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Ugandan Chancellor Praises Education

Declaring that "the Church has a mandate from Christ to offer educa­ tion as mission," the Rev. Canon John Senyonyi challenged Anglicans - and Anglicanism - to pursue that goal. He spoke as part of the Anglican District of Virginia's Angli­ can Insights series Jan. 31 in Falls Church. Senyonyi drew from his experience as vice chancellor of Uganda Christian University. The second vice chancellor in UCU's history, Senyonyi was installed Oct. 29 after serving as

Chris Humphrey photo deputy vice chancellor in charge of The Rt. Rev. C. Fitzsimons Allison and his wife, Martha, during a reception in their honor at this development and external relations year's Mere Anglicanism conference, which paid tribute to the retired Bishop of South Carolina. since 2006. He succeeded the Rev. Stephen Noll, who retired in August. Senyonyi called UCU the "fore­ Mere Anglicanism:Changes in the Air most player" in Ugandan higher edu­ By Daniel Muth breakup, it's clear that the Anglican cation . Since its inception in 1997, Communion is becoming something UCU has grown substantially in One potentially useful way of different. Even a changing Anglican­ numbers (from less than 300 stu­ oversimplifying the history of the ism must confidently proclaim God's dents at its start to over 10,000 English Church is to describe it in revelation as encountered in his today), programs (today, law is the blocks of approximately 500 years . word written: so agreed the speak­ most popular, and competitive, field Christianity came to Roman Britain ers at the Mere Anglicanism confer ­ of study), and recognition. In 2004, it in the second century. A little under ence Jan. 20-22, meeting under the became the first private university in five centuries later the isolation of theme "Biblical Anglicanism for a Uganda to gain full government Romano-British, resulting from the Global Future: Recovering the accreditation. contraction of the Roman Empire, Power of the Word of God." Senyonyi became a Christian when ended with the arrival of St. Augus­ In "Recovering the Word of God an undergraduate at the University of tine and Benedictine Christianity. A for the Anglican Communion," Arch­ Nairobi, Kenya. His desire was to be little under 500 years later came bishop Mouneer Anis laid out three a professor, so he earned a doctoral 1066 and all that, bringing continen­ themes - the importance of Scrip­ degree in statistical mathematics tal-style Feudalism and making pos ­ ture; Anglicanism's crisis; and how from the University of Melbourne, sible the increasing power of the Anglicanism can recover - that Australia, in 1985. Throughout this papacy, culminating in John's capit­ echoed in other addresses. time, he felt called to ordained min­ ulation in 1215. Just shy of five cen­ The importance of God's word: In istry. "I was teaching with my heart turies after that came Henry VIII and "Recovering the Power of the Word so much into ministry," he said. By the Acts of Supremacy. It has now in Preaching the Gospel of Grace," 1987, "I sensed that God was saying, been a little less than five centuries Lutheran professor Steven Paulson 'Go!'" Soon after he began working since the events of 1534. emphasized Scripture's message of with an evangelical parachurch min­ Whether it's the Anglican Covenant, justification. For Paulson, the life­ istry, African Evangelistic Enter­ GAFCON,devolution into a loose fed­ giving grace proclaimed by Christ prise . During more than a decade eration of independent provinces and his followers ( and their heirs in with the organization , he earned a united primarily by a dedication to the Church) frees us from the deadly master's degree in theology from good citizenship, or a complete (Continued on page 26) Trinity Evangelical Divinity School;

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worked as an itinerant evangelist in with bullets. He sent a prayer that he int elligent Christianity" th at com­ a variety of Afiican countries, includ­ had composed, forgiving the mur­ plemented an authentic Persian cul­ ing Egypt; and serve d as the organi­ derers. Dehqani-Tafti spent the last ture more than Islam, threatened the zation's director of evangelization. ten years of his episcopate in exile. revolution. Many more Iranian and But if Senyonyi could not escape Dehqani-Tafti, who died in 2008, British Anglicans were arreste d, his call to the ordained ministry , he believed that Christians building "a imprisoned, and even killed for their also did not have to give up his love Persian chur ch," with "a strong and (Continued on next page) for academia . In 2001 he accepted an offer to join the UCU staff. In reflecting on the state of theo­ logical education within the Anglican NEW DREAMWORKBOOK Communion, Senyonyi expressed concern about "unbelievers teaching USINGBIBLICAL DREAMS TO theology" in Anglican theological cir­ UNLOCKYOUR NIGHTLY DREAMS cles. "I think we're seeing a lot of that This208 page book can be used by bible and study now," he told TLC. "They believe in a groupsas well as by individuals. It is a workbook god they have formed. It's another thatcan t ransformyour life . Iti s onlywhen you put form of idolatry, in my opinion." yourselfinto the mixthat the experiencebecomes Ralph Webb, in Falls Church yours.Everyone inthe groupwill need a workbook.

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February 27, 2011 • THE LIVING CHURCH 7 T heological interpretation of graphi cal) lett ers of Paul, now to be its clearest expressio n as it I Scripture" is a large-scale rubric reordered in their prope r chronol­ denounced or declar ed naYve the used to describe a variety of trends ogy; for the "authentic" Jesus "of his­ previous history of the Bible's inter­ in biblical interpretation. What do tory" as against the Fomfold Gospel pretation : from the apostolic fathers these have in common? In many presentation of the Jesus "of faith"; to the crea tive , energetic, prolific ways, they all represent a movement and for the constitu ent parts of the work of Origen; to the Alexandrian beyond the histori cal-critical para­ canonical presentation of each and interpreters , on one side , and the digm for reading the Bible, which every section of the Old and New School of Antioch , on th e other ; dominated study of the Bible in sem­ Testaments . with some consensus in the Cap­ inaries and universities in the 19th If this was a fascination with padocians and Theodor et of Cyr; on and 20th centuries. This paradigm affairs behind the biblical text in its to Augustine, Aquinas, Rashi, Luther, focused on recov ery of the biblical given form, the newer "theological Calvin, and so on, in the quest for author behind the text, and the cir­ interpretation," as we find it in The­ proper appreciation of the literal cumstances of the proclamation and ological Interp retation of Scriptur e, sense. The "history" of the previous the audience , as these could be The Word of God for the People of interpreters entailed typology (the reconstructed with histori cal tools. God, and Sharp er Than a Two­ providential linkage of events in The biblical text in its final form Edged Sword, represents a concern time, in the figure of Christ) and alle­ was a threshold one was to pass with affairs in front of the text. The gory (the pedagogy of Christian liv­ through, in order to detennine the concern is with the reader's intera c­ ing and dying, through the lens of original setting and the historical tion with the biblical text . This multiple senses intend ed by a single context giving rise to the messag e read er is either an individual exem­ divine Author) . But the newer and its first recipients . So, for exam ­ plar or is situated within an explicit , account of "history ," defined by a ple, the Book of Isaiah was not its churchly context , and so cannot be mod ern sense of "one thing after own cooked meal , in its final 66- tmned into a generic reader and the another" and a new awareness of chapter form . Rath er it presented Bible into "any book ," such that the externa l sources for reco nstru cting the raw ingredients for reconstruct­ presumed rules for competent read­ such an account, turned the Bible ing the real meal and menu , as these ing ("genera l hermeneuti cs") could into a resource for "real history" and were served up by a var iety of be transferred from the English not its own - difficult and chal­ authors and editors over several department. lenging - account . centuries. Histori cal-critical reading, espe­ One trend of the new er "theologi­ Similar understandings obtained cially in th e 19th century , sought to cal interpretation " involves an for the "original" (Pauline ) and establish a new species of histori cal appreciation of and reinstalling of derivative (so-called pseudepi- analysis, and this was often given the older "history of interpretation"

8 THE LIVING CHURCH • February 27, 2011 Theological Interpretation Ireland Pilgrimage of Scripture By Stephen E. Fowl. Cascade . Pp. 108. $13, Departs August 4. 2011 from paper. ISBN 978-1-55635-241-6 . 12 Days $1658* Escapeto the EmeraldIsle for coolersummer weather and travel with other Christians on this Pilgrimageof SouthernIreland. Your chaplain is FatherDaniel Gerres , SeniorPriest at St Elizabeth's Churchin Wilmington, The Word of God DE. He hasbeen a HollandAmerica Line chaplain ; moreover,this will be hisfifth trip as a YMTVacations • for the People of God Chaplain. Youradventure begins in Dublinwith sightseeing including• Trinity College (housing the Bookof Kellsand book of Armaghcontaining 9 th Centurygospel manuscripts) , DublinCastle , andthe largestchurch in An Entryway to the Theological Ireland, St Patrick's Cathedral.Sunday morning enjoy Mass at St Mary'sPro-Cathedral , headof Dublin's Interpretation of Scripture Archdiocese, thendrive to Athlone, Clonmacnoiseand Knock. In Knockcelebrate Mass at the Basilicaof · By J. Todd Billings. Eerdmans . Pp. 256. $18, Apparitions, tourthe Shrine,visit the FolkMuseum , andafter lunch join the publicceremonies , followingthe paper. ISBN 978-0-8028-6235 -8 . Stationsof the Crossand RosaryProcession ending at the Basilica. Next, travelto CroaghPatrick, visit the ruinsof MurriskAbbey , KylemoreAbbey , ConnemaraNational Park , Galway,Cathedral of OurLady Assumed into Heaven, the SpanishArch , Killarney,Cliffs of Moher,Bunratty Castle , Ringof Kerry, Cork, andthe Blarney . Sharper Than Castleand stone . We'llalso haveMass at the HolyCross Abbey , tourthe WaterfordCrystal factory, visit · a Two-Edged Sword Glendalough,and havean eveningMass in Dublin. *Priceper person,based on doubleoccupancy ; includes Preaching, Teaching, 18meals . Airfareis extra. and Living the Bible 1 Edited by Michael Root and James J. Buckley . Eerdmans. Pp. 111. $16, paper. National Parks Tour , . ISBN 978-0-8028-6271-6. 14 Days Departs July 9, 2011 from $1298* NATURALWONDERS ... You'll visit landmarksin six NationalParks including the Redwoodtrees in SEQUOIA; the rockneedles at ZION; BRYCECANYON'S sculpted cliff faces ; YOSEMITE'Swaterfalls ; ARCHES' unique rocksshaped by wind, water, sun andfrost ; and CANYONLANDS, withenchanting vistas carved by the Coloradoand Green rivers. You'll alsovisit Salt Lake City , Utah; Fresno, CA; Reno, CarsonC ity, Pyramid Lake, VirginiaCity , LakeTahoe, and LasVegas, Nevada! Your Chaplain is FatherEmile Gentile , fromSaini Augustine. *Priceper person, doubleoccupancy. Airfare is extra. as itself deserving front-and- center attention. Several conunentaries and CanadianRockies Tour Offers 'Cool' Vacation resources are now available which highlight the older history of inter­ 14 Days Departs August 10, 2011 from $1598* pretation (e.g., The Brazos Theolog­ Startin Seattle, Washington;visit Pike's Marketand drive through this beautifulcity beginningyour drive to Spokane.En route,visit the GrandCoulee Dam , and Dry Falls, whichonce carried more water by volumethan ical Commentary on the Bible; The all the earth's currentrivers combined! Next visit KootenayNational Park 's RadiumHot Springs ; YohoNational Ancient Christian Commentary on Park; Golden, BC; andcross the continentaldivide onto the easternslope of the CanadianRockies. Visit Scripture) . This is not just weari­ JasperNational Park ; Jaspertown site (onenight) ; the ColumbiaIce Fields,and take a sno-coachride over a glacier; BanffNational Park; Banff town site (onenight); Lake Louise ; andCalgary , Alberta. Then, headsouth ness with the hist01ical-critical par­ to WatertonLakes National Park ; "Heads-Smashed-In-Buffalo-Jump"; and Ft Macleod.Travel through adigm, or a sense of its inadequa­ Montanato Helenafor one nightand an includedcity tour aboard an open-airtrolley. Continueyour scenic cies, but a new appreciation of what drivethrough the US Rockiesto YellowstoneNational Park for two days. Next, visit Billings, MT; Custer's Battlefieldat the LittleBig Horn;Devils Tower National Monument ; andWild Bill Hickokand Calamity Jane 's "history" and "theological interpre­ Deadwood. Spendtwo nightsin RapidCity, SD whereyou 'll visit:Mt Rushmore, CrazyHorse Memorial and tation" looked like in the older com­ the BlackHills. On Monday, travelthrough Cheyenne , WY and northernColorado for yourlast nightin Denver. mentators of the Church. In Roman Masswill be celebratedsome days on tourfor thosein the groupwho wish to participate. YourYMT Chaplain is FatherPat McCloskey.This will be his seventhtrip as chaplainwith YMT. *Priceper person, basedon Catholic circles, one must also think doubleoccupancy. Airfare is extra. of the ressour cem ent project of Henri de Luba c (along with Yves Congar and Jean Danielou) as assist­ AlaskaTour & Cruise ing in a fresh appreciation of alle­ gorical and figural reading. 14 Days Departs August 23, 2011 from $2798* Canoni cal interpretation has DENALINATIONAL PARK - McKINLEYEXPLORER RAILROAD occupied a transitional pla ce 7-DAYINSIDE PASSAGE CRUISE-ALASKA STATE FAIR betw een the older historical read­ YourYMT Chaplain is FatherCharlie Ferrara , Pastorof St Martinof ToursParish in St. Louis. Startin Anchorage. Travelto DenaliNational Park for sightseeingincluding the DenaliTundra Wildlife Tour, plus ing and the sorts of works associ­ explorethe AlaskanBotanical Gardens , the WindyValley Muskox Farm , andovernight in Denali.Take the ated with theological interpretation . McKinleyExplorer Railroad from Talkeetna to Anchorage. Spenda halfa day at the GreatAlaskan State Fair Her e the focus is not on matters whereyou will view, first-hand, monster-sizedvegetables grown in Alaska's24 hourdaylight! Then visit the lditarodHeadquarters and a localfarm . Driveto Seward, andboard your 5-Star Holland America Line Ship the behind the text , but the canonical ms Zaandamfor a 7-daycruise to CollegeFjord , GlacierBay , Haines, Juneau, andKetchikan . Transferfrom text in its present form (with the Vancouverto Seattlefor a citytour , spendthe night, andthen fly home. *Perperson , doubleoccupancy , variations of textual traditions includestaxes. Basedon limitedinside staterooms . Upgradedcabins are available.Airfare is extra. noted). Attention is given to th e For informat ion, reservations, it inerary, and letter from churchly location of the readers of ,,.~...... your chaplain with his phone number call 7 days a week: the biblical text and the implications vacations (Continued on next page) It 's time to travel 1-800-736-7300

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FORTHE PEOPLE OFGOD ,tll 1! 1t,JC iii, 111;j1,,,f These three books reflect ' 1i1111r r.tHt1 11 11! ,,1111111,, the variety of ecclesial voices now looking at the task of Christian interpretation of Scripture, from a fresh direction.

(Continued from previous page) ously on the topic, and the format of cerns have taken form. He provoca­ of that, and canonical reading has Theological Int erpre tation of Scrip­ tively declares aspects of the evan­ also sought a sympathetic and criti­ ture, at just over 100 pages , elicits gelical concern with human authors cal reappraisal of the previous his­ from him a proper sense of caution and inspiration "deistic" and in some tory of interpretation. - not least because the movement measure the mirror image of evan­ Canonical interpretation sees away from the older historical para­ gelicals' liberal debaters. meaning imparted through the asso­ digm is an invitation to what he calls He prefers a "trinitarian reading" ciations constructed in the final "a large and somewhat chaotic of the Bible and endeavors to form of the biblical text (the Pauline party." explain this , charitably and intelli­ Letter Collection; the fourfold All the same, one comes away gently, in the midst of a modern Gospel account; the "Law and the with a serviceable, fair , and bal ­ struggle between progressives and Prophets" ; the Book of the Twelve). anced introduction to the trends of conservatives over the character of In so doing, it sees inspiration as a theological interpretation. If Fowl inspiration and God's capacity to matter of the maturing of the biblical has a specific emphasis, it is on the speak via the scriptural letter . Each witness within the household of nature of Scripture as tied to God's chapter comes with a bibliography faith - in Israel and in the Church own life, and God's communicative for further reading. He shares Fowl's - which gives rise to a specific self, and thus on Scripture as a dog­ concern for the practices of Chris­ form and character of the revela ­ matic (in the generous sense of the tian community and reading. He also tion. The relationship between the term) reality. He also maintains his frequently adverts to the older his­ Old and New Testaments must like­ concern for the virtues and prac­ tory of interpretation , selecting help­ wise be grasped properly. Sharing tices of readers as requiring a criti­ ful examples from the hymnody of the concern of theological interpre­ cal place in the interpretation of St. Bernard, the philosophical frag­ tation with the limits of the histori­ Scripture. In one handy chapter ments of Kierkegaard, the paintings cal-critical paradigm , canonical Fowl rosters the varieties of con­ of Gaudenzio Ferrari, the writings reading seeks to extend the older cern for theological interpretation of Calvin, and the more recent work historical questions to the theologi ­ and provides a bibliography. of Roman Catholic philosopher cal contribution of the text in its full Todd Billings has written a book Jean-Luc Marion, Kevin Vanhoozer, and final form , as its own kind of for students and pastors , reflecting John Webster, and others. Billings history . This is where it frequently his concerns as a minister in the is an effective communicator and joins with the concerns of the earlier Reformed tradition. This is a longer the work is easy to read and pas­ history of interpretation. work, and its audience is likely more sionate in its intention. The works of Stephen Fowl and focused on the Amelican evangeli­ Sharper Than a Two-Edged Sword Todd Billings are self-conscious cal world. It is very clearly pre ­ consists of various essays from efforts to give a basic introduction sented. It does not seek to engage in well-known contributors: Thomas to the theological interpretation of detail the secondary literature, but Briedenthal (Bishop of Southern Scripture, as it is now practiced. offers its own presentation of theo­ Ohio), Ellen Davis (Episcopalian), Fowl, an Episcopal layman and logical interpretation. One senses Amy Plantinga Pauw (Presbyterian), chairman of the theology depart­ the concerns - and tensions - of Richard Hays (Methodist), Robert ment at Loyola University Maryland, the evangelical tradition on reliabil­ Jenson (Lutheran) and Roman is a New Testament expert with an ity and inspiration and facticity , as Catholics James Buckley, R.R. Reno, interest in general and theological Billings seeks to widen the horizon and Michael Root. The chapters were hermeneutics . He has written previ- within which the questions and con- given as papers at a conf'erence at

10 THE LIVING CHURCH • February 27, 2011 sharperthan a two-edged sword

These meditations on the daily readings of Lent are for the sake of our transformation into our original "image and likeness," which is the very image of God . ISBN 978-0-86716-987-4 $8.99 Also available in Spanish!

Duke Divinity School, sponsor ed by the Center for Catholic and Evangel­ ST.ANTHONY MESSENGER PRESS ical Theology, in 2006. They were [al directed to pastors and stud ents, and 1-800-488-0488 Catalog.AmericanCatholic .org the level is general and accessible. 28 W Liberty St., Cincinnati, OH 45202 Three contributio ns deal directly with preaching and teaching the Bible in church and the role of the laity. The others speak more gener­ ally to the theme of theological inter­ Don't Hang pretation. The book is a compact illustration of certain trends in theo­ logical reading , with an emphasis on Up the Collar! pra ctice .

All in all, these three works would :¥1 be good addit ions to a libr ary for R etiring? Smaller churches need ;~

The Rev. Dr. Christopher R. Seitz is Research Prof essor of Biblical Int erpretation at Wycliff e College in the Universi ty of Toronto.

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By Aaron Canty

I he massive four-volume work which serves as a foun- 1 dational study of the interpretation of the Bible in the Middle Ages was written by Henri de Lubac in the 1950s and early 1960s. Originally published between 1959 and 1963,M edieval Exegesis: The Four Senses of Scripture has, as de Lubac himself admits in the first volume, "more affinities, on the whole, to a sociology of thought than to its history." The four volumes paint a detailed picture of how biblical interpretation evolved in the Middle Ages. E.M. Macierowski , the translator of volume three , has rendered a very readable translation and has taken pains to translate many of the Latin texts ( often from obscure works) in de Lubac's footnotes. In volume three , de Lubac attempts to discern the "marsh" of "common opinion" from the "harbinger of prom­ ise" that would pre cede critical and purely literal exegesis, 0 in the modern sense , as well as the "transvaluation " between the historical sense of Scripture and allegory. Throughout the volume , de Lubac attempts a sort of • genealogical reconstruction to determine what constitutes ~ I traditional exegesis and what departs from the tradition. The first chapter is, ostensibly (based on its title), on 11 Berno of Reichenau. This 11th-century monk is generally / unremarkable , except that certain historians (e.g., C. Spicq and B. Smalley) saw in him a precursor to modern histor­ I\ ical-critical exegesis on account of his admonition that / readers of Scripture not conform the sacred text to their ,o own sense . At stake here is the relative position of Jerome and Gregory the Great. Are there two trajectories of exe­ gesis in early Latin Christianity, one concerned with the let­ ter and one interested only in allegory, replicating the Alexandrian and Antiochene schools in the East? Is the \' "Jeromian" trajectory the "true" one, leaving behind the "subjective" "Gregorian" trajectory with its simplistic use

12 THE LIVING CHURCH • February 27, 2011 of symbolism? At what point did Christianity leave behind theologians and ecclesiastical officials in the Early Modem the Gregorian trajectory and embrace for its own benefit period. the historical-critical method, prepared by Jerome ? The significance of Hugh of St. Victor is examined in For de Lubac, these questions, posed by modem histo- chapter four. Against a number of historians , de Lubac rians, betray modem prejudices and anachronistic readings maintains that Hugh's exegesis was fairly conventional of the tradition. Bemo was hardly an avant-garde exegete; and that it was not a precursor to the historical-critical in de Lubac's view, he simply wanted faithful translations method. He shows that Hugh made ample use of allegory that would preserve the integrity of liturgical texts. Noth- and tropology (as in the De area Noe morali and the De ing was further from Bemo's mind than to eradicate (Gre- area Noe mystici) and that his criticisms of the litterati of gorian) allegorical exegesis, which he engaged in fre- the period were directed not against pious spiritual inter­ quently. Examining the modern belief of Gregory the preters, who might have ignored the literal sense, but Great's "barbarism ," that is, his alleged anti-intellectual- against philosophers, like Peter Abelard, who thought they ism, de Lubac shows that this 01iginated with 18th- and could interpret Scripture without any recourse to the tra- 19th--centu:ryanti-papal apologists decontextualizing two dition because its meaning was so clear. sentences from Gregory's writings and neglecting numer- Far from spurning the spiritual senses, Hugh even shows ous other passages that encourage profane learning. De a preference at times for Gregory's use of tropology. His Lubac takes pains to show that Christians throughout the interest in salvation history was keen , but de Lubac argues centuries valued grammar, dialectic, and reason, as long as that it was essentially "conservative" insofar as it found its it was subordinate to Scripture. roots both in Augustine and Gregory. De Lubac cautions In chapter two, de Lubac shows how medieval exegetes readers that interest in salvation history is not the san1e as distinguished the true sense of Scripture, discerned through interest in an exclusively literal exegesis. On the contrary, the Gospel, and the false sense of "perverse" interpreters , to believe that history is indeed salvific on account of the such as the Jews and Gnostics. Since orthodoxy was the life, death, and resurre ction of the incarnate Son of God first criterion of interpretation, and since the only way to means necessarily reading Scripture in terms of promise ensme orthodoxy was to practice allegorical exegesis (in and fulfillment, the basis of the distinction between "letter" the sense of typology), Bemo 's admonition must be inter- and "spirit." preted not as eliminating allegory but as promoting it. Alle- Chapter five addresses Hugh's followers in the Victorine gory in the sense used by the Latin West involved reading school. De Lubac argues that Andrew, and not Hugh, is the the Old and New Testaments together; excluding one innovative interpreter , becoming a "specialist" and sepa­ would always lead to an exclusive and illegitimate reliance rating theology from exegesis. Other followers , such as on the "letter." Christians had to be wary not only of Jews ~----- ~ Godfrey, Garnier, andAbsolon , were true and "judaizers," but also of Gnostics, who, despite all ...... , mL DiE VA L appearances , basically were literal interpreters, as Ori­ E X EG LSI> gen had pointed out in De p1·incipiis. Since Scripture as Word of God testifies to and is a prolongation of the Word made flesh (the Verbum abbreviatum ), the two forms of the Word are inseparable. Without true faith in the incarnate Word, interpretation of the Word in Scripture is impossible and becomes pmely subjective. H I II ,1 tJI L.\l l"C The irony here is that it is precisely allegorical exegesis, ~----~ disciples of Hugh in their "synthesis" and which seems so arbitrary to many modem scholars , that is "balance." Richard of St. Victor criticizes specific instances the guarantor of non-subjective scriptural interpretation. of Gregory's exegesis, but he can hardly be considered to Chapter three consists of an analysis of an alleged geneal- have advanced "scientific" exegesis, with his vast use of ogy from Jerome through the beginning of the 12th century. allegory in his spiritual treatises and commentaries. The This genealogy, created by modem historians, sees a line fact that Richard, Adam Scotus, and Peter Cellensis use of literal exegesis running from Jerome, through Pascha- their imagination to describe every detail of Old Testa­ sius Radbertus, Christian of Stavelot, and Bruno of Segni, ment objects, such as Noah's ark or the tabernacle, does not to Rupert of Deutz. De Lubac shows that these interpreters , mean that they are interested in the object apart from its while interested in the veritas hebraica, can hardly be "spiritual" meaning. considered heralds of the literal sense, since they also What is new in Hugh, and what he bequeaths to his fol­ used allegory and tropology (the moral interpretation) lowers, is a distinction between the historical "order" and extensively. De Lubac also shows that pre-scholastic exe- the theological "order," a distinction that led in the late 12th gesis, in royal courts and monasteries, was much more and early 13th centuries to the separation of three dimen­ interested in Hebrew and "critical" scholarship than many (Continued on next page)

February 27, 2011 THE LIVING CHURCH 13 (Continued from previous page) Joachim's emphasis on "concordance" becomes a sions that had always been bound together in the tradition: hermeneutic through which to read the prophetic texts of exegesis (from the literal sense), theology (from the alle­ Scripture, and his desire to find every one of them fulfilled gorical sense) , and spirituality (from the tropological literally is what places Joachim's exegesis outside the tra­ sense). This "explosion," as de Lubac refers to it, while it dition of the Church Fathers and the medieval exegetes in allowed each discipline to find its own identity, nonetheless general. had hannful side effects felt afterward in the late Middle De Lubac demonstrates a mastery of the sources in Ages through the 20th century. every pe1iod through the 12th century ( and volume four of If an overly developed historical consciousness , as Medieval Exegesis will make its way to the early 14th cen­ applied to biblical interpretation, has allowed Christians to tury). With over 3,500 footnotes, this volume touches both forget the eschatological dimension of their religion, an on all the major exegetes from Origen and Jerome to inauthentic dissociation of the realm of faith from the Augustine and Gregory, and on some pretty obscure ones, future can lead to utopianism by conceiving an intra­ such as Helinand of Froidmont, Werner of Saint Blaise, worldly eschatology. Regarding this deviation from the tra­ Radulfus Ardens, and Anselm of Havelberg. De Lubac is dition, de Lubac devotes chapter six to Joachim of Flora sensitive to the historical events which contributed to the (Joachim of Fiore). Joachim's "novelty'' is the "concord of development of medieval exegesis, and his vast knowl­ the letter," which creates a parallel between the Old and edge of the Christian tradition allows him to create intel­ New Testaments. That is, for every figure and historical lectual genealogies and to make comparisons that few epoch in the Old Testament a parallel of some kind is scholars could approximate. found in the New Testament period . Since the New Testament is no longer merely fulfillment While de Lubac takes positions on a number of theolog­ of the Old Testament, it functions as a kind of intermediary ical and historical debates, three are relevant for those between the Old Testament period (the First who take interest in evaluating the relative con­ Age) and the Third Age of the Spirit, which is a The task of tinuities and discontinuities regarding the read­ utopian state that emerges within time. While organically ing of Scripture throughout history. upholding the legitimacy of the Church, the reunifying First, a number of modem historians believe sacraments, and the papacy within the Second exegesis, that the historical-critical method is the correct Age, Joachim "prophesies" that a Third Age of theology,and way of interpreting Scripture. Without subjecting the Spirit will render these elements of Christi­ spirituality this belief to philosophical scrutiny, they judge anity obsolete. as essential "pre-modem" exegesis by the standards of the For de Lubac, this "prophecy," which results Enlightenment and post-Enlightenment periods. from what appears to be a heavily symbolic dimensions For de Lubac, this belief, as applied to the Mid­ interpretation of Scripture, especially of the of Christian dle Ages, is anachronistic and leads to the inven­ Apocalypse, is actually based on an extremely lit­ existence, tion of "precursors" of the method, when in fact eral interpretation unlrnown in the tradition. remains no medieval exegete would have recognized his Joachim appeals to Scripture and to Augustine an urgent work as paving the way for Spinoza or Reimarus. for making the seventh age of the world ( corre­ challenge. Second, belief in the Incarnation of the Son of sponding to the Third Age of the Spirit) chrono­ God is necessary for a non-subjective reading of logically successive to the sixth age (from John the Baptist Scripture. Without this belief, scriptural exegesis can only or Christ until the end of the world), but in de Lubac's view cleave to the literal sense, with vastly different accounts of this appeal is illegitimate. Only a theology of history in the true meaning of Scripture. which every detail of the Old Testament corresponds lit­ Third, De Lubac believed that the Christian tradition erally with some counterpart in the time after Christ, includ­ preserved a unity between exegesis, theology, and spiritu­ ing the present and the future , can make such interpreta­ ality until the late 12th century. Even then, the unity was tions work generally preserved, but it began to unravel in the 13th and The historical factors that account for Joachim's exege­ 14th centuries. The resulting autarchy of disciplines exists sis, in de Lubac's view, are his personal curiosity, Gnostic to this day. The task of organically reunifying them , as literature, and the 12th-century's generally strong historical essential dimensions of Christian existence, therefore consciousness. There are hints of parallelism in such remains an urgent challenge. Only when true belief and fer­ authors as Gerhoh of Reichersberg, Honorius of Autun, and vent prayer are joined to scriptural reading, as in the monas­ Rupert of Deutz, but none of these authors resorted totem­ tic lectio divina, can the spirit animate the letter. poral messianism ( some historical figure would save the world before the Second Coming of Christ) or apocalypti­ Dr. Aa,ron Canty is associate professor of reiigious stud­ cism (finding an imminent date for the end of the world). ies at St. Xavier University, Chicago.

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(Continued from previous page) until th e Reformation. It's unclear ground. And he often app eals to ductions situating each in its histori­ whether this exaggerated murkiness ancient Jewish or Christian readings cal, geographical, political, and reli­ affected their decision not to give the of difficult texts, even if he does not gious backgrounds. The authors offer Deuterocanonical books the same cite these with referen ces. an introduction and walk-through for treatment as the rest of the biblical If you are looking for a book to each book ( excepting the Deutero­ books , but they may have lost a con­ help make the Bible more relevant canonicals ). After this, the authors siderable audience that , with the to your own life, I can certainly rec­ generally consider any relevant criti­ fourth-century Church , regards these ommend this book I would not hes­ cal issues ( authorship, dating, loca­ books as Scripture. itate to recommend it to a friend or tion , text), theological themes, and family member who was looking for potential problems that contempo­ In 2004 Westminster John Knox such a resource. I cannot imagine rary readers might bring to the text. Press began releasing its New Testa­ many scholars wanting to come near One thing that makes this book a ment for Everyone series by Bishop this series, though they could no great deal for a professor is that each N.T. Wright. This series was designed doubt learn a few things about being section begins and ends with ques­ to make the Bible accessible to a wide more pastoral in a commentary . tions for students to consider as they audience and especially to those who There is always a tension between read the text. have little or no formal training in bib­ making a text accessible and recog­ In the general introduction to each lical studies or theology. Last year nizing its "otherness." Perhaps Testament, the authors go through WJKP began rolling out the Old Tes­ Goldingay is limited by the mission the various kinds of criticism that tament series, written by biblical of the series, but I worry that he constitute the tools in a scholar 's scholar , professor , and pastor John does not sufficiently acknowledge belt. They show why and how each Goldingay. Given all that Goldingay the "otherness" of Scripture. is important but also stress I came away from Goldin­ that each has its limitations . gay's books feeling as if I They show their own cards knew as much about him as early by revealing their prefer­ I did about Genesis . Bibli­ ence for narrative criticism, cal scholars normally strive but again , they are normally for the objectivity of a sci­ evenhanded in covering the entist and thus try to make books and do not let their own themselves invisible behind perspective dominate to the their research. Goldingay exclusion of others. consciously takes the oppo­ Given the size and scope of site approach . Readers may this work (it only covers the find this either irritating or whole Christian Bible!), my endearing. I found mys elf concerns about it are relatively gradually moving from the few. The most notable is the way the has written on the Bible, he clearly former to the latter . authors handle the differences comes to this task with both great Part of this series' approach is for between the various Christian canons learning and a pastor's heart . The lat­ the commentator to offer a "fresh" of the Old Testament. They of course ter often overshadows the fom1er, translation of the text . To be hon est, have the requisite canon chart early in and, depending on the reader , this this was more of a distraction and the book , but their discussion of the will be either an asset or a liability. an annoyan ce than anything . Most canon at the end of the entire OT sec­ The structure of the book is readers are already familiar with tion leaves much to be desired. Cer­ straightforward. Goldingay provides decent translations , whether from tainly the fom1ation of the OT was a his own translation of the text at the KJV family (including the RSV complicated pro cess, and there is hand , after which he offers a com­ and NRSV) or from supposedly much we do not understand about mentary , usually by appealing to more reader -friendly though less how this process played out in either some aspect of his own life (his wife's accurate translations , such as the Rabbinic Judaism or Christianity. struggle with MS; his experiences in NAB, NIV, or countless others . The authors do seem, however , to counseling) or to well-known current The new translation does not help obscure the fact that by the end of the events (President Obama's inaugura­ his cause. His use of aide in place of fourth century the Christian Church tion; the 2008 recession ). Sometimes angel or messenger was one such had a canon of both Old and New he brings to the text his knowledge of annoyance, though he does offer a Testaments that stood unchallenged the Ancient Near Eastern back- defense of it.

16 THE LIVING CHURCH • February 27, 2011 One final criticism is that he often ological, historical and practical top­ life into such a project. They roundly waters down significant theological ics. The book clearly intends to send criticize evangelicalism's rampant truths in his attempt at accessibility. a strong message to the evangelical individualism and subjectivism, its One that stuck out from the begin­ community about the need for a hurried pragmatism and nervousness ning of the book was his discussion deeper emphasis on spiritual prac­ with silence. of being created in God's image tices and fonnation. Dallas Willard strikingly indicts the (Gen. 1:26). He writes: "Human Collected essays are notoriously entire understanding of salvation beings were made God-like, so it difficult to herd, but most of these prevalent among most evangelicals was not so unnatural for God to share a common concern of con­ as "posing almost insurmountable become a human being." Is not the structing the theological framework barriers to transformation of pro­ Incarnation preposterous? Is not for understanding evangelicalism as fessing Christians into Christlikeness. this why St. Ephrem's poetic para­ a school of Christian spir­ . . . Silnply put, as now doxes about the mystery of the ituality (in the way that generally understood, Incarnation carry so much force? Christian spirituality has being 'saved' - and I do understand that Goldingay is Benedictine , Carmelite hence being a Christian trying to stress that God is a per­ and Anglican schools). A has no conceptual or sonal being rather than some process of gradual forma­ practical connection abstract force or principle , but in tion in the Christian life with such a transforma­ doing so he undercuts the shock through the indwelling of - tion." value of the Incarnation. It is one the Spilit and tested spir­ Willard wants to dis­ thing to make the Bible more palat­ itual practices lies at the card this idea of being able; it is another to remove its deli­ heart of discipleship for saved entirely, and to cious spices in favor of something these authors. The replace it with an bland. On the other hand, his treat­ authors can clearly see emphasis on being con­ ment of the Joseph novella (Gen. 37- the New Testament roots formed to the character 50) was masterful, and he handled of this vision (indeed the biblical of Christ. Yet he insists that this new many of the difficult theological exegesis, unsurprisingly, is the most emphasis can be easily combined questions that arise from this story consistent strength in these essays), with classical Protestant distinctives, with wisdom and grace. and they don't hesitate to talk about especially the doctrine of justifica­ union with Christ, growth in the tion by faith alone. Kevin Joseph Haley is a doctoral virtues and communal formation The believer who is steadily grow­ candidate in the University of Notre with clarity and conviction. ing in righteousness, he notes in pass­ Dame's Christianity and Judaism Most of the writers see great value ing, is also "flush with Christ's mer­ in Antiquity program. in the spiritual wisdom of the its," and he even goes so far to Catholic tradition. A concise piece suggest that this notion was Luther's by historian George Kalantzis sum­ true aim in propounding the doctrine marizes the spiritual themes of early of justification by faith alone. Sev­ Life in the Spirit Christianity, laying out a firm case eral of the other authors follow him Spiritual Formation for the anagogical way, a path of in this vein, suggesting that the in Theological Perspective gradual ascent to God. The authors insights of Catholic and Orthodox Edited by Jeffrey P. Greenman and George clearly want to see their own tradi­ spiritual masters can be of great Kalantzis. lnterVarsity. Pp. 256, paper. $25. tion in dialogue with this deep­ value to evangelicals, so long as the ISBN 978-0-8308-3879-0. rooted and vibrant ecumenical tra­ objectionable bits thatjar Protestant dition. They invited a Roman sensibilities are trimmed off. Review by Mark A. Michael Catholic, Lawrence Cunningham, to One author notes that the three­ summarize the schools of his own fold way (purgation-illumination­ Lif e in the Spirit is a collection of tradition, and other essays discuss union) is a fine idea, so long as we essays delivered at Wheaton Col­ how some practices unfamiliar to understand it in reverse, beginning lege's 2009 Theological Conference, most evangelicals like lectio divina with our union with Christ in justifi­ one of the most important forums and centering prayer might be inte­ cation. Another endorses the prac­ for evangelical thought today. Pieces grated into a quiet time. tice of Wesley and some of his fol­ by evangelical lions Gordon Fee and They are all well aware, though, of lowers, who published bowdlerized Dallas Willard headline the collec­ the hurdles that must be overcome Catholic spiritual classics for their tion , which includes essays on the- within their own tradition to breathe (Continued on next page)

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(Continued from previous page) evangelical Christians are already the Christian tradition to guide the followers (think The Imitation of being formed by the practices and reader through the days of Lent. As Christ without any reference to the theological emphases that are native its title indicates, the book seeks to Blessed Sacrament). to them. lead the spiritually hungry pilgrim I'm afraid it can't be so simple, and Many evangelical Christians live on a devotional itinerary which is I wonder how reluctant a few of the faithful, holy lives, but what in the not only an "adventure into wisdom" authors are to lay all their cards on tradition as they now receive it in the company of those who have the table about their true convictions helped them to grow and flourish? passionately sought God, but also a on the doctrine of justification. After It's of some concern that the most "dangerous journey" of love, in the all, neo-Reformed critics can be recent evangelical spiritual writers footsteps of Christ. rather savage about deviation from to receive consideration by the vol­ In keeping with the theme of "fol­ "true evangelicalism." Justification ume died over two centuries ago. lowing Christ, " the author's own by faith alone, we must remember, Surely there are elements of induc­ reflections on the stations of the was as much a protest against the tive Bible study, praise-chorus med­ Cross, with accompanying scriptural anagogical way as it was an attack on leys and accountability groups that texts , provide an organizing frame­ indulgences. The Reformers sought can be fruitful for Christians outside work for the Lenten journey , while a to orient Christian spirituality in an the evangelical world. What virtues variety of short spiritual readings - entirely different direction, and those are formed best by evangelical spiri­ some classic , some little-known who still believe in their project tual practices? What aspects of Chris­ gems - supply ample should rightly suspect such dabbling tian faith could they help us all appre­ food for prayerful with "works righteousness." Ifwe are hend more clearly? chewing in lectio div­ reckoned completely righteous from The volume sadly leaves us with ina , every morning the moment of conversion, if we far more questions than answers, and evening through receive grace passively, surely any more handwringing than fruitful the holy season. These talk of stages or guidance or growth promise. Surely there must be some selections sound the is rather beside the point . way to connect the vibrant energy of timeless Lenten call to Spiritual formation, as understood evangelicalism with the insights of conversion, in the light by the tradition, requires a coopera­ the broader Catholic tradition. There of God's love which tive understanding of grace; it must be some objective, sacramental makes possible the depends on clear signs of progress, correction that can guide its native transforming journey to resurrec­ definitive steps and stages. It individualism into more helpful tion with Christ . The book's "recur­ assumes that, with God's help, we paths. There was, at least once, a ring call to prayer " offers a simple will move to a place very different bridge between the Reformation and but effective means, in the midst of from where we began, and that place the anagogical way. We call it Angli­ "our jittery , vertigo -inducing wire­ will bring us into a very different kind canism , and perhaps evangelicals in less world," to "guide our souls of relationship with God than we search of Catholic spirituality could through winter to certain spring­ ertjoyed at the beginning of our life in find few better places to begin. time ." Christ. And it insists that the entire Butcher prefaces the reflections process must be communally dis­ The Rev. Mark A. Michael is rector and readings in the main section of cerned and supported by continual of Christ Ch'Urch, Cooperstown, the book with an introduction to the nourishment by the sacraments of New York. spirituality of Lent and the stations grace. The sacramental meditations of the Cross . Her approach is funda­ in Thomas a Kempis's masterwork mentally scriptural . She chooses to are not tangents. They describe the follow the revised, scripturally based living encounter with Christ that stations used by Pope John Paul II in enables any true imitation of his life Following Christ 1991, rather than the traditional ones and mission. A Lenten Reader to Stretch found in many Catholic churches , a The project also falls short of its Your Soul decision congenial to ecumenical aim in failing to consider what evan­ By Carmen Acevedo Butcher. Paraclete. Pp. 210. $16.99. ISBN 978-1 -55725 -540-2 . readers. She also provides a helpful gelicalism's distinctive contribution practical description of the practice might be to the wider tradition of of lectio divina - the slow, prayer­ Christian spirituality. The authors are In this little volume, Carmen ful reading of Scripture and other full of helpful correctives, but they Acevedo Butcher offers a surpris­ spiritual texts, in whi ch one "sits fail to devote much attention to how ingly rich selection of readings from with, waits on, listens to and longs

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February 27, 2011 • THE LIVING CHURCH 19 Lorey Sebastian photn © 2010 Paramow1LPi ctur es. All RighLsRes erved. Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn and Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross in Paramount Pictures' True Grit.

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Review by Neil Dhingra She too is a morally ambiguous character, who, in the novel by Charles Portis, quickly acknowl­ Marshal Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn, edges having a mean streak. "The wicked flee played by a disheveled Jeff Bridges, is on when no man pursueth " (Prov. 28:1), the film the side of law and order, but , as Robert tells us. But, as we also see, "A man that doeth Warshaw would say, is more about the "purity" violenceto the bloodof any personshall flee to of an image - manliness and "true grit." He is the pit" (28:17). part of the morally "open" West that is fast Like Rooster Cogburn , Mattie is an outsider. passing away, and understands the need for When coming to retrieve her father's body, she violence, even when lawyers cannot. As such sleeps with the dead in the morgue, coldly out­ he bears the moral ambiguity of a killer of men side of the world of human relationships that and is very much an outsider . seem to define the living. The 14-year-old Mattie Ross, played more There are incongruities in this film. The than convincingly by Hailee Steinfeld, hires biggest is the sight of the two fiercely inde­ Cogburn to find Tom Chaney, the murderer of pendent main characters forming a family bond. her father, who has fled to the Indian Territory. Rooster Cogburn, estranged from his own A Texas ranger named LaBoeuf comes along child, runs through the night cradling the father­ for his own purposes. less Mattie as "Leaning on the Everlasting Mattie Ross is not about feminine refinement. Arms" ("What a fellowship , what a joy divine") She, like Cogburn, understands that killing is plays on the soundtrack and the stars shine necessary. Her legalism and intense moralism brightly above. The Coen brothers tellingly and are directed toward this end. That's why she brilliantly place much more emphasis on this hires Cogburn , not the other marshal , who scene than the original novel does. believes that the "worst of men is entitled to a But, as one reviewer has pointed out, there is fair shake" and lets one get by now and then. a "lingering melancholy" about the picture. This

20 THElMNG CHURCH February27, 2011 might be because of the "seriousness" of the characters . Cogburn is, as a defense lawyer sarcastically notes, "truly one of nature's sur­ vivors ." Mattie knows that "You must pay for everything in this world one way and another." Can any bond last for them? Can either be like the nurturing and protecting presence of the pregnant Marge Gunderson in Fargo? In Portis's novel, Mattie is a very strict Pres­ VESPER LIGHT byterian . She has left the Cumberland Presby­ terians because "they are not sound in Elec­ Few things remain so clearly part of the Anglican patrimony tion ," and joins the Southern Presbyterian as choral Evensong. This patrimony consists both in the prayer Church. This seems to be another embodiment book legacy - the genius of the Anglican office as a common of her unrelenting legalism and moralism - parochial form of the divine hours - and in the great riches of she mentions four biblical texts as proof and English Church music, from John Taverner to John Tavener, says bluntly, "[l]t is good enough for me. It is from William Byrd to Judith Weir. good enough for you too. " And this seems to The tradition thrives in the Church of England, where the aver­ leave her in a lonely self-sufficiency. age cathedral or collegiate chapel offers frequent or even daily As a Presbyterian, Mattie still must acknowl­ Evensong . Elsewhere, howeve r, choral foundations are more edge that if you "must pay for everything in elusive. It seems fitting to note U.S. churches that make Even­ this world ," there is an except ion. Nothing is song (or in some cases an equally "patrimonial " Vespers or free "except for the grace of God." Stanley Fish Compline) a regular - that is, weekly during the school year - has suggested that this evocation of divine sov­ part of parish life. ereignty explains the divergence between This list was compiled from personal experience and the "worldly outcomes and the universe 's moral internet. Would our readers send us a note if they discove r a structure " - that the religious person must missing gem? Unlike Sunday morning church-shopping, Even­ somehow believe even when "the world con­ song-hopping can and should be a noble pursuit. tinues to provide no support" for such convic­ tions , as the headstrong Mattie does . WEEKLY: But I think that the mention of an interruptive Duke University Chapel , Durham (Thursday) "grace of God" means recognizing the possi­ Grace Cathedral, San Francisco (Sunday) bility of incongru ity - that transcendence can Incarnation , Dallas (Sunday) appear in the ordinary, even in the unlikely per­ St. Andrew 's Cathedral , Honolulu (Sunday, Wednesday) son of the fat, one-eyed killer of men, Rooster St. Clement 's, Philadelphia (Sunday, with Benediction) Cogburn , whose arms can be like the "ever­ St. John 's, Savannah (Wednesday) lasting arms" on a starry night. St. Paul's, K Street , Washington (Sunday, with Benediction) Nothing is free "except for the grace of God." St. Paul's Cathedral , San Diego (Sunday) What does this mean? We do live in a world of St. Thomas , Fifth Avenue, New York (Sunday) violence and seriousness. And, as Mattie says, Trinity, Copley Square, Boston (Wednesday) "Time just gets away from us." But we also live Washington National Cathed ral (Sunday, most weekdays) in a world of beaut iful incongruities , where hymns can pierce our darkness . There is fire SUNDAY COMPL f\JE: and life, even for the loneliest of outsiders in the Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill old West. Given the way the world works , is this St. Mark 's Cathedral , Seattle good enough? Perhaps it has to be. St. Stephen 's, Richmond

Neil Dhingra teaches history at Carroll Commu­ ONLINE: nity College in Westminster, Maryland. Weekly Evensong on BBC Radio (http ://bbc.inN3d8i)

Februlry27, 2011 THELMNGOILIDl 21 Our Communio Conscience

n the final round of revision this definition of the Angli­ The Anglican Communion , a "fellowship" of churches can Communion was inserted into the proposed in which each traditionally has recognized in the others Covenant: essential things for the fullness of Christian koinonia, I has failed spiritually (and in that sense theologically) by The Anglican Communion is a fellowship, within the One, bowing to the boasts of prideful factions that subsist in Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church, of national or anything and everything but the cross of Christ (Gal. 6:14; regional Churches, in which each recognises in the others cf. 1 Cor. 15:31). the bonds of a common loyalty to Christ expressed through "Each has turned to his own way" (lsa. 53:6), renounc­ a common faith and order, a shared inheritance in worship, ing his brother rather than "the spiritual forces of wicked­ life and mission, and a readiness to live in an interde­ ness that rebel against God" and the "sinful desires that pendent life. (4 .1.1) draw [us] from the love of God" (BCP, p. 302). In this case , as presently within our fellowship, in which we no longer This may usefully serve as a lens through which to recognize "bonds of a common loyalty to Christ expressed reflect spiritually on the state of the Anglican Communion through a common faith and order ... and a readiness to following the meeting of primates in Dublin that a full live in an interdependent life," the question becomes exis­ third were either unable or unwilling to attend. Amid tential: Is there an Anglican Communion at all? such dysfunction, pundits on both left and right have sug­ This is not the same as asking whether given churches gested that the Anglican Communion is dead. - the Churc h of Ireland, the Episcopal Church of the The Anglican Communion may, in fact, be dead. But the Sudan, Iglesia Anglicana del Cono Sur de America - observation, if true, is not in itself especially illuminating, exist in some fashion, more or less vigorous. They obvi­ on several counts. For one thing, death is hardly as defin­ ously do, on their own terms and in their own locale, even itive as its declaimers typically take it to be. The exchange intertwined in one and another "relationship" of mutual of life for death for life perpetually marks the Christian affection and companionship with others the world over, vocation, and also the vocation of churches: "Destroy including non-Anglicans. Here, to be sure, is some meas­ this temple, and in three days I will raise it up" (John 2:19); ure of the "shared inheritance in worship, life and mis­ a dialectic of death and resurrection by which we can also sion" that the Covenant speaks of, and in this way these mark the passing of time, if we are faithful: "I die every churches and the Christ ians that compose them remain day" (1 Cor. 15:31). at least formally compaiieros en Cristo - having con­ Of course, if our beloved Communion is dead, it will not fessed the faith of Christ crucified and died with him in be on account of our faithfulness - rather the opposite: the waters of baptism. Pray God they - we - may con­ "no house divided against itself will stand" (Matt. 12:25). tinue along this path of light and life! In which case it will be necessary to probe the nature of Alas, here is the difficulty: that the Christ ian life the death in question, by asking what precisely has passed advances beyond the laver ofregeneration. "My desire is or collapsed. Only in this way, with the problem squarely to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better," admits in our sites, can appropriate countermeasures be taken St. Paul in a moment of candor (Phil. 1:23), and who and remedies applied. could disagree? "For in this tent we groan, longin g to be

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clothed with our heavenly dwelling" (2 Cor. 5:2). And we groan as we are "filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, covetousness, malice," including "envy, murder, ECCLESIOLOGY strife, deceit, craftiness , gossip, slander, God-hating, inso­ lence, haughtiness, boastfulness, invention of evil, rebel­ in the Subjunctive lion toward parents , foolishness , faithlessness , heart­ lessness , ruthl essness " (Rom . 1:29-31). We groan as communion slips away, when we no longer recognize in n the absence of clear direction or confident resolve by one another the same faith, and thus do not shar e "the the primates of the Anglican Communion as a body to integrity of the Gospel." So the "fourth trumpet" from the Iwork through their disagreements , the recently con­ Global South leaders gathered in Singapore last spring: cluded gathering of some primates in Dublin opted at "Some of our Provinces are already in a state of broken and best for vague indecision, an admission of momentary impaired Communion with the Episcopal Church USA defeat. and the Anglican Church of Canada" (paras . 16 and 18). Speaking afterward at a press conference , Archbishop Have we faced this fact? Williams described the document produced by the pri­ When Christians fail (see 1 John 1:8), we "acknowledge mates at Dublin, "Towards an Understanding of the and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness, " "most Purpose and Scope of the Primates' Meeting ," as the grievously committed" againstGod, ''provoking most justly result of "very intensive discussion of our theologies of thy wrath and indignation against us." And then we the church and of ministry." The discussion may indeed "earnestly repent," throwing ourselves on God's mercy in have been intense, but the document (http://bit.ly/ Christ, who saves us from this body of death (BCP,p . 331; PrimatesPurpose) is not . At just under 500 words see Rom. 7:25). "From all false doctrine , heresy , and including footnotes, written in an indaba-style brain­ schism; from hardness of heart, and contempt of thy Word storm, it cuts an entirely less impressive figure than and commandment , Good Lord , deliv er us" (BCP,p . 149). previous primatial communiques. As such, it has been Whatever the extremity, God can raise us up, by his interpret ed as a step back or away from what the Angli­ mighty hand and outstret ched arm - lifted from the can Covenant calls the reaffirmation and intensifica­ dust of pride to be set once more on the path of gentle tion of our "bonds of affection ," including a "common mutuality: not insisting on our own way, but counting oth­ understanding of faith and order" (Intro ., para. 5). ers better than ourselves (see 1 Cor. 13:5; Phil. 2:3). This In this interpretation of Dublin , the primates' docu­ is love, which is patient, kind, "not envious or boastful or ment marks a turn toward the diminished expectations arrogant or rude" (1 Cor. 13:4-5). of an Anglican federalism in lieu of full-blooded com­ But we must "turn and be saved" (Isa. 45:22); we must munion - a victory for the purveyors of a progressive be turned (see Ps. 80:3). "He pardons and absolves all "contextual theology" sans substantive mechanisms of those who truly repent , and with sincere hearts believe corporate decision-making and accountability. In defense his holy Gospel" (BCP, p. 269). In this way we are "disci­ of this view, one can find in the Dublin text a good deal plined" by the Lord, that is, "judged," and so escape the of what might be called process ecclesiology, character ­ rightful condemnation of the world (1 Cor. 11:32)- "the ized by ''journeying together in honest conversation," evil powers ... which corrupt and destroy the creatures with little desire for closure or conclusion (lines 46-47). of God." "I renounce them." I repent , as often as neces­ "Unity in diversity" is the mantra, with a presumptive sary, with God's help (see BCP, p. 302; cf. 304 et passim). emphasis on the latter (11; cf. 18-20, 40-41). We do indeed have a baptismal ecclesiology in the Hence the oddity of trotting out Archbishop Donald Catholic tradition , tied to a eucharistic ecclesiology, both Coggan's original rationale for the meeting in 1978, as an of which teach perp etual penitenc e for the humble pil­ opportunity for "leisurely thought, prayer and deep con­ grim. Communion, accordingly, is never a slam dunk. sultation" (5), while falling silent on the more recent "We do not presume"; "We are not worthy"; "Grant us urgings of successive Lambeth conferences: that the pri­ therefore, gracious Lord" (BCP,p. 337). Here is a very par­ mates "exercise an enhanced responsibility in offering ticular subjun ctive speech: the optative , directed to God. guidance on doctrinal, moral and pastoral matters " (Lam­ Make m e hear of joy and gl,adness, beth 1988), and even intervene "in cases of exceptional tlW,t the body you have broken m ay nj oice. emergency which are incapable of internal resolution Deliver m efrom death, 0 God, within provinces" by providing "guidelines on the limits And m y tongue shall sing of your righteousn ess, of Anglican diversity in submission to the sovereign 0 God of my salvation. (Ps. 51:9, 15) authority of Holy Scripture and in loyalty to our Anglican - Christopher Wells (Continued on next page)

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(Continued from previous page) afterward, a sound general principle. Given the deep divi­ tradition and formularies" (Lambeth 1998; see the Angli­ sions within Anglicanism, however, which the several can Communion Institute's thorough discussion at instruments of the Communion have proven increasingly http://bit.ly/ACI-Dublin). To be sure, one still finds in unable even to address directly, much less resolve, it may Dublin glimpses of the latter enlarged vocation - the pri­ have been better to call off the Dublin meeting altogether, mates shall "seek continuity and coherence in faith, as Canterbury reportedly contemplated at one point: order, and ethics," we read at one point (24; cf. 25-27, 42- refuse to press on with business as usual, in favor of an 43). This is, however, another rhetorical world from the intervention or course correction. One hears an impa­ determined communiques of the last decade - a place­ tience in the archbishop's statement that ''two thirds of the holder, with a view to possible future teaching at a more Communion at least wish to meet and wish to continue propitious time. the conversations they have begun." Who will take Dublin's approach accordingly is less principled than responsibility for the whole by speaking publicly and accidental, reflecting an absence of confident consensus candidly about the way forward and how we will get even among those present. For the text itself must be con­ there? The archbishop himself has done so before and textualized. It is "A Working Document," according to the must do so again, as a "focus and means of unity" for the subtitle. And the prepositional phrase of the title Communion (Anglican Covenant, 3.1.4). (Towards) similarly signals something short of settled 3. In this capacity, we urge him to reach out without teaching. This is ecclesiology in the subjunctive, where delay to the primates missing from Dublin, and to under­ "we strive to express" unity in the Spirit, to whom "we take with them a public profession of, and recommitment look ... as we endeavor to work to, common faith and order. All appear­ together" for the Gospel (lines ances, and certainly any reality, of pref­ 11-15;cf. 30). In this mode, "con­ Dublin's approach is less erence for "Western" and "liberal" ways tinuity and coherence in faith, principled than accidental, and means must be wholly and res­ order, and ethics" can indeed olutely renounced in favor of clear, only be sought, not guarded or reflecting an absence of direct, transparent, non-manipulative passed on, as one would expect confident consensus even dealings. Only in this way can there be (24). And while the text appar­ any hope of restoring trust between the ently longs for genuine com­ among those present. alienated can1ps of Lambeth and the munion, of a sort that could sus­ Global South. tain the five Marks of Mission ( connected to the Anglican 4. We are gratified by the dogged detennination of Covenant in a footnote: see line 23), it offers no means of Archbishop Bernard Ntal1oturi of Burundi, who com­ arriving there, not least as it falls silent with respect to the mented, as one present in Dublin, that not attending a present derailing of Anglican unity. given meeting "does not mean you are not participating Given these shortcomings, it's hard to see how the in the life of the Communion ." He added: "I personally Dublin document advances even "honest conversation," believe whether they are here or not in Dublin, their much less "our common life in Christ" (46-47). We will all hearts and aspirations are to see that the Anglican Com­ have to do better. munion develops positively and works together for the l. With a full 15 of their membership missing in action, furtherance of the kingdom of God." And this comment many for reasons of conscience, that the Dublin primates must be given added weight considering that Archbishop saw fit to produce any document at all on "the purpose Bernard chairs the Inter-Anglican Standing Commission and scope of the Primates' Meeting" appears presump­ for Unity, Faith and Order, charged with guiding the tuous and imprudent. In the current climate of broken instruments of the Anglican Communion furough this trust, it was bound to be approached suspiciously. For season of disarray and disregard. Their continued work, what commonly accepted criteria of Christian decision­ alongside renewed ecumenical labor, deserves our fervent making were used, shorn of party prejudice? And if it is prayers and support. pointed out that the document lacks theological convic­ 5. In the end, no real advance can be made until the tion as well as continuity with the recent past, this only instruments of the Communion are able to fulfill again creates other problems. Why publish such a thing, when the purpose for which they are named. No doubt repen­ the chances are small that the text, even as a non-com­ tance on all sides remains requisite. To this end, we pray mittal working document, will be received by a future, that the uncertain trumpet of broken communion that restored Primates' Meeting? sounded from Dublin may serve as a wake-up call, lest 2. "No meeting can allow itself to be shaped wholly by the factions of the Anglican family drift further into set­ the people who are not there," said Archbishop Williams tled division. ■

24 THE LIVING CHURCH • February 27, 2011 Missed Opportunity only a very small percentage of peo­ know the meaning of the term mat­ ple with mental illnesses commit vio- rimony . l was grieved to see that a "teach- lent acts . Even fewer are violent Etymologically speaking, this ing moment" was lost in "Bishops enough to take lives, apart from pos­ ancient term comes from the Latin Speculate on Murders in Arizona" sibly (but also tragically) their own. word, matrimonium, a compound [TLC, Jan. 30]. I know that the office I urge our bishops, pri ests, dea­ noun composed of two words: mater, of bishop carries with it many bur- cons, and layfolk to facilitate in as which means mother, and moenio, dens, and that bishops are extremely many ways as possible greater aware­ which signifies shelter, protection, busy, but I wish that they had taken ness of the need for mental health care. In other words, matrimony is the time to offer more helpful counsel care, and to provide public venues an institution in which a protected to the Church on this national_~------i maternity is made possible. Among tragedy. the majority of Christians in the I hope that we can all share I ~- .. .. , world this sacred institution is the compassion in the com­ called Holy Matrimony and is con­ ment from Nevada Bishop sidered one of the Seven Christian Dan Thomas Edwards that Sacraments . "God does not make murder­ An agreement to live together ers" and of Arizona Bishop between two males or two females Kirk Smith's observation that may be called a union of sorts, but "we fear others when we are never can be designated as matri­ afraid." However, these state­ mony or marriage, because such a ments do not begin to address union cannot make maternity possi­ the critical issue in the tragedy ble. A maternity , from the etymolog­ of the shootings. That issue is ical point of view, is the essential part mental health care. for discussions of mental illness , of Holy Matrimony. In addition to this, I hope that we all heed the Very especially as these issues touch our calling same-sex union Holy Matri­ Rev. Samuel T. Lloyd Ill's plea to pray lives before the living God. mony creates an obvious contradic­ for the health of those killed and I also encourage readers to con­ tion in the term. maimed in the shootings. Yet I wish sider "Dealing With Mental Disorders The Latin noun matrimonium is as he had furthered that plea. Our Lord on Campus," a six-part debate pub­ ancient as the Roman civilization, and clearly commanded us to pray also lished by The New York Times no one has a right to alter and thus for our enemies. This would mean (http://nyti.ms/hedRJD). corrupt its meaning in our times. that we pray for the health (not to (The Rev. Dr.) Kathryn God's gift of language which sepa­ mention the soul) of the perpetrator, Greene-McCreight rates us from primates is, in a way, a who to all accounts exhibited classic New Hav eri, Connecticut sacred thing. As such it cannot be symptoms of schizophrenia. He is not tampered with without serious harm a demon; he is not possessed by What Marriage Means to the linguistic community. demons; he does seem, however, to In the recent history of our civi­ suffer from a severe mental illness. I am sorry to read that the Diocese lization, three totalitarian political I agree with the assessment by of Massachusetts has disregarded the systems selfishly tampered with the Washington Bishop John Bryson moratorium request on same-sex meaning of terms in their national Chane that the Arizona shootings are unions [TLC, Jan. 30]. Such disregard languages, and all of these systems further evidence that our country is in is counterproductive in our profound are now history. I have lived under desperate need of tighter gun-control desire for the reunion in the Episco­ two of them. After all three of them laws. However, to use a statement I pal Church and in the Anglican Com­ shamefully perished, philosophers of never thought I myself would repeat, munion. language restored their languages to "Guns don't kill people . People kill The Book of Common Prayer rite their original purity, because none of people." This is especially tme when for Holy Matrimony is so beautiful the linguistic communities wanted to the people who use guns to kill other and theologically sound that any self­ find itself at the foot of the unfinished people suffer from severe mental ill­ ish changes take away its beauty and biblical Tower of Babel. nesses. theological orthodoxy. Not too many (The Rev. Dr.) Marian S. Mazgaj I wish the bishops had underscored individuals who have introduced rad­ St. Matthews Episcopal Church a fact which too few seem to know: ical changes into this sacred rit e Wheeling, West Virginia

February 27, 2011 • THE LIVING CHURCH 25 NEWS Changes in the Air at Mere Anglicanism ADVERTISERS Don't forget about these upcoming special issues from (Continued from page 4) Whitaker's opposition to Rome's moralism of the law. then regnant position that Scripture THE LIVING CHURCH: In "The Power and Place of the ought not be read by common folk April 10 - Spring Travel/ Word: Recovering the Historic Angli­ WhitalEucharist. Central for Cranmer is cans . Scripture's clarity and per­ [email protected] the renewal of communicants' hearts spicuity are such that we generally to love Christ and one another. know what its authors mean; its suf­ Anglicanism's fall: In his talk, ficiency for salvation means that we Archbishop Mouneer noted the loss cannot require belief in anything not of Anglican conciliarity . He said found therein; and it is supreme, so some Anglicans treat Scripture as a that controversies can be sett led by "hermeneutica l supermarket where appeal to Scripture. you pick what you like and leave He also discussed Scripture's out what you don't like." engagement with modern culture . In "The Wages of Synthesis or Last­ Such engagement must never negate ing Treasure? Recovering the Power the Gospel or harm the fellowship of of the Word of Truth," the Rev. churches across cultures, he said. Charles Raven described Archbishop As some movements, particularly in Rowan Williams as a brilliant com­ the West, are failing on both counts, mitted Christian beset with an ulti­ a renewed conciliarity in the Angli­ mately unworkable combination of can Comm union is a necessity. A hermeneutical pessimism (Scripture proper view of revelation will enable PART-TIME RECTOR is unclear) and ecclesiastical opti­ mission. St. Simon's Episcopal mism (if we talk long enough we will A faithfu l God and an unchanging Church Buffalo, NY find common ground). Despite the divine revelation - not a bad mes­

Excellent opportunity to serve a small archbishop's best efforts, treating sage for a morphing, unsettled, all­ but active parish in Western New York Christian orthodoxy as process rather too-human Anglican church caree n­ Should be interested in community and pastoral ministry. Large three than proposition does not keep all ing through an unstable history, story rectory and garage with all utili­ parties at the table, Raven said. bound for that promised but invisible ties included. Lo cated within walki ng How to recover: Anglicanism's glory. As G.K. Chesterton noted, man distance of historic Cazenovia Park (designed by Fredrick Olmstead) and recovery was a consistent theme needs more to be reminded than entertainment. throughout the conference. The Rev. instructed. The reminders on display Contact: Search Committee William Dickson's opening talk on at Mere Anglicanism were as chal­ Attn: Mark Henger the perspicuity and clarity of Scrip­ lenging as they were charitable. 200 Cazenovia Street Buffalo, NY 1421 0 ture addressed latter-d ay claims regarding the supposed inability of Dani el Muth lives in St. Leonard, For more information visit our website www.st-simons.org the Bible to speak to moderns. He Md., and is afrequent contributor cited 16th-century divine William to THE LIVING CHURCH.

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(Continued from page 7) stitution. " The resolution expresses stitution of the Episcopal Church." presence of both North American two concerns about the new Title IV: Howe has served as the diocese's · primates, and the unsolved murder that it "empowers the Presiding third bishop since 1989. He was of gay-rights activist David Kato in Bishop to take certain actions within among the bishops who founded the Uganda, the remaining primates the Diocese of Central Florida in vio­ American Anglican Counci l and the addressed the meeting's current and lation of Article II, Section 3 of the Anglican Communion Network, but future structure, the responsibilities Constitution," and "creates a charging he has resisted efforts to separate and powers of the Primates' Stand­ and trial system applicable to Pres­ from the Episcopal Church. ing Committee, climate change, reli­ byters and Deacons in violation of When several congregations left gious freedom in Zimbabwe, earth­ Article IX of the Constitution which the diocese in 2008, Howe retained quake recovery in Haiti, Kato's provides that presbyters and deacons all the properties without resorting violent death, and violence against shall be tried by a court instituted by to any lawsuits. women and girls in the Democratic the convention of the Diocese." Howe asked the convention to Republic of Congo. Bishop Howe endorsed the reso­ elect a bishop coadjutor in Novem­ During the meeting, the primates lution. "I will tell you plainly: I do ber, and said he expects to remain heard that two more provinces - not want to have this enhanced bishop until April 2012. Howe the West Indies and Myanmar - authority given to me in my dealings announced his retirement plans at have adopted the proposed Angli­ with our clergy," the bishop said in the beginning of his annual address, can Communion Covenant. his annual address. "Nor do I wel­ and spoke in greater personal detail "For some , the document is only come this intrusion into the life of at the end of the address. being seen in the light of sexuality our sovereign diocese of the "I told the standing committee issues," the Most Rev. John Holder, unprecedented authority of the Pre­ last month that my love for this dio­ archbishop of the Church in the siding Bishop . And I have told her cese is so exquisite that it hurts," Province of the West Indies , told so . It is a radical revision of the Howe said . "If I could somehow, Anglican Communion News Service. polity of the Episcopal Church from miraculously, make it all happen all "That's a restrictive view. It is a doc­ its inception." over again I would do so in a heart­ ument that can help us to function in The convention approved the beat. Thank you for honoring me, relation to the many issues that will revised Title rv,while also stressing and supporting me, for these past arise in the Communion. . .. There that the approval is subject to Title IV 21-plus years." are no penalties involved if you do "being in compliance with the Con- Douglas LeBlanc not follow the Covenant, and that's an Anglican approach."

Central Florida Challenges Title IV SAINT PAUL'S PARISH .. K Street - Washington, D.C. The Diocese of Central Florida's annual convention voted to chal­ • An Anglo-catholic Congregation of the Episcopal Dioce se of Washington lenge the new Title IV canons, and heard Bishop John W. Howe Announcing the 2011 Fellows-in-Residence Program announce his plan to retire. The con­ The 2011 Fellows-in-Residence Program provide s a unique opportunity for clergy and laity vention met Jan. 28-29 at La to live and work for four or more weeks as part of the St. Paul 's community. Program dates are flexible and run between February 1st and August 3 1st, 20 11. Best of all, Fellows may Hacienda Center in The Villages. bring their families for all or part of the residency. Central Florida joins three other dioceses - Dallas, South Carolina "St. Paul's is an ideal place for ora et labora - a sheer delight!" and Western Louisiana - in -Esther de Waal, Senior Fellow-in-Residence expressing concerns about the new Ii< Hou sing & Breakfast Provid ed canons on discipline, which become Ii< Use of the Paris h Car Ii< Modest Maintenanc e Allowances & Trav el Stipends Availab le effective July l. The diocese asks General Conven­ For more information , contact: tion "to modify New Title IV, as it Fr. Nathan Humphrey, Program Director: applies to the Diocese of Central [email protected] Ii< 202-337-2020, ext. 11 Florida, so as to comply with the Con- www.stpauls-kst.com/fellows-in-residence

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