolution D008, proposed by the be unable to make a positive state­ ther distance between this Church Rev. Tobias Haller, BSG, of New ment that would not somehow cre­ and the Anglican Communion along York and revised in committee, says ate a significant [number] of win­ with other Christian churches." the Episcopal Church reaffirms "our ners and losers." The committee began to think instead of presenting two resolu­ tions. Resolution B005 calls itself, in part, "a pastoral response to the Episcopal Church." The Ven. David Douglas told the bishops that the Collum of resolution "gives gratitude for the Albany diversity of churches, celebrates addresses the relationships across differences, House of Deputies. reaffirms our membership in the Matt Townsend photo Anglican Communion, promises ongoing participation in the coun­ cils of the Communion, and also lifts up and supports the good work that our church and other churches have been doing in the Continuing Ind­ aba and commits us to educating our own so that we can deeper sup­ port the Anglican Communion." Discussion of the resolutions was

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light in the House of Bishops. ticipants would bring questions wants, but about what we believe The Rt. Rev. William 0. Gregg, about "how many churches need to are the needs of the church at this Assisting Bishop of North Carolina, sign on to the Covenant for it to time. What we need are some places said he supported the resolutions in come into effect" and whether there of disagreement that are not met by part because he appreciated the should be a "time limit" for consid­ immediate need for winners and los­ process for articulating a response to ering the Covenant. ers, some place where we can con­ the Covenant. "The gift and the grace Earlier in the day, the House of tinue to listen across the wide of the Covenant has not been that Deputies passed D008, which calls divides of this church and the Angli­ document, but has been the particu­ the church to "maintain and rein­ can Communion. larly Anglican process," including the force strong links across the world­ "What we realized on the commit­ relationship-building and "connect­ wide Anglican Communion" and to tee is that we are under no compul ­ edness" that have developed. pursue Continuing Indaba. sion, save our own, to give an imme­ The Rt. Rev. R. William Franklin, In tum , introducing B005, commit­ diate answer to the question of Bishop of Western New York, asked tee member the Rev. Mark Harris said: adopting the Covenant. for clarification about a line in B005 "We all serve and love the Lord in the "I urge the passage of Resolution that calls for continued Episcopal context of both the Episcopal Church B005, and more, urge time with all Church participation in the Angli­ and the Anglican Communion. our companions in the faith, in and can Communion. "I came to this convention know­ outside this church of ours, whose Douglas responded that partici­ ing what I wanted. I wanted to say wonder is that they differ from us in pation would involve, among other no to this Anglican Covenant .... We every way save one: the love of the things, attending the Anglican Con­ ended up proposing the resolution Lord," Harris said. sultative Council meeting in Octo­ you have before you, B005 substi­ ber. He said Episcopal Church par - tute. This resolution is not about our (Continued on next page)

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(Continued from previous page) Structural Reform Initial votes in the House of Deputies suggested that structural reform could begin immediately. Deputies voted to vacate and sell the Episcopal Church Center in Manhattan "as soon as it is econom­ ically feasible." The House of Bish­ ops agreed on the idea of moving (but not selling) the church center and deleted the imprecise timeline. On a similar theme of structural change, deputies approved a canon­ ical amendment that would have allowed the next presiding bishop to remain in place as a diocesan. But bishops were less keen on Resolu­ tion BO13, which was proposed by one of their own, Ian Douglas of Connecticut. They declined to con­ cur on the resolution. "I submit that the constitutional confederacy, the corporate model, and the regulatory model no longer hold. We need something different," Bishop Douglas said. "We have a wonderful opportunity to reimagine Matt Townse nd photo what is the role of just this one par­ The Rt. Rev. Wayne Wright of Delaware stands to speak in the House of Bishops. ticular office, the presiding bishop, as we look at electing our next pre­ places." He said this stirs animosity tion." The budget for 2013-15 pro­ siding bishop. We have a window." and suspicion. vides $200,000 for the task force. The Rt. Rev. Lawrence C. Proven­ "I find it difficult to make deci­ Resolution C095 had requested zano, Bishop of Long Island, pro­ sions as we are here now about res­ $400,000. posed Resolution B015 calling for a olutions that come, say, from the The omnibus resolution, prepared unicameral General Convention. He House of Deputies to the House of by members of the convention's assured an open hearing that the Bishops without being able to have Structure Committee, passed unani­ resolution was not a power play by conversation other than amongst mously in the committee, and unan­ bishops. other bishops," the bishop said. imously again in the House of The Rev. Canon Neal Michell, "What I think is fundamentally bro­ Deputies and the House of Bishops. member of the Structure Commit­ ken is that we can't hear each other." Both the committee and the deputies tee and deputy from Dallas, asked Provenzano's resolution, and sang the hymn "Sing a New Church" Provenzano what he found to be many others regarding structural after their votes ( see "Singing Out," broken about the church's current reform, will await a task force p. 9). The hymn, set to the Nettleton system. authorized by General Convention. melody for "Come, Thou Font of "Wow, that's a great open door," Resolution C095 requires Presiding Every Blessing," includes this Provenzano said. "I can speak for Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori refrain: "Let us bring the gifts that myself. I need to hear the voice of and the newly elected president of differ/ and in splendid, varied ways, elected lay leadership and elected the House of Deputies, the Rev. Gay / sing a new church into being, / one clergy in the leadership of the Clark Jennings, to appoint a body of faith and love and praise." church. It seems strange to me that of up to 24 members to "present the when we talk about the church 78th General Convention with a plan Reported by Lauren Anderson, Joe being 'in council' that we meet in for reforming the Church's struc­ Thoma and Matthew Townsend in separate rooms and separate tures, governance, and administra- Indianapolis

8 THE LIVING CHURCH• August 12, 2012 IJJ_ ..r,p· w~,:::::~~:~;~~OKS . to Christians of the Anglican-Episcopal , Catholic , Matt Townsend photo and Reformed Traditions, Howard (left) and Jennings sing together. and spreading the Gospel ~( _ (and other good books) to others . SingingOut /( Known for our extensive Shedding tears of joy, the Rev. ~1 inventory of liturgical texts Canon Gay Clark Jennings of Ohio (including the Book of Common Prayer) sang the hymn "Sing a New Church" and a thorough collection with the Rt. Rev. Samuel Johnson ~ of religious antiquarian volumes _;.;,---- from incunabula to the present. Howard, Bishop of Florida, after a committee vote July 9. As co-chairs of General Conven­ Contact Charles Kester Phone : (4 79) 549- 7705 Email : [email protected] tion's Structure Committee, the two We also encourage you to view a sampling of our offerings at : helped lead the Structure Commit­ www.biblio.com/bookstore/st-wulfstans-books-fayetteville tee to a unanimous passing of Reso­ lution _C095(substitute), calling for the creation of a task force with members of "critical distance" from °Gfe institutional leadership of the Order ,,, Looking for an additional spiritual church. ofthe -~J:!! resource for your Parish? "Members of this committee, both 'Daughters •HI· deputies and bishops , come from a 'lfthel{!pg All For His Sake For information visit us very wide spectrum politically , the­ at booth 211 in the General ologically, spiritually," Jennings said. The Ord er of the Dau ght ers of the King can be Convention Exhibit Hall "The cons ensus and cohesion that th at resource. This 127 -yea r-old mini stry offers: O r www.doknational.com emerged around this resolution • The power of prayer for the parish and clergy or Th e N ational office: really signals a level of cooperation, 101 Weath erstone Drive. • The power of service to the parish and clergy unity and collaboration that I wasn't Suite 870 convinced that we would see at this • The power of outreach from the parish Wood tock, GA 30188 convention." Deputy Thomas Little of Vermont led the drafting subcommittee, which he said worked past midnight and arose early to complete the resolu­ Certificate Program in tion substitution. "I started working on this at usually about 5:30 or 6 Christian Formation NExrsEss,oN: o'clock in the morning ," Little said. January "We all understood that we didn't have a lot of time to work with, so we Dr. Anthony Bakerand stretched the clock and the calendar." Matt Townsend The Rev.Mary Earle Protected: 'Identity and Expression' www.ssw.edu/cf Resolution D002 added "gender identity and expression" as a pro­ tected category as a diocese dis­ cerns a person's call to ordained ministry. Likewise, Resolution DO19 ,, SOUIHWEsT

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that the Episcopal Church specifi­ cally lists gender identity and expression in the canon to welcome the transgender community. "Believe me, we are being watched for this vote," Lawton said. "We will be richly blessed to add transgen­ dered people to our church." The Rev. Carla Robinson, a trans­ gender priest in the Diocese of Olympia, also spoke of the impor­ tance of recognizing transgender people in the canon . "By including gender identity and gender expression in this canon, you will rightly name us," Robinson said . "You will show respect for our humanity." Sam Gould of Massachusetts said Matt Townsend photo this is an important issue for young Carolyn McKeeman of Tucson and Martha Noble of Birmingham, Ala., discuss "Great adults, adding that it will help dispel 0 Antiphons," a 2010 piece by Indianapolis artist Linda Witte Henke, part of the idea that Christians are hypo­ the Ecclesiastical Art Exhibition at General Convention. The cotton and synthetic felt critical. work is dyed, painted, screen-printed, stenciled and stamped. "This is a statement that I think is very important for my generation," Gould said. "We need to not be a (Continued from previous page) any kinds of norms. We are entering hypocritical church. We need to live added "gender identity and expres­ into the chaos of individuality. It's an by that statement that the Episcopal sion" to a protected category for idol that will break us." Church welcomes you." "rights, status or access to an equal The Rt. Rev. W. Andrew Waldo, Joe Thoma place in the life, worship, and gov­ Bishop of Upper South Carolina, ernance" of the Episcopal Church. opposed D019, saying that people in The Rt. Rev. Chester Talton, his diocese need clarification of the Bishop of San Joaquin, spoke of terms relating to gender identity. Title IV Trial Run ordaining a transgendered person "The definition is all over the One of the thornier subjects vexing earlier this year: "The person entered map," he said. "I believe we need to the church at General Convention the ordination process and pro­ have more discussion in the church, involved disciplinary canons on ceeded through that process with­ in our congregations, in order to be treatment of clergy who are charged out any regard really for her gender, able to speak in a way that is theo­ with offenses against church "order but because she obviously possessed logically sound, that gives a deeper and discipline," and the related the qualities that lent themselves to understanding of what it means to implications of those canons on the the ministry of the diaconate to be a transgender person." structure of the Episcopal Church's which she was ordained." The Rt. Rev. Prince G. Singh, hierarchy. The Rt. Rev. Mark Lawrence, Bishop of Rochester, supported the Many dioceses have been grap­ Bishop of South Carolina, opposed resolutions, saying he knows what it pling with applying the rules in Title the addition to the canon. feels like to be "the other." IV as amended at the 2009 General "We have entered into a time of "When I am in India, people think Convention. Some diocesan leaders individualized eros, with a wide vari­ I'm an American . Here, people think have argued that the new Title IV ety of self-perceptions," Bishop I'm from somewhere else," he said. rules run counter to diocesan Lawrence said. "We are condemn­ The resolutions encourage healthy canons, and even to the Episcopal ing ourselves to freedom - the free­ self-examination, he said. Church's Constitution . dom of every individual to self­ Sarah Lawton of California "The 2009 revision to Title IV define every aspect of who they are opened discussion in the House of in such a way that we no longer have Deputies, saying that it is important (Continued on page 12)

10 THE LIVING CHURCH • August 12. 2012 Deputies from Latin American dioceses meet in a circle to discuss the proposed 2012-15 budget in depth . Matt Townsend photo

A break during a legislative session in the House of Deputies. Matt Townsend photo

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(Continued from page 10) anapolis July 8, the House of Bish­ established new disciplinary struc­ ops expressed its collegiality in tures; added numerous new canon­ courtesy Resolution X022, which ical offenses; and stripped Members recognized four provisional bishops of the Clergy of fundamental due of the Episcopal Church: the Rt. Rev. process rights which under the pred­ C. Wallis Ohl, Fort Worth; the Rt. ecessors to Title IV were intended to Rev. Kenneth L. Price, Pittsburgh; provide Clergy facing ecclesiastical the Rt. Rev. John C. Buchanan, discipline with a fair process and a Quincy; and the Rt. Rev. Chester L. fair trial," said Resolution D029, pro­ Talton, San Joaquin. posed by the Rev. Canon Charles The resolution, in naming the Perfater and written in consultation bishops designated in those dioce­ with New Jersey canon-law attor­ ses by the Episcopal Church, served ney Michael Rehill. "This resolution as an aclmowledgment by the bish­ is int ended to restore those rights ops present and voting unanimously which are critical to insuring Clergy that the named bishops - not the a fair and impartial process, includ­ breakaway bishops who preceded ing the right not to be required to them - are the legitimate represen­ testify or give evidence against him­ tatives of the Episcopal Church , self or herself." some bishops said afterward . Resolution D029 shuttled around That does not end the complaints from the Ministry Committee to the against the nine bishops, but moves Canons Committee at General Con­ the matter closer to reconciliation vention, and will now be part of the and resolution, participants said. "blunderbus" action of General Con­ But the strained collegiality in the vention that sends resolutions not House of Bishops underscored the acted on at convention to the appro­ widespread disagreement with the priate standing commission, in this "new Title IV." case the Standing Commission on Writing for the Anglican Com­ Trinity College, Toronto Constitution and Canons, Rehill munion Institute in 2011, C. Alan Cnnoda's olth:st A11glimr1rl 1i:ologic:d collcgc said. Runyan and Mark McCall summa­ There it will join other sugges­ rized their critique developed over tions for revision, including similar the last several years: "In our previ­ Liberal and Catholic in character resolutions that were adopted but ous papers we have shown that the offering cxccllcncc in prcpar.1tionfor ministry for all, that the Church·s clergy may be which address narrower aspects of new Title IV is unconstitutional in godly. /earned and .sble Title IV. two key respects: it usurps the Understanding liturgic~1I won,hip in Compo undin g the sensitivity sur­ exclusive constitutional authority historical and conlcmporary fom111.. engaged in the current issues of ChurchJ.n d ~ ocicty rounding the Title IV discussion at given to dioceses for the trial of

Founding member of the Associ:llion of Theo logical Schools General Convention is a complaint priests and deacons and it gives the and 1hc Toronto School of T heology, federated with being considered under the new Presiding Bishop unprecedented 1hc University ofToronlo Title IV rules. and unconstitutional authority over Access to all the resources of TST nnd the richc::it theologict1l curriculum available anywhere That complaint accuses six bish­ diocesan bishops." ops of engaging in misconduct for Resolution C116, proposed by the Modcnuctuiti on fees. fi11anc1al aid a,•ailable for full-time and pan-lime ~tudy supporting an amicus brief prepared Diocese of Central Florida and

Master of Divinity, M,1s1crof Theological Studies. by the Anglican Communion Insti­ adopted on the last legislative day of Doctor of Theology. other degrees tute in a Texas Supreme Court case the 2012 Genera l Convention, calls On-c:impush ousing available for singles:a nd fomilics between the Episcopal Church and for a study of those constitutional the Diocese of Fort Worth. The court issues. case regards legal authority and Cl16 directs the Standing Commis­ ownership of church property in that sion on Constitution and Canons to: Trinity College. Facuhy of Divinity diocese. Another complaint accuses • "review ... the constitutionality 6 Hoskin Avenue Toromo, ON MSS I H8 three bishops of misconduct by sup­ of the power granted therein to the 416-978-2133 porting a motion in Illinois. Presiding Bishop to restrict the min­ w ww. 1rini 1y.utmon 1o.ca/ D iv ini1y At General Convention in Indi- istry of a Diocesan Bishop for an

12 THE LIVING CHURCH • August 12. 2012 alleged offense without the consent of the Standing Committee for the Diocese or, in the case of alleged abandonment, the consent of the three senior Bishops as was the case prior to adoption of the amend ­ ments to Title IV by the 76th General Convention; • "review ... the constitutionality of the creation of a charging and trial system applicable to Presbyters and Deacons in violation of Article

IX of the Constitution which pro­ MalLT ownsend photo vides that Presbyters and Deacons An improvisational drum circle in the Youth Hospitality Suite at the convention center in Indianapolis . shall be tried by a Court instituted Young people from the Young Adult Festival, the Official Youth Presence, the Philippine Independent by the Convention of the Diocese; Church and local parishes played drums, bongos , tambourines and other percussive instruments . • use "a process by which all inter­ ested persons may be heard on the issue"; • "submit a report on its findings with regard to these matters to the 78th Genera l Convention." Said Bill Grimm, vice chancellor of the diocese and author of Cll6: "The Standing Commission on Con­ stitution and Canons is the appro­ priate comm ission to review the constitutionality of the these provi­ sions of Title IV and to make a report to the 78th General Conven­ tion on its findings so that the Gen­ eral Convent ion may consider whether or not to modify New Title IV as requested by the Diocese of Central Florida." The Rt. Rev. F. Clayton Matthews of the Office of Pastoral Develop­ ment will investigate still-pending Title IV comp laints against the nine bishops - Maurice Benitez (Texas, retired), John W. Howe (Central Florida, retired), Paul Lambert (Dal­ las , suffragan), William Love (Albany), D. Bruce MacPh erson (Western Louisiana , retired) , Daniel H. Martins (Springfield) , James M. Stanton (Dallas) , Peter Beckwith (Springfield, retired) and Edward L. Salmon (South Carolina, retired). In an open letter to Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori dated July 6, the accused bishops

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(Continued from previous page) copal ministries of Buchanan and Ohl, and stressed that their concern is one of how the church under­ stands its hierarchical nature. Joe Thoma

Michael Rehill for the Defense When the Rt. Rev. John S. Spong Matt Townsend photo asked Michael Rehill to serve as his Rehill: "This is not a discernment process . You are a court." chancellor, people who knew them both were surprised that Spong would choose Rehill, an Anglo­ Lutz, a professional mediator, has ship for their priests, and frankly Catholic. Spong countered: an ideo­ more than 300 hours of training in they ought to ," Rehill said. Some logical chancellor will serve the the field. Rehill said he tells accused bishops and chancellors have spo­ bishop only if they agree, while a clergy about the law "and Pamela ken with CanonLaw Inc. about cov­ Catholic respects the office regard­ will tell them what is right." ering every ordained person in their less of who occupies it. "In some cases that means taking diocese . Rehill has represented some of the your finger out of the bishop's eye," Rehill said the decision was easy more vivid personalities in the House she said . to call his practice's website Canon­ of Bishops, including Joseph Morris Together, Lutz and Rehill try to Lawyer.org rather than, say, Doss and the late Walter Righter and keep fractured relationships and MichaelRehill.com. "I want to estab­ Richard Shimpfky. Today he is a fre­ Title IV cases from going any fur­ lish something that will outlast me." quently cited critic of the revised ther down the legal slide than nec­ Circling back to Bishop Spong, Title IV. The cluster of potential essary . Rehill said they had two long-stand ­ clients, or simply worried clergy, at "My sense is that a Title IV pro­ ing agreements : they would not talk the General Convention booth of ceeding is an ecclesiastical death about theology because they dis­ CanonLawyer Inc. was steady . sentence," Rehill said. "We don't agree about so many things and Rehill and Pamela L. Lutz, presi­ want to throw away good priests. I Spong would not dedicate a book to dent and CEO of CanonLawyer Inc., really believe in our church. All him. Eventually the bishop thanked say they are aware of Title IV priests have is their reputation. If Rehill in the preface to Here I Stand: charges in nearly every diocese of they lose that they lose everything." My Struggle for a Christianity of the Episcopal Church. "We have Rehill spent 12 years as a munici­ Integrity, Love, and Equality. eight active cases right now - pal court judge, which he said sen­ Rehill knows that some of the eight," Rehill said. sitized him to the importance of due nine bishops who now stand under Rehill and Lutz reject arguments process. Title IV accusations were open that the current Title IV is more pas­ "If the process is fair and just, the about filing charges against Righter toral than its predecessors. guilty will be brought to justice," he in the mid-1990s. Would he defend Rehill mentions that some con­ said. any of these bishops in a Title IV ference panels perceive the Title IV Lutz and Rehill have developed a proceeding? process - which could usher a Clergy Assistance Plan for those "Yes, absolutely," Rehill said with­ cleric to a church-court trial and who are concerned about becoming out hesitation . "They, like all clergy, deposition from any future ministry Title IV targets in the future. need to be represented by someone in the Episcopal Church - as "a dis­ The plan is membership-based , who's competent and who knows cernment process." requires a $200 application fee and about their rights." "This is not a discernment process ," costs $1,200 annually thereafter. "Justice does not distinguish he tells them. "You are a court ." With this membership, clergy between liberal and conservative," he "Clergy who call me at all hours of receive mediation and legal services said. "When we stop welcoming every­ the day or night don't find this canon that are not charged by the hour. body we will lose our reason to exist." very pastoral," Lutz said. "Vestries can fund the member- Douglas LeBlanc

14 THE LIVING CHURCH• August 12, 2012 Baptism,then Communion The Livingand True God The Mystery of the Trinity Deputies voted to allow "generous LUIS F. LADARIA, S.J. pastoral provision" in offering Com­ munion to people who are not bap­ Ladaria "documents the historical development of tized Christians, but the bishops the doctrine of the Trinity and its significance for the Christian church today." - Midwest Booh review rejected the idea resolutely. Resolu­ 978-1 - 934996-06-5 492 pp Soft Cover $ 52 .95 tion C029, which was proposed as a Jesus Christ challenge to the Church's historic Salvation of All teaching on baptism, ended up sim­ LUIS F. LADARIA, S.J. ply affirming baptism as "the ancient and normative entry point to receiv­ In this illuminating study, Ladaria affirms that we ing Holy Communion" and offering cannot separate Christ from his Church, nor can we no congregational or diocesan separate Christ from the human race in its totality. 978-1-934996-04-1 152 pp Soft Cover $3 0.95 escape clauses. Speaking against the resolution in Morality in Social Life an open hearing July 6, the Rev. Jim SERGIOBASTIANEL, S.J. Sorvillo of the Diocese of Central "A valuable work on the centrality of relationships, story, and Florida said baptism is not an virtue to morality in the social sphere." optional ritual. Sorvillo added that - Arlene Helderman Montevecchio , Director, the Eucharist should not be seen as Center for Social Concerns, Gannon University a symbol of exclusion, but rather as 978-1-934996- 14-0 360 pp Soft Cover $32. 99 a representation of "inclusion into God's family." "I want people to have access, no doubt, but the table loses its power, its grace, if denied the powers of baptism," Sorvillo said. "Let's not throw out the baby with the baptism water." Welcoming you for study leave or a sabbatical The Rev. Eleanor McLaughlin also I opposed the resolution. www.ridley.cam .ac.uk "Yearning is not bad for us. Teens yearn for cars. . .. Lovers yearn for consummation," McLaughlin said. "Anyone who yearns to be fed by God, the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, and desires to live after the manner of our crucified and risen Lord is welcomed by God and God's altar. . . . And yet we do not have to change 2,000 years of tradi­ tion. This is a feast worth waiting for." Meghan Johnson of the Diocese of Minnesota supported the reso lution , saying her parish in St. Paul has increased its membership and bap­ tisms by offering Communion to the unbaptized. "The table leads to the font and the font leads to the table, and both lead to Christ," she said. "We don't need the numerical order anymore." Lauren Anderson

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Global Voices The three winners of THE LIVING CHURCH'S third annu al essay competition r eprese nt £ global scope: FIRST PLACE: The Rev . Leonard G. Finn of Trinit y School for Mini stry explores the the ology of British evangelical Charles E. Simeon . SECOND PLACE: The Rev. Jesse A. Zink of Ber kele y Divinit y School at Yale, who servec a missionary stint at a garbage dump in South Africa, studies prayer as des cribed in thE Gospel of Luke. THIRD PLACE: David Pickersgill of Ridley Hall, Cambridge, evaluates whether diversit y if a characteristic of the Holy Spirit 's ministry among Christians. We thank this year's judges , who also reflect the Church's global identity: the Rt. Rev . John C. Bauerschmidt, Bishop of Tennessee; the Rev. Will Brown , rector of Church of the Holy Cross, Dallas ; the Rev. Michael Poon, dir ec tor of the Centre for the Stud y of Christi ­ anity in Asia, Trinity Theological College , Singapor e; and the Rev . Jo Baile y Wells, who has returned to London after founding and lea ding the Anglican Epi sco pal House of Studies at Duke Divinity School.

FIRST PLACE Charles Simeon A Liturgical Evangelical

By Leonard G. Finn "The Bible first, the Prayer Book next,, and all other books and doings in subordination to both." - Charles Simeon

harles Simeon preached his first sermon from what had been Hugh Latimer's pulpit at St. Edward King and Martyr at Cambridge. 1 There is something rather appropriate about that historical coincidence. Like Latimer Cin the 16th centrny, Simeon must be regarded as a champion voice of Protestant thought within the Church of England at a particularly important moment in the 19th - "the Luther of Cambridge ," as one author styles him. 2 Similarly, Simeon displayed a fierce adherence to the principle of sola scriptura; how ever, also like Latimer , Simeon's theology can possibly be described as ambiguous, uneven, or secondary. 3 Cons ider the following ver­ sion of his oft-repeated position on the Calvinist-Anninian disput e. Speaking in the third person, Simeon writes:

TI1eAuthor is no friend to systematizers in Theology. He has endeavoured to derive from the Scriptur es alone hu; views of religion; and to them it is his wish to adhere, with scrupulous fidelity; never wresting any portion of the word of God to favour a particular opinion, but giving to every part of it that sense, which it seems to him to hav e been designed by its great autho r to convey.4

16 THE LIVING CHURCH • August 12, 2012 Simeon essentially seeks an anti-dogmatic dogmatics, paragraph (pp. 56-57). The heart of the issue is the sec­ a mode of doing theology, which is "Scriptural , in con­ ond point that liturgy is "expedient for us" and here he tradistinction to the systematic ," as one friend wrote centers on Scripture. The "pious and venerable Reform­ after Simeon's death. 5 But is there really no system to ers of our Church," Simeon argues , in creating a liturgy Simeon's approach? Could one even actually have such that addressed "the most lamentable ignorance [of Scrip­ an approach? ture that] prevailed throughout the land," left behind in Simeon's "The Excellency of the Liturgy, Sermon II" that liturgy a "pillar and ground of truth in this kingdom , (1811) offers an interesting point of entry into consid­ [which] has served as fuel to perpetuate the flame, ering these questions. 6 The sermon is about only a small which the Lord himself at the time of the Reformation, portion of Deuteronomy 5:28-29: "they have well said all kindled upon our altars" (pp. 51-53). Scripture was the that they have spoken. 0 that there were such an heart heart of the Reformation; likewise, Scripture is the heart in them." Simeon begins by acknowledging the literal of the liturgy, which is therefore "a sacred light" that sense of the passage- God's approval of Israel's request "irradiated [England] with scriptural knowledge and for Moses' mediation - and its logical interpretative with saving truth" (pp. 51-52). At least with regard to sense - "that we should all seek deliverance from the public worship, Simeon argues that extemporaneous curse of the law through the prayer simply cannot compare on mediation" of Christ (pp. 41-42). those grounds: "few are qualified" However , instead of preaching for an "extensive knowledge of along those lines - following Scripture must be combined with "that sense, which it seems to him fervent piety, in order to fit a per­ to have been designed by its great son for such an undertaking" (p. author to convey" - he declares 53). Extemporaneous prayer may that the use he intends to make attract many with its "delusive the passage serve is "only in a charms of novelty" and enable way of accommodation," but that them to confuse their "fancy such a use is "abundantly sanc ­ [being] gratified, or ... animal spir­ tioned by the example of the its raised" with actual spiritual edi­ Apostles" (p. 42). In other words, fication; however, real edification Simeon departs from his stated comes through "solid truths" (p. scriptural mode of theology and 55), which the liturgy offers in preaching for something else. In abundance because it offers Scrip­ what follows, I want to focus on ture in abundance. Sin1eon then this sermon and consider what concludes by considering theo­ that something else is. What does logical objections to language in Simeon's "accommodation" say the burial and baptismal services about what lies at the heart of his (which may be answered , again, overall theological imperatives? The Rev. Charles Simeon (1759-1836) with reference to the scriptural­ At the end of the day, I will sug­ ism of the liturgical autl1ors) and gest that Simeon's admiration of the 1662 liturgy is the criticism of the mere formality ofliturgical repetition, rooted in traditional Anglican values of (1) primacy of a problem Simeon locates properly in the hearts of the Scripture and (2) catholicity amidst a context of threat congregation rather than the liturgy. to the Church of England by schism (from evangeli­ It is certainly an unusual sermon from an evangelical cals) and discord (between Calvinists and Arrninians). preacher, let alone the "prince of evangelicals. "7 How­ Getting somewhat ahead of ourselves, we might say ever, Simeon is not an evangelical full-stop; rather, he is that if Simeon has a system it is one with an ecclesio­ an evangelical churchman, which like the sermon was logical flavor. something quite unusual. In the 18th century, those To begin, a brief recapitulation of Sin1eon's sermon on engaged in the Evangelical Revival often cared com ­ liturgy is in order. He defends the liturgy - clearly paratively little for the Established Church, even if that against Non-Conformists and Dissenters - on three is where they were ordained. 8 John Wesley, while never grounds: "it is lawful in itself - expedient for us - and officially breaking with the Church of England, worked acceptable to God" (p. 43). Simeon deals with the first outside normal church circles and left a situation where and last points quickly: he cites examples of liturgy his followers ultimately did break with it. Likewise, for from Scripture and tradition in the first instance, con­ John Berridge, an itinerant preacher like Wesley, church cluding that the matter is "pretty generally conceded" order took a back seat to a perceived divine imperative anyway (p. 50), and deals with the latter in but a single (Continued on next page)

August 12, 2012 • THE LIVING CHURCH 17 • • ~ , - ' .. ,_, -·" -· - ·-~- ·- ,. '•'''Ill Student Essays in Christian Wisdom At the end FIRST PLACE of the day, Simeon's (Continued from previous page) If in anything he grounded his sen­ to preach the gosp el wherever it was not being timents upon human authority, it "unsystematic" preachect.9 Simeon, perhaps as "a natural To:ry,"10could would not b e on th e dogmas of mode of theology not countenance an evangelicalism which broke with Calvin or Arminius, but on the Arti­ the Established Church . In the previous generation cles and Homilies of th e Church of is a historically there may have been just cause for itinerancy and a lack Engl,and. He has the happiness to Anglican one . of respect for church order, but, he once remark ed, say, that he does ex an'i,mo, from "To do now as [Berridge) did then would do much his inmost soul, believe the doctrines to which he has hann. "11 What follows for Simeon is a properly Angli­ subscribed: but the reason of his believingth em is not, can theological understanding of evangelicalism which that they are made the Creed of the Established church, reinscribes the movement within the Established but, that he find them manifestly contained in the Church, reconnecting evange licalism with it - its Sacred Oracles.16 liturgy, its order, etc. - through Scripture and in light of the legacy of the English Reformation . Indeed, Charles The Thirty-Nine Articles and the Homilies are there­ Smyth suggests that were it not for Simeon "the Evan­ fore Simeon's "system," but they are so because they gelicals would sooner or later have left the Church of reflec t the truths of Scripture. It follows from these England even as the Methodists had done .. .. It was documents and their relation to Scripture that the Estab­ Simeon who , more than any other single individual, lished Church is a true church, guided by the clear light taught the younger Evangelicals to love the Church of of Scripture and therefore very much worth remaining England and enabled th em to feel that they belong within. As Arthur Bennett explains: "In [Simeon's) opin­ within her body."12 ion the Protestant Reformed Church of England was the We began by noting that Simeon was "no friend to sys­ truest and finest manifestation of the Christian Faith tematizers in Theology." He denied being a Calvinist or emanating from scripture and had everything in it to an Anninian, instead declaring himself "A Bible Chris­ meet his spiritual needs" (p. 131). Liturgy clearly func­ tian," going so far as to say, "I bring to [my interpretation tions for Simeon in the same way as the Articles and of Scripture] no predilection whatever."13 If Simeon's Homilies do but in th e context of worship. "A congre­ claim seems naive - how does one approach the Bible gation uniting fervently in the prayers of our Liturgy," tabula rasa? - he at least seems aware of it, referring Simeon once wrote , "would afford as complete a picture to the need to approach Scripture "with the simplicity of heaven as ever yet was beheld on earth."17 of a little child."14More importantly , however , his dis­ We can now see that there is a properly Anglican dain for "systems" should be understood strat egically, logic to Simeon's defense ofliturgy, rooted in reformed that is, not only negatively in the context of the threat catholicity. First , methodologically, Simeon defends the to churc h unity pos ed by Calvinist and Anninian lawfulness of liturgy by lookin g to the authority of debates , 15 but also positively with regard to the central Scripture thence to the traditions of the early Chur ch statements of faith of the English Reformation. In a in their proper use of Scripture. 18 Second, Simeon's footnote to his Prefa ce to Horae Homileticae, Simeon understanding of the excellency of the liturgy rests in writes, referring to hims elf: its being scriptural and "a standard of piety," con-

NOTES of the Evangelical Rellival in Camtrridge in the Eighteenth Century (Cambri dge: Can1bridge at the Univers ity Press, 1940), pp. 256--57. 1 Mary Seeley, The Later Evangelical Fathers (London : Seeley, Ja ck­ 10lbid ., p. 298. son & Halliday, 1879), p. 244. 11 Quoted in ibid., p. 256. 2 lbid ., p. 285. 12 lbid ., p. 311. 3 As Stephen Neill put it, theologically, Latimer "was never a clear 13 Quoted in Rob ert S. Dell, "Simeo n and th e Bible ," in Charles think er, and there are times at which it seemed that he hardly knew Simeon (1759-1836): Essays Written in Commemoration of his Bi­ hims elf what he beli eve d": Anglicanism, 4th edn . (NY: Oxford Centenary by Members of the Evangelical Fellowship for Theo/JJgical University Press , 1977), p. 66. Literature, ed. Arthur Pollard and Michael Hennell (London: SPCK, 4 Charles Simeon, Horae Homileticae (London: Holdsworth and Ball, 1959), p. 32; cf. Hugh Evans Hopkins , Charles Sim eon: Preacher 1832), I:xxiii; italics in original . Ex·traordinmy (Grove Liturgical Stud y 18; Bram cote, Nottingham: 5 Matthew Morris Presto n, Me1rwranda of the Rev. Charles Simeon, Grove Books, 1979), p. 19. M.A. (London: Richard Watts, 1840), p. 30. 14 Hopkins , Charles Simeon: Preacher Ex traordinmy , p. 18; cf. p. 20. 6 Charles Simeon, The Excellency of the Liturgy, in Four Di.scourses, 15 Cf. lbid ., pp. 19ff. Preached Before the University of Cambri.dge in November 1811 (NY: 16 Simeon , Horae Homileticae, !:xiv; italics in original. Easbum, Kirk & Co., 1813). Citations of this source follow 17 lbid. , III:342. parenthetically in my text . 18 See, for examp le, his discussio n of the use of the Lord's Prayer (pp. 7 Arthur Benn ett, "Charles Simeon: Prin ce of Evang elicals ," 4647). Churchman, 102/2 (1988), p. 122. 19 Simeon, Horae Hom ileticae, III:341-2. s Neill, Anglicanism, p. 236. 20 Rudo lph W. Heinze, "Charl es Simeon Throu gh the Eyes of an 9 Charles Smyth,Simeon & Church Order:A Study in the Origins American Lutheran ," Churchman, 93/3 (1979), p. 250.

18 THE LIVING CHURCH• August 12, 2012 taining "saving truth" (pp. 51-52). Third, that the liturgy spirit they are of:" since all the preaching in the universe is scriptural and therefore edifies and saves is a legacy will be of no use without prayer .19 of the Reformation in the English church: "If then the pious and venerable Reformers of our Church had not At the end of the day, Simeon's "unsystematic" mode provided a suitab le form of prayer the people would still of theology is a historically Anglican one. An American in many thousands of parishes have remained in utter Lutheran, locating Simeon's legacy within the larger darkness" (p. 51). And lastly, for Simeon all of these ele­ history of Reformational theology, assesses it as follows: ments taken together mean that the liturgy is funda­ "his great contribution [was] in restoring Reformation mentally evangelical. Indeed , against the previous gen­ theology to a church that had all but forgotten it." 20 'This eration's focus on preaching as the whole of the observation captures only half the equation. What Evangelical Revival, Simeon sees an absolutely critical Simeon achieved was the formation of an Anglican place for the Church of England's liturgy in a Reforma­ evangelicalism within the distinctives of the English tionally-guided Anglican evangelical project. He writes, Reformation - its history, its Articles, and, of course, its quite strongly: liturgy. If Simeon's great contribution to Anglicanism was the restoration of that Reformation theology, it We go [to prayer] as sinners, to obtain mercy at the was accomplished ultimately through his ensuring that hands of God. And in this resp ect, the Liturgy of our Anglican evangelicals could remain both Anglican and Church is admirably fitted for our use ... . In truth , our evangelical . ■ churches themselves are, not houses for preaching only, but, in a pre-eminent degree, what our Reformers A recent graduate of Trinity School for Ministry, the designed them to be, and what God ordained his Temple Rev. Leonard Finn is a transitional deacon in the of old to be, "houses of prayer ." And those who make Anglican Diocese of PiUsburgh and is beginning doc­ light of Prayers, and regard them only as a kind of decent toral work in Old Testament studies this fall at Wycliffe prelude to the Sermon, shew that "they know not what Collegein Toronto, Ontario.

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A LandmarkAchievement By Zachary Guiliano Christian thought itself, rather than these single-author works can at simply an entree to scholastic argu­ times lack the true breadth, as well as t is now often noted that, if the run­ ment. Nearly every chapter contains focus, which a collection of essays Iaway success of Diarmaid MacCul­ copious references to the original by specialists may offer. This volume loch's Christianity: The First Three material, with the thrust of the vol­ more than deserves to stand next to Thousand Years provides any clue, ume guiding one away from interpre­ ( and, on some issues , to surpass) interest in Christian history and tations and toward the original works such standard works. And, while its thought is hardly flagging in our age of Irenaeus, Justin Martyr, and Ori­ price might dissuade many, the qual­ of disenchantment but may somehow gen, among others. ity of the Companion is well worth it, be picking up steam. Of course, Mac­ As such, it is not only suitable for particularly now that nearly all the Culloch's survey is remarkable and university students and scholars but texts it addresses are available for holds the attention for any number of certainly also for members of that free online and in translation. reasons: its prose that is both elegant "other" interested party, the Church. I The Companion's entries are and yet conversational, a commend­ recommend and urge it, then, as a organized into three sections. The able and compendious sweep of var­ reference volume for the parish ( or first, "World," offers four remarkably ious regions and periods, and an rector's) library wanting such a guide up-to-date assessments of early Chris­ occasional lack of concern for detail tianity's relationship with other and argument. For many readers, "socio-political, philosophical , and religious" movements and bodies such a survey might be enough. But R those wishing to dive deeper into the from the late first century up to the actual history and thought of a spe­ Edict of Milan (313), offering Chris­ cific period would be hard-pressed to tian assessments of other groups, as find a better introduction than The well as those groups' assessments of Routledge Companion to Early Christianity. The second section, "Lit­ Christian Thought. While it is per­ erature," addresses each main body haps less suited for casual evening of written works which serve as reading or as a source of memorable material for study. The usual suspects quotations than MacCulloch's recent are here: the Apostolic Fathers, Justin work, it is an indispensable and use­ Martyr, Clement, Origen. But the vol­ ful tool for studying one of the most ume also includes welcome chapters formative periods in Christian history. on regional literatures ( e.g., Roman, Any companion volume on a par­ North African, Alexandrian) and on ticular topic ought to do at least three The RoutledgeCompanion the place that other texts play in early things: introduce to its readers the to EarlyChristian Thought Christian thought, such as apocryphal present state of scholarship, at least Edited by D. Jeffrey Bingham books and the acts of martyrs, Gnos­ gesture toward the fruits of past Routledge . Pp. 348. $165 tic texts from Nag Hammadi and efforts, and, most importantly, serve other locales , and other literature as a clear guide to the materials deemed heretical. Regarding these which constitute the topic at hand . to the literature. Both in academia latter chapters, the treatment of such This Companion performs these and in the Church, we have long works is remarkably judicious, avoid­ three tasks admirably and deserves lacked a volume on this particular ing the Scylla of contemporary aca­ nearly unqualified praise. Its reader topic and of this sort of quality. One demic enthusiasm for "marginalized" will come away with a clear sense of still finds regular reference to older texts and the Charybdis of traditional the shape of current research in early works likeJ.N.D. Kelly'sEarly Chris­ ecclesiastical invectiv e against the Christian thought, along with the tian Doctrine (1960; rev. 1978) or study of such literature. This volume's efforts of previous generations of aca­ Henry Chadwick's The Early Church contributors neither assert such lit­ demics. Yet the volume is clearly an (1967; rev. 1993). I use both. But, erature to be the preserve of a tiny introduction to the subject of early beyond their somewhat dated quality, minority nor exude overblown claims

20 THE LIVING CHURCH • August 12, 2012 regarding the potential of such "lost assessments, the volume's authors Perkins, however, there are a few Christianities" for inspiring a more deftly and intelligently buck the con­ "cracks and canyons" (p. 227), pri­ egalitarian and tolerant Christian temporary trend, inspired by "the marily regarding the outlines of belief present ( a claim that seems the [Walter] Bauer thesis," of attribut­ in Gnostic thought. Anne McGuire's worldly, illegitimate, and braying ing to early Christianity an over­ essay, "Gnosis and Nag Hamrnadi," stepchild of that contemporary heb­ whelming preponderance of views offers a more nuanced approach to domadal "Pleroma" of Karen L. King, later deemed heretical and/or an Gnostic thought, divided into Thoma­ Helmut Koester, Elizabeth Schtissler­ excessive incoherence within itself sine, Sethian, and Valentinian tradi­ Fiorenza, Elaine Pagels, Bart Ehrman , or with respect to later formulations tions , each with its own set of litera­ Dan Brown, and much of the web, if and the scriptural tradition. tures and tendencies, while many of you'll forgive the Gnostic pun for This latter point is also one of the the other essays employ the term those in the know). As such, it is a most important achievements of the Gnostic in a more offhand fashion. contemporary panarion or "antidote" volume. I heard Mark Edwards of The difference is not distracting, how­ against more than a few of the super­ Oxford note recently that there are ever, and hardly devalues the volume. ficial ideas floating around the cul­ at least two divisions in patristic Perhaps the last noteworthy fea­ ture about early Christianity and study: one which believes (a la Adolf ture of the Companion is its author­ would form an excellent basis and von Harnack) that nearly all theo­ ship . The contributing scholars are reference source for a mid-week logical development in early Chris­ an international lot, ranging from Christian Education series. tianity is attributable to the influ­ Leeds to Oslo, Iowa to Australia, with The final section, "Thought," ence of pagan philosophy, and stops in between. And many are offers synthetic explorations of five another which believes early the­ either evangelical in temperament or theological topics in early Christi­ ologians primarily develop their in institutional affiliation, represent­ anity: God, Christ, Redemption , teaching through reflection on Scrip­ ing theological seminaries like Faith Scripture , and Community and Wor­ ture. The Companion is remarkable Baptist , Dallas, and Calvin, alongside ship. Their quality may perhaps best in that it provides a coherent and universities like Oxford and Colom­ be exhibited by an example. M.C. detailed account of early Christian bia, while still supplying first-rate Steenberg's chapter , "God," navi­ thought which emphasizes much of patristic scholarship. In this way, the gates well the turbulent waters its biblical origin while not dis­ volume exemplifies the recent "com­ regarding how trinitarian early counting the influence of encoun­ ing-of-age" of patristic study by evan­ Christian thought was. While he ters with philosophy or with other gelicals, particularly in North Amer­ does not attribute to early authors a religious and cultural movements. ica. If I may dare be optimistic about precise convergence of terminology Of course, the volume is not with­ the Christian future , I believe and with later authors when speaking of out some minor flaws. As in any hope that this Companion may stand the Godhead, Steenberg notes that multi-author volume, the treatment - alongside the recent founding of this is primarily because their main of topics is a little uneven in method the Center for Early Christian Studies concerns were different and often and scope . While, for instance, the at Wheaton, the massive projects in simpler, namely, demonstrating the chapter on Irenaeus, by the Com­ the Ancient Christian Commentary basic point that "Father, Son, and panion's editor D. Jeffrey Bingham, is Series by InterVarsity Press, and the Spirit, while eternal, are nonethe­ a model of organization, depth , and tangible and burgeoning presence of less distinct" (p. 244). But authors clarity, abounding in references to evangelicals at every professional like Justin, he states, bear "testi­ and quotations of the original author, gathering in the field of patristics - mony to the degree to which [such] some chapters deviate from this gen­ as a signpost to a more common confession . . . influenced Christian eral ideal. However, the variations of Catholic and Evangelical future. ■ theological understanding from the style serve more to prevent the treat­ earliest days: not simply in the realm ment from descending into tedium. Zachary Guiliano recently gradu­ of abstract reflection on God, but in In a somewhat different vein are ated from Harvard with an MDiv. the 'practical' contexts of pastoral the differences or disagreements on in the history of Christianity. He and ecclesiastical ordering . . . as display in the volume. Overall, the will begin his Ph.D. this fall in early well as scriptural exegesis and Companion is not marked by radical medieval exegesis and preaching at developments in broader theologi­ departures by individual scholars; in the University of Cambridge as a cal articulation" (p . 245). In such the words of contributor Pheme Gates Scholar.

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United by the Trinity By William G. Witt learn about the new trinitarian focus cal, with three main divisions: Scrip­ have had to conduct independent ture, History, and Dogmatics. The n the first volume of his Church research in biblical studies, historical section on Scripture includes arti­ IDogmatics, Reformed theologian theology, and contemporary theol­ cles on canonization, Old Testament, Karl Barth departed from the stan­ ogy. The Oxford Handbook of the Paul and Hebrews, the synoptic dard Western approach (both Trinity provides such a single gospels, and the Johannine litera­ Catholic and Protestant) by placing research tool. No single individual ture. The basic argument of this sec­ the doctrine of the Triune God as would have the scholarly compe­ tion is that the Trinity is not an impo­ the starting point of his theology, tence to cover this much material, sition on Scripture but the basic insisting that "the Trinity is what and its authors list reads like a who's grammar of Scripture. C. Kavin basically distinguishes the Christian who of contemporary ecumenical Rowe writes in his article "The doctrine of God as Christian." Pauline Corpus and Hebrews" that Barth's innovation was followed half "the doctrine of the Trinity is not a century later by Roman Catholic based upon a particular ordering of theologian Karl Rahner's The Trin­ only a few biblical texts. It is instead ity (1970), source of "Rahner's the antecedent theological logic of Axiom": "The economic Trinity is the Christian canon as a whole" (p. the immanent Trinity, and the imma­ 42). In "The Trinity in the Old Testa­ nent Trinity is the economic Trin­ ment," Christopher Seitz challenges ity." A decade or so after that, Ortho­ a "history-of-religion" approach that dox theologian John Zizioulas would regard a trinitarian reading published Being as Communion of the Old Testament as "anachro­ (1985) which called for a "commu­ nistic" and "inaccurate." Against nion ecclesiology" grounded in a this, Seitz argues for a "literal sense" personalist Trinitarian relational reading of the Old Testament that ontology. "accords" with what the New Testa­ These three books marked the ment says about Jesus grounded in beginning of a "trinitarian revival" The Oxford Handbook the manner in which the Scriptures in theology that has taken place over of the Trinity provide a two-testament witness to the last several decades. The result a single divine triune reality: "The has been an ecumenically orthodox Edited by Gilles Emery , OP, precondition of Trinitarian reflec­ and Matthew Levering . Oxford. approach to theology, cutting across Pp. xvi+ 632. $150, cloth tion ... is precisely the Old Testa­ confessional lines, which contrasts ment of early Christian reception both with traditionalist theologies and interpretation" (p. 31). that focus on confessional denomi­ critically orthodox theology: biblical The History section includes two national distinctives as well as lib­ scholars Christopher Seitz and Ben kinds of articles: overviews of his­ eral Protestant theologies for which Witherington III, historical theolo­ torical periods and articles on par­ the doctrine of the Trinity is either gians Lewis Ayres and Joseph ticular individuals. The former, by rejected outright or considered the­ Wawrykow, and systematic theolo­ necessity, cover a lot of historical ologically irrelevant. The trinitarian gians George Hunsinger, Thomas G. ground in a few pages, while the lat­ shift has been far-reaching, affect­ Weinandy, Bruce D. Marshall, and ter are more detailed. This results in ing biblical studies, producing Geoffrey Wainwright. The American, some unevenness. One wonders numerous studies in church history Canadian, British, and European con­ why Augustine gets his own article, and historical theology, and signifi­ tributors include Roman Catholics, while the Cappadocians are treated cantly altering systematic theology. Orthodox, Anglicans, Methodists, briefly within a single chapter on To the best ofmy knowledge, there Reformed, and Lutherans. fourth-century Christology that cov­ has not been a single text that docu­ The arrangement of articles is not ers Athanasius and the Arian con­ ments this shift. Students wanting to alphabetical but historical and topi- troversy as well. Why is an entire

22 THE LIVING CHURCH• August 12, 2012 chapter devoted to Kant, Hegel, and Schelling, while the entire Protes­ tant Reformation, as well as Post­ Reformation developments (both "What I learned will Roman Catholic and Protestant), are enable me to be a treated in one summary chapter better leader, parent, each? Some of the better articles are and person." those on Augustine (by Ayres), on Louisa K. Bonaventure and Aquinas (treated small business owner & mother together by Wawrykow), and on Karl Barth (handled superbly by "Neat, succinct, orde rly. Hunsinger). Still, although not every valuable." significant theologian receives Brad R. detailed treatment, there is a com­ Episcopal priest prehensive discussion of almost every major figure or significant development in the patristic era, post-patristic developments both East and West, the Protestant Ref­ ad the way. ormation, 20th-century Roman Catholic theology (focusing on von Balthasar and Rahner), and Ortho­ dox theology. Make it you >> 678 213 2750 Igabrielcenter.org/ books 9 The last section is divided into three parts: "Trinitarian Dogmatics," "The Trinity and the Christian Life," ThisFar by Faith and "Dialogues." The division here is Traditionand Change in the EpiscopalDiocese somewhat artificial. The Dogmatics of Pennsylvania part treats broadly systematic cate­ Edited by David R. Contosta gories: separate chapters on the "Withtelling detailand compelling narrative, the three persons of God, creation, essaysin ThisFar by Faithtrack the origins and ecclesiology and sacraments, and evolutionof an importantdiocese that charted'a soteriology. The "Christian Life" part middleway· for AmericanChristianity over four has chapters on "The Trinity in centuries.Throughout the book the authors show a Liturgy and Preaching," visual arts diocesestruggling with such varied, but intersecting, and iconography, moral life, prayer, issuesas a changinggeographical and demographic feminism, and politics. The "Dia­ compass,race, doctrinal disputes, discipline, and logues " section has articles on ecu­ personality.This Far by Faithopens the reddoor to menism, Jewish-Christian dialogue, thewhole church, fr ompulpit to pews.In doingso, it interreligious dialogue, and global­ providesa mostsensitive and sensible examination ization . of a dioceseas a livingorganism. It alsoprovides How well does the book accom­ a modelfor writingchurch history hereafter. It is, plish its task? It is written and organ­ then,a bookthat transcendsits subjectand invites ized well, and the articles are uni­ anyoneinterested in Americanreligion to consider formly of high quality. The writers its methodand meaning." -Randall M.M iller, are some of the best orthodox the­ St.Joseph's University ologians today. During a period of 408 pages I 45 illustrations I $39,95 cloth controversy and disagreement between liberals and conservatives in all confessional traditions, the authors demonstrate an underlying 820 N.University Drive, USB 1, Suite CI UniversityPark, PA 16802 I [email protected]

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(Continued from previous page) theology. It is rather surprising that doctrine of the Trinity more or less ecumenical agreement. That such a Bernard Lonergan's monumental De disappeared in Western Reformation volume could be produced, bring­ Deo Trina appears in the bibliogra­ theology after the Reformers. (The ing together such a wide variety of phy but receives no discussion in chapter on "The Early Modern writers from different confessional the chapter on 20th-century Roman Period" tends to focus on unitarian traditions, demonstrates that there Catholic theology. controversies and liberal Protes ­ really is such a thing as what C.S. From an Anglican perspective, it tantism.) Lewis called Mere Christianity . The is surprising that, apart from occa­ However, these reservations are Oxford Handbook of The Trinity sional passing references to individ­ minor complaints. I suppose I would demonstrates that the trinitarian ual theologians, there is no extended have liked a 600-page book to have revival has promise for ecumenical discussion of Anglicanism whatso ­ been even longer. Despite some convergence, and that the central ever. A chapter that looked at the omissions, this is a significant hand­ Christian conviction about God has centrality of the Trinity for Richard book that provides excellent sum­ implications for other areas of the­ Hooker's Christology in The Laws maries of trinitarian theology, ology, as well as Christian living - of Ecclesiastical Polity, the signifi­ addressing almost every major worship, prayer , and ethics. cant role the Trinity played in the issue , period, or theologian, from While the book is comprehensive, sermons of John Donne or Lancelot the Bible to the present. It is an it is not exhaustive . There are Andrewes , the role of the Trinity in excellent starting point for further numerous individuals or topics that the critically orthodox 19th-century research and, to the best of my could have been covered but were theologies of F.D. Maurice , or B.F. knowledge, there is nothing else like not. There is no detailed discussion Westcott and F.J.A. Hort, or the Lux it. Some of the articles are gems, of the significant work by Reformed Mundi theology of Charles Gore, or and all are worth reading. ■ theologian Thomas F. Torrance or the role of the Trinity in 20th-century Lutheran Robert Jensen , or Bruce Archbishop Michael Ramsey's eccle­ William G. Witt is assistant pro­ McCormack's recent controversial siology, might have challenged the fessor of systematic theology at re-reading of Karl Barth's trinitarian impression the book gives that the Trinity Schoolfor Ministry .

Not Angelsbut Anglicans provide such detail. What it aims to Large glossy pages are filled with pic­ A History of Christianity do, to give a concise and engaging tures both in color and black and in the British Isles history of Christianity in the British white. One can find a full Gospel page Edited by Henry Chadwick and Allison Ward . Isles, it does with such style, ease, from the Book of Kells, and small, Canterbury Press Norwich. .------...;.:------,and pleasure that it is no intri cate, medieval illustrations of Pp.3 20. $35 sooner received than read. demons depicted in the Last Judg­ It seems that any author The book got its start as a ment. There are boxes laying out brief who aims to describe Angli- series of Chur ch Tim es chronologies every few pages which canism ends up writing a '"'A"·'''·'"" A",'·"'" essays. Because of a concern help connect important events. This history. One of the classics with the rapid pace of life in feature is also helpful for seminarians is Stephen Neill's warm the West and a general dearth who might need to study. And placed book, Anglicanism. There of knowledge of our ecclesial within the narratives are other boxes is also A History of the past, and an attendant lack describing everything from saints' Church in England by '-----'L-__..._.Ull.!LII...__-"---___, of identity, Church Tim es lives to manuscript dates. One is J.R.H. Moorman, still eminently use- decided to have leading scholars struck both by the sheer volume of ful in no small part for its academic compose brief essays which ran information and by how lightly it tenor and substantial bibliographies. weekly from October 1999 to April presents itself to the reader. All of the Not Angels but Anglicans does not 2000 and laid out the history of the writing is of high quality, which is to aim at anything so high as a history of Church in England from its infancy. be expected as most pieces were the spread of Anglicanism worldwide; The essays were so well received that written by experts . Kevin Ward's A History of Global editors gathered them into a book It is of great importance that Not Anglicanism and An Introdu ction to One of the striking things about Not Angels but Anglicans begins with an World Anglicanism by Bruce Kaye Angels but Anglicans is its beauty. essay by the inestimable Henry Chad-

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his is a great mystery, and I am applying it another, that is, how shall we move forward faith­ to Christ and the Church" (Eph . 5:32). fully in their wake? T Herewith the locus classicus of Scripture The heart of the challenge before us - Episco­ on marriage, joined to an ecclesiological claim : the palians, Anglicans, Christians, wherever we may Church and marriage are alike and mutually inter­ be, settled into various churches and sojourning preting. Delve into one and you understand the associations - is simply the command of Eph­ other , with Christ at the center of both. esians 5:21, in its magnificent multivalence: "Be A more fitting and urgent subject upon which subject to one another out ofreverence for Christ." Episcopalians ( and others) might meditate at this Seizing the nuptial image, a relentless mutual serv­ moment I cannot conceive. For here is a problem, ice follows, especially on the part of the "husband ," not mysterious but fraught and complicated: to be whose love is characterized by compl ete self-offer­ a Christian starts with baptism into a Body that ing - a kind of" crucifixion," in Lewis's memorabl e may be seen and touched (cf. 1 John 1:2-4), that is discussion of eras (Four Loves, p. 105). therefore public, with a notoriously unusual char­ How can we understand this ecclesially? - pre­ acter. Recall St. Paul's startling description: "the suming that the nuptial union of Christ and the members of the body that seem to be weaker are Church reaches even to our "local" assemblies: not indispensable, and those members of the body just denominations but dioceses, parishes, and indi­ that we think less honorable we clothe with vidual souls, gathered into Christ's "unwearying great er respect" (1 Cor. 12:22-23). Of course , (never paraded) care" and "inexhaustible forgive­ appearances can be deceiving, and inter- and intra­ ness: forgiveness, not acquiescence," as Lewis has it. ecclesial thoughts conflicting! One party's "weaker Here, supernaturally, is the Church as Bride, accord­ members" are another's "more respectable" ones ing to Scripture . But following quickly on its heels - a perpetual puzzle, best solved in the solitude of comes a more homely parsing of the imagery in the private prayer and examination of "conscience" (1 natur e of the case, the icon of marriage having been Cor. 8:9ff.). But the bottom line of our mutually "established by God in creation ," as our service says constituting one another in the common locale of (BCP 1979), that is, classically, "instituted of God in the Body of Christ - our being made one flesh - the time of man's innocency" (BCP 1662). is unavoidable, and is just the point in Ephesians: The Episcopal Church, as a "constituent mem­ "For no one ever hates his own body, but he nour­ ber" of the Anglican Communion (Resolution ishes and tenderly cares for it, just as Christ does D008, citing the Preamble of our Constitution) , for the Church , because we are members of his now has a renewed opportunity to let something of body " (Eph. 5:29-30). Therefor e, the text contin­ this nuptial call sink in and to respond accordingly ues , "a man will leave his father and mother and be - and the same is true for the other churches of joined to his wife, and the two will become one our membership, and those beyond it. Provisional flesh ," quoting Genesis (Eph. 5:31), as Jesus him­ rites notwithstanding, a divinely given "bond and self had done (Mark 10:7-8; Matt. 19:5). covenant of marriage," in the words of our prayer In this light, that the Episcopal Church has com­ book , is the instrument of our formation and fruit­ mitted itself to undertake a study of marriage in fulness. "Adorned" by Christ "at a wedding in Cana the next triennium (Resolution A050), while at the of Galilee," "this manner of life" stands as an icon same time pausing on the Anglican Covenant of perfect communion and service, as later proved rather than racing to a premature conclusion by our Lord who "loved the Church and gave him­ (B005) , are important "take aways" from Indi­ self up for her" (Eph . 5:25). Thus the unmarried anapolis, with which to wrestle alongside our pro­ Jesus is wed, showing forth the normative pattern visional adoption of a rite for same-sex blessings. of union with, and communion in, his Body, "out of How can we square these commitments with one reverence for" him (5:21)!

26 THE LIVING CHURCH• August 12, 2012 Let us, however, have the courage to ask ourselves, and our siblings in the Lord, how - mysteriously - we may love one another as we do our own bodies out of reverence for Christ?

If this seems difficult it surely is, not least in its he who has promised is faithful" in his Word, not inescapability for the Christian pilgrim, as also for least through our own continued refashioning by the pilgrim Church. Let us, however, have the its judgment of "the thoughts and intentions" of courage to ask ourselves, and our siblings in the our hearts (Heb. 10:23, 4:12). In the apt prologue of Lord, how - mysteriously - we may love one Bishop Michael Smith to the Indianapolis State­ another as we do our own bodies out of reverence ment: "We struggle to hold together the evangeli­ for Christ? How, that is, can the weaker, indispen­ cal faith of the Church, from which we see this sable members among and around us be better Convention as departing, and the catholic order of served by the more respectable? How can we the Church, which causes us, for the sake of the more fully share in the union God has wrought - unity for which Jesus prayed, to resist the tempta­ Una Sancta Catholica - recognizing that in this tion to leave this fellowship." In this spirit, let the case it cannot be tom asunder, though we our­ Communion Partner dioceses and parishes flour­ selves, one by one and as churches of varying ish and multiply across our church, as a devoted kinds, may show forth more or less "unity of spirit, movement of unity and renewal. Let us learn and sympathy, love for one another, a tender heart, and teach the faith ever more confidently, with joy, a humble mind" (1 Pet. 3:8)? How, in short, to bless rooted in affection for and loyalty to our world­ and not curse one another, so that we "might wide family and all our brothers and sisters. "And inherit a blessing" (3:9)? let us consider how to provoke one another to A few suggestions for Episcopalians, of which I love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet am one: together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging 1. To all who agree with D008's call to "deepen one another, and all the more as you see the Day [our] involvement with Communion ministries and approaching" (Heb. 10:23-25). networks" and encouragement of "dioceses, con­ 3. To the majority party: We understand that "no gregations and individual Episcopalians to edu­ bishop, priest, deacon or lay person should be cate themselves about the Communion as well as coerced or penalized in any manner, nor suffer any promote and support the Anglican Communion canonical disabilities, as a result of his or her con­ and its work": Let us not do this half-heartedly, the scientious objection to or support for the 77th more as we "continue to monitor the ongoing General Convention's action," in order to "honor developments with respect to the Anglican the theological diversity of this church in regard to Covenant and how this church might continue its matters of human sexuality" (resolution A049): participation" (B005). In every case, we must say thank you. More is needed, however, namely, a our prayers and do our homework. Would that commitment by all our leaders to cultivating lively every bishop and deputy, and every member of a evangelical and catholic conviction in this church, commission, committee, agency, and board, even of a traditionalist sort, in the recognition that undertake a course of study of the Church in thereby the rule of faith itself will be upheld and advance of the next General Convention: say, St. passed on to the next generation. John's gospel, Romans 9-11, 1 and 2 Corinthians, I borrow here from the Rev. Canon George Sum­ Ephesians, St. Augustine against the Donatists, a ner, principal of Wycliffe College in Toronto, who smattering of Richard Hooker, the report from the suggested at TLC's evening "Conversation" in Indi­ Toronto Anglican Congress (1963), and the WCC's anapolis that the leaders of the Episcopal Church landmark Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry now face a "Mauricean" moment, in which the (1982). Parish education directors: take note! nature and extent of our diversity will be decided. 2. To the persistently tenacious conservatives For F.D. Maurice (1805- 72) still exemplifies the among us: Be of good courage! "Let us hold fast to best of Anglican liberality - not as a church party the confession of our hope without wavering, for (Continued on page 35)

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Bishops Like Mission Enterprise Zones Many bishops urge frugality for the herd the resolution through com­ says: "By creating these stations for Episcopal Church, but they con­ mittee and said to the House of Bish­ mission enterprise, and then study­ curr ed with the Hous e of Deputies ops on July 7 that he is "very sup­ ing them, we will know what struc ­ Jul y 7 in esta blishin g a "Mission portive" of its passage. tures to create to recogniz e and­ Enterprise Fund" for und errepre­ The mission enterprise zone plan encourage the growth of new and sented populatio ns at th e diocesan could help Central Florida reach out redeveloped faith communities." level. to Spanish-sp ea king populations, In addition to the Mission Enter­ The fund will distribute $1 million "especially to undocumented immi­ prise Fund, the dioceses will have over the next triennium in individual grants who sometimes are afraid to access to resources available locally $20,000 grants to help dio ceses leave their imm ediate neighbor­ and from the Episcopal Church Cen­ establish "mission enterprise zones" hoods," he said. "This would enable ter, including but not limited to for evangelism that engage "under­ us to tak e church to them." research and demographic informa­ represented groups, including young The Rt. Rev. Eugene Sutton , tion, resources for evangelism, church people, people of color, poor and Bishop of Maryland , also served on planting and redevelopment , anti­ working-class peop le, people with a the Evangelism Committee, and racism, and ministry in different cul­ high-school diploma or less, and/or urged his fellow bishops to consider tural contexts, the resolution says. people with little or no chur ch back­ the $1 million a wise investment. Joe Thoma ground or involvement. " "The beauty of this [expen ditur e] "I thought this sounds perfect for is that these $20,000 grants are Other ConventionActions our diocese," said the Rt. Rev. Gregory locally based, and can go a long way Brewer, Bishop of Central Florida, to getting additional seed money," Constitution "especially in working to elevate Span­ Bishop Sutton said. "The money will • Al56 renamed the Convocation ish-speaking congregations." go to put people on the street in of the American Churches in Working on the Evang elism Com­ secure buildings." Europe the Convocation of Episco­ mittee, Bishop Brewer helped shep- The languag e of the resolution pal Churches in Europ e. • Al57 repealed the requirement that the House of Deputies , rather than standing committees of each diocese , grant or withhold consent for bishops elected within 120 days of General Convention.

Canons • A030 revised language regarding deacons , priests, or bishops who leave the Episcopal Church . The canon now refers to "release and removal from" rather than "renunci­ ation of' the ordained ministry of the Episcopal Church. The Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons (SCCC) said the Office of the Presiding Bishop suggested the revi­ sions as a more pastoral respons e.

Consecration of Bishops Eight bishops-elect received ready approval in committee and then in

Matt Townsend photo both houses of General Convention: The Very Rev. Cesar Olivero (left) and the Rev. Sharon Lewis, both of the Diocese of South­ • Douglas John Fisher, Western west Florida, and the Rev. Charlie Holt of the Diocese of Central Florida, enjoy a laugh at Massachusetts the end of the day on July 4 at GeneralConvention. (Continued on page 30)

28 THE LIVING CHURCH• August 12, 2012 Top: Bishops , deputies and visitors take a break from convention proceedings in the main hallway of the Indianapolis Convent ion Center . Bottom (clockwise from top left): The Rt. Rev. Andrew Dietsche, Bishop Coadjutor of New York, and the Rev. Sr. Ellen Francis of the Order of St. Helena, in the exhibit hall; Sy Van Lo displays Hmong folk art; needlework from other exhibitors at convention.

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(Continued from page 28) • Jeff Wright Fisher, suffragan, Texas • Susan E. Goff, suffragan, Virginia • A. Robert Hirschfeld, New Hampshire • W. Nicholas Knisely, Rhode Island • Dorsey McConnell , Pittsburgh • Jacob Wayne Owensby, Western Louisiana • Robert C. Wright, Atlanta

Elections The Rev. Gay C. Jennings of Ohio will serve as the 2012-15president of the House of Deputies. Veteran deputy Byron Rushing of Massa­ chusetts was elected vice president just 24 hours after announcing that The Church of England's General Synod meeting in York. Sam Atkins/ENS photo he would stand for nomination.

Prayer Book, Liturgy and Church Music Due in September • A051 authorized continued trial use of Holy Women, Holy Men until Jeremy Vine, a leading BBC broad­ the other hand there was concern the next General Convention. If caster and high-profile Anglican , that too much compromise would approved by a subsequent conven­ found himself unusually at loss for make women permanent second­ tion, Holy Women, Holy Men will words a few days ago. In a game of class bishops. succeed Lesser Feasts and Fasts as chess with his eight year-old daugh­ In a bid to get the legislation across the church's sanctoral calendar. ter he found her insisting that chess­ the line the House of Bishops pro­ • B009 allows congregations, with board bishops were women. posed an amendment, Clause 5(1)c, a bishop's approval, to continue After the July sessions of its Gen­ giving dissenting parishes the right using the lectionary as originally eral Synod in York the Church of to request a male bishop "on grounds published in the Book of Common England remains in limbo on of theological conviction." Ahead of Prayer (1979). women in the episcopate . Expecta­ the sessions in York, however, it tions that Synod would give the became clear that many members Program, Budget and Finance Measure final approval July 9 went who were strongly in favour were • A005 adopted a budget of unfulfilled. not willing to bend that far. $111,546,000for 2013-15.The budget In a much-anticipated move it WATCH(Women and the Church) builds on a foundation of a 19 per­ voted by 288 to 144 with 15 absten­ said the Church of England was cent asking by the Episcopal Church tions to ask the House of Bishops to ready to agree to women bishops, Center from each diocese, and on reconsider an amendment it put for­ but "not at any price." Rather than an assumed $30,000 surplus. ward that sought to make provision risk the spectacle of the entire Meas­ for opponents. ure being defeated, something the Structure Synod faced a tricky dilemma. public and Parliament would not • A003 authorized study of five There is now a clear consensus in easily understand, Synod voted to possible sites for the 79th General favour of women bishops with 42 adjourn the debate. Convention in 2018: Atlanta; Austin, out of 44 diocesan synods register­ Moving his adjournment motion, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; ing strong support. There was no the Rt. Rev. Trevor Willmott, Bishop Kansas City, Missouri; and Knoxville, certainty, however , that the Meas­ of Dover, said Clause 5 had "caused Tennessee . ure would succeed without oppo­ widespread dismay among many who • A093 budgets for up to ten leg­ nents of women bishops being per­ supported the Measure up to now." islative days during the 78th General suaded that adequate provision had The House of Bishops will meet Sept. Convention in Salt Lake City in 2015. been made for their consciences. On (Continued on next page)

30 THE LIVING CHURCH• August 12, 2012 Bishop-electWill Reach Out THE LIVING CHURCH The Diocese of Swaziland in the Anglican FOUNDATION, INC. Church of Southern Africa has elected the Rev. Ellinah Wamukoya as its fifth bishop. She was The Rt. Rev. Dr. Stephen Andrews, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. one of five nominees and was elected on the 12th ballot July 18. The Rt. Rev. Anthony J. Burton, "It is rather fitting that the Diocese of Swazi­ Dallas, Texas land should elect our first woman to be a The Rev. Thomas A. Fraser, Riverside, Ill. bishop, since it was here, 20 years ago, that, G. Thomas Graves Ill, Dallas, Texas amidst both tears and joy, our Provincial Synod agreed that both the priesthood and Mrs. John M. Hayden, emerita La Crosse, Wis. Wamukoya episcopate should be open to both men and women," said the Most Rev. Thabo C. Mak­ The Rev. Dr. Charles Henery, goba, Archbishop of Cape Town and primate of the province. "We have Delafield, Wis. waited a long time for this moment!" Jordan Hylden, St. Louis, Mo. Wamukoya, 61, was ordained a priest in 2005, and has served as assistant priest, then priest-in-charge,at the University of Swaziland. She and her husband, The Rev. Jay C. James, Raleigh, N.C. Okwaro Herny Wamukoya, have three grown children and a fourth younger David A. Kalvelage, Pewaukee, Wis. child. The Rev. Dr. Russell Levenson, Jr., Her election must be confiimed by the province's Synod of Bishops. Houston, Texas "My prayer is to be able to listen and be guided by the Holy Spirit in every­ thing I do," she said after the election. "My vision is to see that the people of The Rt. Rev. Edward S. Little 11, God are restored and transformed, in order for them to be a church in mis­ South Bend, Ind. sion, for as it is said, 'A church that does not reach out passes out."' The Rt. Rev. D. Bruce MacPherson, Alexandria, La.

Richard J. Mammana, Jr., Refugeesin Congo New Haven, Conn. Thousands of people from the Democratic Republic of Congo have become The Rt. Rev. Daniel H. Martins, refugees because of widespread conflict. The Anglican Bishop, the Rt. Rev. Springfield, Ill. Bahati Bali-Busane Sylvestre, Bishop of Bukavu, has appealed for prayers and The Rt. Rev. Steven A. Miller, support for the displaced people aniving in his diocese. Milwaukee, Wis. Episcopal Relief and Development has made a donation to the Diocese Daniel Muth, St. Leonard, Md. of Bukavu to respond to this emergency. Adapted from ACNS The Most Rev. Bernard Ntahoturi, Bujumbura, Burundi

The Rev. Canon Dr. Michael Perko, (Continuedfrom previous page) to deliver women bishops. A Mem­ Albuquerque, N.M. 12 and 13 to find an acceptable for­ ber of Parliament who sits in Synod mula That will not be easy. as Second Estates Commissioner, David R. Pitts, Baton Rouge, La. The Catholic Group in Synod said Sir Tony Baldry, issued a not-too­ The Rev. Dr. Michael Nai Chiu Poon, the vote for adjournment "called in subtle warning . Singapore question" the readiness of the He said there was no way he The Rev. Nicholas T. Porter, Church to provide for the convic­ would be able "to explain to the Southport, Conn. tions of all its members. Forward in House of Commons that when this Faith called on the bishops to Church had voted 42 dioceses to The Rev. Dr. Ephraim Radner, Toronto, Ont. "strand firm in the face of unwar­ two , it was not possible to develop a Kenneth A. Ross Ill, Grand Rapids, Mich. ranted pressure." Measure which commands the sup­ Dr. Grace Sears, Richmond, Ky. Refonn , composed of conservative port of the whole Synod; and in par­ evangelicals, said it stood ready to ticular commands the support of Miriam K. Stauff, Wauwatosa, Wis. cooperate "if there is a genuine desire those who campaign for such a The Rev. Canon Mark Stevenson, to see a permanent place ... for peo­ Measure." Baton Rouge, La. ple who on theological grounds can­ Sources in the House of Bishops Howard M. Tischler, Albuquerque, N.M. not accept women bishops." say tha t as yet there is no certainty Throughout deliberat ions on on how to steer forward. Some still Lana Valenta, Dallas, Texas women bishops there has always believe their amendment stiikes the Dr. Shirleen S. Wait, Atlantic Beach, Fla. been the possibility of Parliament right balance. Dr. Christopher Wells, Milwaukee, Wis. intervening if Church strnctures fail John Martin in London

August 12, 2012 • THE LIVING CHURCH 31 HonoringBishop Burton

"A Bishop Suffragan for Haiti" [TI,C, observation that the way we pray June 17] describes Oge Beauvoir as molds the way we believe. In incor­ "the Diocese of Haiti's first bishop porating the readings and collects of suffragan." While this is technically this book I have deepened my under­ accurate, it is potentially misleading. standing of what it means to belong Although Bishop Beauvoir is the first to the Body of Christ. Through enter­ suffragan since Haiti became a dio­ ing into the lives of people from dif­ cese, there was an earlier suffragan ferent traditions, I have learned the when it was a missionary district . meaning of our oneness in Christ. It That was the Rt. Rev. Spence Bur­ stretches over our artificial denomi­ ton, SSJE, the first Cowley Father national walls and links us with those tive of what her Church of Rome may who was able to remain in the order who have gone on before. We are all say about it. I may not agree with all after consecration, due to a change in called to be the holy people of God. the choices in the book Holy Women, the order's rule. He served from 1939 While we know from our baptism Holy Men but I do recognize the to 1942, and then became bishop of we are buried with Christ and raised heroism of so many who serve as Nassau and the Bahamas. I remem­ to a new life in him, we dare not examples to inspire us to carry on ber seeing Bishop Burton in the con­ assume our heavenly Father is lim­ our ministry "today" as they left off gregation at the consecration of Wal­ ited by his sacraments. Instead, we "yesterday," having now joined, as ter Klein as bishop of Northern rejoice in those of every generation Bishop Martins says, "a celestial Indiana in 1963. Klein had begun his who have humbly lived to the praise cheering section of Saints who ministry as a Cowley Father but left of his Holy Name. We have fellow­ encourage us by their example and the order for a career as parish priest ship with them when we ask them to aid us by their prayers." and seminary professor and dean. pray for us to our Father. The Rev. Harry Brant The Rev. Lawrence N Crumb So I am grateful for this book and Bordentown, New Jersey Eugene, Oregon thank my sisters and brothers in Christ who labored to bring it into Part of your discussion regarding More on Saints being. Trust in the Holy Spirit for Holy Women, Holy Men is ludicrous I would like to add my experience to understanding is the key. in the extreme, because it is trying to the discussion concerning Holy The Rev. Donald A. Stivers raise an issue settled several cen­ Women, Holy Men. Having recited Santa Barbara, California turies ago. Being surrounded by the the Daily Office without fail since cloud of witnesses in the prayers of 1948, I was delighted when the Bishop Daniel Martins's article "Not the saints is totally different from ask­ church published Lesser Feasts and All Souls Are Saints" [TI,C, July 15] ing for the prayers of the saints. Wit­ Fasts. The legend and collects made argues from the classic sense as he ness Article XXII: "The Romish doc­ a valuable addition to the daily read­ himself states. However, all souls are trine concerning . . . Invocation of ings. I have been delighted with the saints, as Paul's letters clearly show. Saints, is a fond thing, vainly expansion of that book to its present The classic sense evolved to the invented, and grounded upon no war­ form. In fact, I take pride in the fact degree that Rome requires two mira­ rant of Scripture, but rather repug­ that I played a humble role in sug­ cles to prove a deceased soul was a nant to the Word of God." Could it be gesting and having added the obser­ saint . The Anglican procedure did clearer? I am glad that the editors of vations of St. Theresa and St. John of not go that far. this latest edition of Holy Day obser­ the Cross. Mother Teresa confessed on sev­ vances are not subjecting me to The "theological constructs" to eral occasions her doubts but that include in my Daily Office Collects which the book has been subjected did not deter her from the work she that are so repugnant. strike me as being quite irrelevant to did with the poor and needy on the The Very Rev. the deeper significance of those read­ streets of Calcutta. And we enthusi­ Thomas C. Chesterman ings and collects. It is an ancient astically see her as a saint irrespec- Santa Rosa, California No Promisesin 1976 arate us from the love of God in of the centrality of procreation and I would like to address one of the Christ Jesus our Lord" (Rom. 8:38- the biological family in God's plan errors in Leander S. Harding's "Will 39). One viewpoint or another is for the human race . See my essay "A Winners Practice Nonviolence on not. going to affect my vocation or Gnostic Redefinition of Marriage?" Blessings?" [TLC, July 15]. He says, ability as a spouse and parent. [TLC, April 22]. "The ordination of women sets a wor­ Incidentally, those gay and les­ If the church is really moving rying precedent here, as General bian couples I know who have been toward "marriage equality" and not Convention subsequently reneged on called to be parents do a pretty just the provision of a pastoral rite its promise to protect conscience, good job of it. The Holy Spirit cer­ of blessing for same-sex unions it quickly resorting to canonical and tainly fills their homes with love is, I think, logically necessary to legal pressure on traditionalist and Christlike virtue. They haven't marginalize procreation and voca­ parishes and dioceses ( even as threatened my call as a husband tions that are providentially provincial autonomy for the Episco­ and parent . grounded in our creation as male pal Church in the wider Communion The Rev. Tim Vann and female . This logic seems to me is vociferously defended)." Papillion, Nebraska completely embraced in the reports I do not believe that General Con­ and rhetoric surrounding the recent vention made any promise to pro­ Leander Harding responds: legislation on same-sex blessings tect conscience on the matter of I stand corrected by my colleague, as well as the resolutions on gender women's ordination , so it could not Mother Kathryn Piccard , on the ori­ identity and gender expression. Is it have reneged. True, the House of gin of the resolution on conscience. an offense to point out what is actu­ Bishops meeting privately apart from It is correct that the resolution hon­ ally being said? General Convention afterwards did oring the rights of conscience was from a House of Bishops meeting of pass a resolution on the subject, but Praying at Convention that is not General Convention, and 1977. The conscience clause of the it did not bind the church. And such recent legislation on same-sex bless­ I've just returned home from Gen­ measures as emerged after decades ings is an almost direct quote from eral Convention where I volunteered from the 1976 General Convention this House of Bishops resolution . I as an exhibitor with the National can hardly be described as having do hope and pray that this assurance Episcopal Historians and Archivists been resorted to "quickly." given by the whole convention will (NEHA) booth. One of the first The Rev. Kathryn Piccard have a longer half-life than the origi­ things I did on arrival was pick up Charlestown, Massachus etts nal resolution of the House of Bish­ the July 1 issue of TLC where I saw ops. If so, perhaps it will do some­ published the names of General Con­ Although Professor Harding's article thing to reduce what appears to me vention Deputies and Triennial Del­ raises a good question, it aggravates to be unnecessary losses of faithful egates . a community of faith to put differ­ Episcopalians to the life and min­ I decided to use this list to pray for ences in terms of winning and losing. istry of our church . each person by name. Through this If those are the qualities of a com­ Fr. Tim Vann reports that he is exercise in prayer I entered conver­ munity's life, then everybody loses. "offended" by my assertion that the sations trying to put names with I am offended , frankly, by the first new teaching on sexuality undercuts faces. I soon discovered I was pray­ sentence of the second paragraph the vocations of motherhood and ing more specifically for more peo­ which reads: "Among other things fatherhood as our gendered identi­ ple. The Holy Spirit has blessed me this new teaching undercuts the ties are cut loose from their biblical so much during this time that I may vocations of motherhood and father­ moorings. It is not my intention to continue even after returning to reg­ hood, as our gendered identities are give offense but to say as well as I ular use of parish, diocesan and cut loose from their biblical ground­ can what I believe the new teaching Anglican cycles of prayer. And all ing." My vocation as a husband and is and to give my honest theological because TLC published lists of father is one that is given by the assessment of it. names. Thank you! Lord. Nothing can "undercut " it. This As I read the reports produced for Matthew P. Payn e vocation is second only to my rela­ the House of Bishops and by the Lay Canon for Administration tionship with God. As St. Paul Standing Committee on Liturgy and Archivist & Histo ri ographer teaches, nothing "will be able to sep- Music I see a very explicit demotion Diocese of Fond du Lac The Indianapolis Statement

The 77th General Convention of The of Common Prayer offers clear with other Christian churches. Episcopal Church, in passing Resolu­ teaching on Holy Matrimony. The Our dissent from this action of the tion A049, has authorized the provi­ opening address in the marriage rite 77th General Convention is thus sional use of a liturgy for blessing (BCP, p. 423) summarizes that teach­ rooted in the teachings of our own same-sex unions. The purpose of this ing and affirms that marriage is a Church; in the historic biblical and statement is to record our dissent "union of husband and wife"; that theological witness upon which those from this action. God estab lish ed marriage in cre­ teachings rest; and in the wider con­ At our ordination as bishops of the ation; that our Lord "adorned this text of the one, holy, catho lic, and Church, we have all taken a solemn manner of life" during his earthly apostolic Church and our conviction oath: "I solemnly declare that I do ministry; and that marriage points that no part of the Church is free on its believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old beyond itself to the "mystery of the own to alter basic Christian teaching. and New Testaments to be the Word union of Christ and his Church." We are grateful that the rite, as of God, and to contain all things nec­ The liturgy entitled "The Witness­ approved by General Convention, essary to salvation; and I do solemnly ing and Blessing of a Lifelong contains provisions that protect engage to conform to the doctrine, Covena nt" is for all practical pur­ diocesan bishops and parish priests discipline, and worship of The Epis­ poses same-sex marriage. It includes who cannot for the sake of con­ copal Church." We remain comm it­ all of the essential elements found in science authorize or use the liturgy. ted to that oath. Our commitme nt to a marriage rite: vows, an exchange of We are committed to the gay and les­ the biblical witness includes its rings, a pronouncement, and a bless­ bian Christians who are members of teaching on sexuality. We believe that ing. We believe that the rite subverts our dioceses. Our Baptismal Covenant the Scriptures clearly teach that the teaching of the Book of Common pledges us to "respect the dignity of God's vision for sexual intimacy is Prayer, places The Episcopal Chur ch every human being" (BCP, p. 305), and that it be exerc ised only within the outside the mainstream of Christian we will continue to journey with them context of marriage between a man faith and practice, and creates fur­ as together we seek to follow Jesus. and a woman. ther distance between this Church We reaffirm our commitment to We serve in a Church whose Book and the Anglican Communion along the Anglican Communion of which The Episcopal Church is a con­ stituent member, and to the historic See of Canterbury with whom we are $250 $500 $1,000 $5,000 $25,000 Planned Giving in communion . We will honor the .., three moratoria requested by the Instruments of Communion and will do all in our power to "maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of Founders' Society peace" (Ephesians 4:3). Cumulative giving total We invite all bishops who share of $25,000 or more these commitments to join us in this Statement, as we seek to affirm our Many of our friends have been with us for loyalty to our beloved Church even as we dissent from this action. years, supporting the mission of THE LIVING CHURCH through thick and thin. We're +John Bauerschmidt, Diocese of Tennessee deeply thankful for the confidence and trust +Gregory Brewer, Diocese of Central Florida placed in us by our dedicat ed, long-term support- +Dan Herzog, Diocese of Albany (resigned) ers, and our Founder's Society is an honor roll of those +Julio Cesar Holguin, Diocese of the on whose support we most depend. Domrnican Republic +Russell Jacobus, Diocese of Fond du Lac Visit livingchurch.org/don ations to see a full list of giving options +Paul Lambert, Diocese of Dallas Suffragan + Ed Little, Diocese of N orthem Indiana +Bill Love, Diocese of Albany +Bruce MacPherson , Diocese of Western Help Us Carry on the Legacy Louisiana + Daniel Martins , Diocese of Springfield Your faithful support makes it possible for THE LI VING + Ed Salmon, Diocese of South Carolina CHURCH to continue to offer the very best independent (resigned) news reporting and theological teaching. Th ank you! +William Skilton, Diocese of Domrnican Republic (resigned) THE LIVING CHURCH FOUNDATION +Michael G. Smith, Diocese of North Dakota +James Stanton, Diocese of Dallas

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36 THE LIVING CHURCH• August 12, 2012 SUNDAY' S READINGS I Pentecost 12, August 19 Firstreading: 1 Kings2:10-12; 3:3-14; Ps. 111 Alternate: Prov. 9:1-6; Ps. 34:9-14 Eph. 5:15-20 • John 6:51-58

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he synagogue crowd surely was The Sacrament of the Altar is a T finding this young rabbi's ser­ beautiful thing, a profound thing, to mon a bit confusing. But Jews knew be sure, a celestial banquet deliv­ metaphor like the back of their ered by angels' hands. But we hand, and thundering claims were munch and gnaw at it because we The Collegiate Church nothing new. They thought they still bear the bruises and carry the stains knew where young Jesus was of this bloody, fleshly world. We of St. Paul the Apostle headed. He claimed to be a wise receive it because we cannot live St. Paul's is a parish serving Savannah and teacher, so his words must be a bit without it, because we know what it the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia in the like bread from heaven. Wisdom had is like "to have no life in you." This fullness of the Catholic and Reformed spread her feast of old and invited is not really the feast of the right­ faith of the Anglican Communion since all to a place at the table. Jesus, eous or the wise, but of the wicked 1852. Established as the first Free Pew surely, was inviting them to his own and the desperate, the dependent. Parish in Savannah, St. Paul's has banquet, promising immortal fare To commune with Christ is to attempted for 160 years to live into the and table fellowship with God. He seek him in this bloody flesh, hid sacramental and evangelistic implications was ringing the changes on an old, beneath the bread and wine. It is, as of the recovery and old song, for men had been eating John Donne wrote, to be in "blessed continuing forma­ with God and longing to tell the tale dependency, to hang upon him that tion of Catholic ever since he planted the garden in hangs upon the cross, there bathe in tradition in the Eden. his tears, there suck at his wounds, Episcopal Church. But then his conversation takes a and lie down in peace in his grave." We are a com­ turn: "He who eats my flesh and Only from there can we rise to free­ munity committed drinks my blood has eternal life." dom and new life. to deepening our Human flesh and blood were cursed discipleship, adopt­ food, forbidden by the law, disgust­ ing to any man of reason. Jesus also Look It Up ing the Episcopal uses a strange word for eat, a verb Read Ezekiel 39. How did Jesus turn Church as the spir­ usually reserved for the loud, messy around the prophet's image of the itual home where eating of animals. You must "munch" final feast? we live into the on me, "gnaw" my flesh and drink challenges of the Christian faith. We see my blood to be saved. You must eat Think About It the diversity of our religious histories, interests and cultures as one of our as those who are lost and frightened, In the Book of Common Prayer who grasp and stuff food in their strengths as a parish family. Primarily we (1979), the words "that our sinful mouths as if their very lives are here because we find Jesus Christ in bodies may be made clean by his depended upon it. This was hardly our worship, in our fellowship and in our body, and our souls washed through the heavenly banquet the crowd was ministry and service to others. his most precious blood" do not expecting. On Sundays, Mass is said at 8 a.m. and appear in the Prayer of Humble If we can "abide in God" by having sung at 10 a.m., it is in Spanish at 12:15 Access. Is this a mistake? the right sorts of ideas or keeping p.m. and it is contemplative at 6:30 p.m. ourselves in line just a bit more care­ In addition we offer the daily offices and fully, we do not much need a place Mass Monday through Friday. at Jesus' banquet or a stake in his cross. For the scandal in these The Parish of St. Paul the Apostle words won't find their fullest mean­ 1802 Abercorn Street ing until water and blood flow from Sav ann ah, G eorgia 31401-8122 his pierced side. Like Lady Wisdom, 1.912.232.0274 he will draw all to his feast, but only http:// stpaul savannah.org when lifted up, naked and crowned with thorns. 0 A L1v1NG CHURCH Sponsor August 12, 2012 • THE LIVING CHURCH 37 "Thisis the finest publication in the Episcopal Church." - The Very Rev. Ian S. Markham, Ph.D. Dean and President, Virginia Theologic~ I Seminary THE LIVINGCHURCH

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