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NOVEMBER 8, 2009 · THE LIVING CHURCH 3 Smallis Big,Little is Much 'The Lord loves the righteous" (Psalm 146:Bb).

The 23rd Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 27B), Nov. 8, 2009 BCP: 1 Kings 17:8-16; Psalm 146 or 146:4-9; Hebrews9:24-28; Mark 12:38-44 RCL: Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17 and Psalm 127; or 1 Kings 17:8-16; Psalm 146 and Hebrews9:24-28; Mark 12:38-44 We learn this week of the impover­ pro noun ces that these "will receive ished widow of Zarephath whom God the greater condemnatio n." For us has commanded to feed Elijah during the evident lesson is that God does the drought imposed on the land and not demand wealth - he demands populace as a conseque nce of their sacrifice. That is, the amount of the persistent wrongdoing; and in the gift is almost unimportant. Of great­ gospel, we have the account of a poor est significance is that a giver be con­ widow who contributes "two small formed by his giving more and more copper coins" to the temple treasury , into the way of virtue . adding her negligible gift to the abun­ God desires the full hearts of his dance that others have contrib uted. people, and their gift-giving is a vital Immediately prior to the account of part of being shaped in sanctity. An the widow's mite, Jesus warns his , however , even in large hearers against those in leadership amount, which is a substitute - or who love their pos itions of influence worse - for genuine offering of self and use them to get respect from oth­ is loathsome to God. The sobering ers and numerous other privileges. fate of Ananias and Sapphira (Acts Among their outrages is that they 5:1-11) was not pronounced because "devour widows ' houses." Jesus does they'd kept back money from the THE MISSION BOOKSTORE OF not condemn those who give large church and lied about it, but because AN EPISCOPAL SEMINARY amounts , nor those in positions of their action showed that they had 2777 MISSION ROAD NASHOTAH, WI 53058-9793 leadership as such. He condemns turned utterly away from God. "hypocrisy" - the abuse of leader­ Although God informed Elijah, "I Most booksseen in The LivingCh urch are available. ship and falsity in prayer exercised Ask aboutclergy and church discounts. have commanded a widow there to (262) 646-6529 solely for personal profit and aggran­ feed you," this is apparently news to dizement without regard for genuine the widow, for she knows of no spe­ godliness or even mere altruism. cific command that she is to feed the The widow in the gospel con­ SHRINE OF OUR LADY prophet. She is willing, however, to tributes "all she had to live on," which share her pitifully meager resources OF CLEMENCY is set in stark contrast to those who with the prophet just on his say-so Continuous Novena daily at 5.45pm "devour widows' houses." The first is Send your prayer requests to that the Lord will keep her and her godly generosity and spiritual virtue; son supplied. This is sufficient "com­ Canon Gordon Reid S.Clement's Church, 2013 Appletree St. the second is rapacio us exploitation mand" for her, who shows the char­ Philadelphia, PA 19103 of the powerless by conscienceless acteristic generosity of goods found www.s-clements .org hypocrites. It is no wonder that Jesus in those who are truly faithful. LookIt Up How did King David respond when Araunah offered to give him everything he needed to offer a sacrifice to the Lord? See 2 Sam. 24: 18-25. Visitwww. ThinkAbout It Why did King David make that answer to Araunah? And what did he do about it? livingchurchNext Sunday The 24th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 28B), Nov. 15, 2009 .org BCP: Dan.12:1-4a (5-13); Psalm 16 or 16:5-11; Heb. 10:31-39;Mark 13:14-23 RCL: 1 Sam.1:4-20; 1 Sam. 2:1-10orDan.12:1-3; Psalm 16; Heb.10:11-14(15- 18)19-25;Mark 13:1-8

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RomeWelcomes Sojourning An gl1icans "Personal Ordinariates" does not See from groups of Anglican clergy roll off the tongue, but on Oct. 20 it and faithful in different parts of the became a crucial new phrase in the world who wish to enter into full visi­ ecumenical vocabulary between the ble communion." Roman and the Angli­ Both the Vatican and the Archbishop can Communion. of Canterbury emphasized that this Vatican officials announced that development emerges from years of Pope Benedict XVI has agreed to cre­ ecumenical dialogue, and that the dia­ ate Personal Ordinariates for Angli­ logue betwee n the Vatican and the cans, both clergy and laity, who wish will continue. to become Roman Catholics. "Since the [Second Vatican] Council, Catholic Communications Network photo Archb ishops Nichols (left) and Williams . The Vatican's decision clearly ac­ Anglican-Roman Catholic relations commodates four points of Anglican have created a much improved climate recognition would not have been possi­ identity: of mutual understanding and coopera­ ble, nor would hopes for full visible Spiritual life and liturgy. "In this tion," the Vatican statement said. "The unity have been nurtured. In this sense, Apostolic Constitution the Holy Father Anglican-Roman Catholic Interna ­ this Apostolic Constitution is one con­ has introduced a canonical structure tional Commission (ARCIC) produced sequence of ecumenical dialogue that provides for such corporate a series of doctrinal statements over between the Catholic Church and the reunion by establishing Personal Ordi­ the years in the hope of creating the Anglican Communion," said a joint nariates, which will allow former Angli­ basis for full and visible unity. For statement by Archbishop Rowan cans to enter full communion with the many in both communions, the ARCIC Williams and Archbishop Vincent [Roman] Catholic Church while pre­ statements provided a vehicle in which Nichols of Westminster. serving elements of the distinctive a common expression offaith could be "The ongoing official dialogue Anglican spiritual and liturgical patri­ recognized. It is in this framework that between the Catholic Church and the mony," said a statement from the Vati­ this new provision should be seen." Anglican Communion provides the can's Congregation for the Doctrine of The Vatican statement added: "In the basis for our continuing cooperation. the Faith. years since the Council, some Angli­ The [ARCIC] and International Angli­ Pastoral oversi ght. "Under the cans have abandoned the tradition of can Roman Catholic Commission for terms of the Apostolic Constitution, conferring Holy Orders only on men by Unity and Mission (IARCCUM)agree­ pastoral oversight and guidance will be calling women to the priesthood and ments make clear the path we will fol­ provided for groups of former Angli­ the episcopacy. More recently, some low together." cans through a , segments of the Anglican Communion Archbishop Williams built further on whose Ordinary will usually be have departed from the common bibli­ this statement in a letter to all appointed from among former Anglican cal teaching on human sexuality - of the Anglican Communion. clergy." already clearly stated in the ARCIC "The common heritage of the Marrie d clergy . "Historical and ecu­ document "Life in Christ" - by the achievement of the ARCIC agreed menical reasons preclude the ordina­ ordination of openly homosexual statements, and the IARCCUM princi­ tion of married men as bishops in both clergy and the blessing of homosexual ples for shared work and witness (in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. partnerships. At the same time, as the Growing Together in Unity and Mis­ The Constitution therefore stipulates Anglican Communion faces these new sion, 2007), remain the solid ground that the Ordinary can be either a and difficult challenges, the Catholic both for our future cooperat ion as or an unmarried bishop." Church remains fully committed to global communions, and our regional Anglican studies for seminarians. continuing ecumenical engagement and local growth in common faith and "The seminarians in the Ordinariate are with the Anglican Communion, particu­ witness," he wrote. "For those who to be prepared alongside other Catholic larly through the efforts of the Pontifi­ wish to enter into full communion seminarians , though the Ordinariate cal Council for the Promotion of with the Roman Catholic Church in may establish a house of formation to Christian Unity." the near future , this announcement address the particular needs of forma­ "The Apostolic Constitution is fur­ will clarify possible options, and we tion in the Anglican patrimony." ther recognition of the substantial over­ wish them God's strength and guid­ The statement said Pope Benedict lap in faith, doctrine and spirituality ance in their discernment. Meanwhile has agreed to create Personal Ordinar­ between the Catholic Church and the our ecumenical relationships continue iates in response to "many requests Anglican tradition. Without the dia­ on their current cordial basis, region­ that have been submitted to the Holy logues of the past forty years, this ally and internationally."

NOVEMBER 8. 2009 • THE LIVING CHURCH 5 Responsesto the Vatican'sInitiative Fr.Steenson: Policy "While we believe that this provision will not be utilized by the ReflectsPope's Passion great majority of the Anglican Church in 's bishops, , dioceses and congregations, we will surely bless those who Even as he studied at the Pontifical Irish are drawn to participate in this momentous offer." - The Rt. Rev. College in Rome last year, the Rev. Jeffrey Robert Duncan, Archbishop, Anglican Church in North America Steenson did not know just how much the Vatican was "It has been the frequently expressed hope and feivent desire of pr eparing to widen its Anglican Catholics to be enabled by some means to enter into full arms to Anglican pilgrims communion with the See of Peter whilst retaining in its integrity like himself. every aspect of their Anglican inheritance which is not at variance Fr. Stee nson, as he is with the teaching of the Catholic Church. We rejoice that the Holy now known again, seived Father intends now to set up structures within the Church which as Bishop of the Episcopal Fr. Steenson respond to this heartfelt longing." -The Rt. Rev. John Fulham Diocese of the Rio Grande and the Rev. Geoffrey Kirk of , U.K from 2005 to 2007, when he resigned to join the Roman Catholic Church. He now The virtues of the proposal as I understand it have to do with teaches at the University of St. maintaining certain aspects of the Anglican way of worship, spiritu ­ Thomas in Houston , Texas. ality, and ethos while entering into full communion with the Pope. "I was certainly aware that there were But of course, not all Anglo-Catholics can accept certain teachings very significant conversati ons going on at of the Roman Catholic Church, nor do they believe that they must the Congregation for the Doctrin e of the first convert to Rome in order to be truly Catholic Christians ." Faith, but I didn't know the scope of - The Rt. Rev. Jack Leo Iker, Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth things," Fr. Stee nson told THE LrvlNG (Southern Cone) CHURCH. He believes the Vatican's policy change "It's a wonderful development. It provides a structure, and even a reflects the passion of Pope Benedict XVI. place in the hierarchical structure, for Anglicans who come in." "I really think the Pope helped move - The Rev. Paul Donald Sullins , associate professor of sociology, things along," he said. "Evangelization is The Catholic University of America really the heart and soul of what he's about. When peop le are knocking on the "We recognize that Pope Benedict's announceme nt may be of door of the Church, the [Roman] Catholic great comfort to some who combine deep attachment to Anglican Church needs to take extra steps to wel­ patterns of worship with acceptance of the claims of the Roman come them in. It's all about the gathering in Catholic Church as regards doctrine and church order. We affirm, of souls." though, that there is an authe ntically Catholic tradition within He said the Vatican 's new policy is nei­ Anglicanism which seeks unity thro ugh a process of mutual learn­ ther an effort at poaching Anglicans nor at ing. In such a process, each church will have something to give and creating a permanent Anglican enclave to receive at every level of its life." - Affirming Catholicism within Roman Catholicism. "People would misunderstand the inten­ "Rome is reminding Anglicans that our historic, orthod ox faith is tion of this if they think it's to create a pro­ more important than culture and more important than geograp hy. tected zone or a cul-de-sac in which you CANA itself bears witness to the fact that God's church is made up can hunker down. The Catholic Church of believers across the globe." - The Rt. Rev. Martyn Minns , mis­ recognizes that there are elements of truth sionary bishop of the Convocation of Anglicans in North Americ a and beauty in Anglicanism that ought to be prese rved for the good of the whole "If priests really are out of sympathy with the C of E's doctrine Church," he said. (as opposed to the battles we are having over wome n's ministry Fr. Steenson cautioned that Anglicans , and sexuality), then perhaps it is better they make a clean break in turn, should not see the Roman Catholic and go to Rome. However, when they do, they will have to accom­ Church as a platform from which they modate themselves to Rome's top-down approach to church life, fight with their former communion. whereas the C of E has always stressed the importance of decis ion "It's about wanting to be in communion making at the level of the local church ." - The Rev. Rob Thomas with Peter," he said. "It's can't just be a chairman of Reform (U.K) ' matter of being angry about this issue or that issue." Douglas LeBl,anc

6 THE LIVING CHURCH · NOVEMBER 8. 2009 BishopAckerman Responds to ',Renunciation' The Rt. Rev. Keith Ackerman ex­ treated with a lack of love. I don't want pressed dismay Oct. 19 that the Pre­ "There hasbeen anyone else to be mistreated. " siding Bishop of the Episcop al Church Bishop Ackerman said he has heard has desc ribed him as renouncing his absolutelyno from the Diocese of Bolivia regarding orders as a bishop. Bishop Ackerman pastoralconcern the Presiding Bishop 's actions. "Hav­ resigned from the Diocese of Quincy or pastoralcare. " ing heard from the Diocese of Bolivia, in November 2008. - Bishop Ackerman I understand that I'm a priest in good "I did so for reasons of physical, standing in that diocese ," he said. spiritual and emotional distress, re­ Bishop Ackerman said he is trou­ lated to the ongoing demise of the bled by the Episcopal Church's appar­ Episcopal Church," he said in a state­ ent inability to transfer bishops ment that he read at the beginning of a had dedicated him to God while he peaceably to other provinces of the conference call arranged by Anglicans was still in her womb. worldwide Anglican Communion. United, based in Dallas, Texas. The bishop said he had sent two "It must see itself as highly inde­ Now that Pres iding Bish op Katha­ handwritten letters to the Presiding pendent ," he said. "If orders are not rine Jefferts Schori has de scri bed Bishop, the first of which said that he universal in the Anglican Communion, him as renouncing his ministry, "I did not write in order to renounce his they cease to be catholic in the full cannot go back to the church of my ministry . Instead, Bishop Ackerman sense of the word. The Episcopal childhood and perform a fun eral," had been invited to serve as a U.S.­ Church does not own the ministry of Bishop Ackerman said. "There has based bishop for the Diocese of the one holy catholic and apostolic been absolutely no pastoral concern Bolivia, without voting privileges in its Church ." or pastoral care. " House of Bishops . Bishop Ackerman Neva Rae Fox, the Episcopal Bishop Ackerman said he would not requested a transfer to that diocese. Church's program officer for public have responded to the Presiding Bishop Ackerman said he wanted affairs , said the Presiding Bishop was Bishop's actions if she had not gone his correspondence with the Presiding unlikely to respond to Bishop Acker­ public with the matter. He said that Bishop to be honorable and discreet, man's remarks. "I do not know if the pub licity prompted many people to and he wanted to continue ministry to Presiding Bishop has seen Keith Ack­ ask whether he had indeed ren ounced Episcopalians in the dioceses of erman's statement, nor do I know if he his orders as a bishop. Quincy and Springfield. has sent any correspondence to the "For me, this is not a matter of "If this happens to me when I've Presiding Bishop ," she wrote in whether I'm in the Episcopal Church tried to do this above board , what hap­ response to a request for comment. "I or not in the Episcopal Church. I pens to those who have not voted to do not anticipate that the Presiding want to be obedient to the call on my work within the system?" he said. "I'm Bishop will have a statement. " life," he said, adding that his mother concerned that they're also going to be Douglas LeBw:nc

Electionof Bishop Bartholomew's, North Augusta, S.C.; civil unions , or domestic partnerships the Rev. W. Andrew Waldo, rector, are legal, may provide generous pas­ UpperSouth Carolina Nominees Trinity, Excelsior , Minn.; and the Rev. toral response to meet the needs of Jerre Stockton Williams Jr., St. Peter 's, members of this church. " Such serv­ Waryof Same-SexBlessings Kerrville, Texas. ices have occurred openly in the dio­ The Episcopal Diocese of Upper Three of the nominees - Dean Bur­ ceses of California , Massachusetts South Carolina has announced a five­ well, Canon Michell and Fr. Williams and Minnesota since this summer 's nominee slate in its search for an - advise against the practice because General Convention. eighth bishop. All five say they would the Episcopal Church is part of the The five nominees ' statements on not counse l a rector to proceed with Anglican Communion. The other two blessings are in response to a question blessing a same-sex couple. nominees advise against the practice posed by the diocese 's nominating The nominees include the Very Rev. because General Conventio n has not committee: "If you were elected John B. Burwell , rector, Church of the formally authorize d such blessings. bishop of [the diocese ], how would Holy Cross, Sullivan's Island , S.C.; the General Convention said, in Resolu­ you counsel a rector who was asked Rev. Canon Dr. Neal 0. Michell, canon tion C056, that "bishops, particular ly to bless a same -gender relationship in to the ordinary, Diocese of Dallas; the those in dioceses within civil jurisdic­ his/her , and how would you Rev. David F.O. Thompso n, rector, St. tions where same-gender marriage, lead us beyond our divisions ?"

NOVEMBER 8. 2009 • THE LIVING CHURCH 7 BishopBurt of OhioDies at 91 WesternLouisiana The Rt. Rev. John Harris Burt , AffirmsCovenant Bishop of Ohio from 1968 to 1984 and The Diocese of Western Louisiana's a voice for social justice, died Oct. 20 annual convention, meeting Oct. 9-10 in at his home in northern Michigan. He Alexandria, La, affirmed the Ridley was 91 years old. Cambridge Draft of the Anglican He was born in Marquette, Mich., Covenant. The Rt. Rev. D. Bruce and received degrees from Amherst MacPherson , the diocese's bishop since College and the Virginia Theological 2002, is among the founding bishops of Seminary . After ordination, he moved Communion Partners. to St. Louis where he was on the staff Convention tabled one pro-covenant of Christ Church Cathedral and was resolution that was proposed by the rector of St. Paul's Church , 1943-44. diocese's standing committee , but it He served as a chaplain in the U.S. then considered a similar resolution Navy during World War II, in the proposed by St. Mark's Cathedral, Pacific theater. After the war, he was Shreveport. The cathedral's dean, the chaplain at the University of Michigan, Very Rev. Jacob W. Owensby, is a mem­ 1946-50. While rector of St. John's ber of the Communion Partner Rectors . Church , Youngstown, Ohio , 1950-57, In his annual address, Bishop he was a leader in the racial integra ­ MacPherson urged convention to sup­ tion of community housing and swim­ canons for ordination to apply equally port the covenant draft . ming pools. to men and women . Throughout his "This will bring further recognition of In 1957, Fr. Burt became rector of ministry he was an advocate for better our diocese as a part of the Episcopal All Saints Church , Pasadena, Calif. In relations with the Jewish people and Church , as a constituent member of the 1963 he was a co-sponsor of the "Rally the State of Israel. In retirement, Anglican Communion, and in commun­ for Freedom" in Los Angeles at which Bishop Burt was president of National ion with the See of Canterbury. When I Dr. Martin Luther King spoke to 35,000 Christian Leadership Conference for shared with the Archbishop of Canter­ supporters of civil rights workers in Israel, 1992-98. He was a representative bury last month the plans for a resolu­ the South . to the National Council of Churches tion of this nature , he responded As Bishop of Ohio, he spoke against and he chaired the Standing Commis­ favorably," the bishop said. the war in Vietnam at rallies in Cleve­ sion on Ecumenical Relations, 1974-79; The bishop also spoke of why he land and Kent State University. The chaired the Episcopal Clergy Deploy­ believes the diocese needs to remain Presiding Bishop appointed him to be ment Office, 1967-73; and chaired the within the Episcopal Church. part if an interfaith group on a global House of Bishops Committee on Theol­ "We need to stay where we are tour which took him to South Vietnam ogy, 1973-80. because our Lord needs the faithfulness and culminated in an International Bishop Burt is survived by his wife, of the ministry this diocese has to offer, Inter-Religious Symposium of Peace in Martha; four daughters, Susan Burt of and does offer, through the commit­ New Delhi. The Thomas Merton Cen­ Marlinton, W.Va, Emily Betinis of ment of those who make this their spir­ ter for Peace and Social Justice recog­ Amherst Junction , WIS., Sarah Burt of itual home , and in tum are striving to nized him for his work in support of Antrim, N.H., and Mary Laird of New build up the kingdom of God in this steelworkers in Youngstown. York City; six grandchildren and five place and the life of Christ's Church ," he Bishop Burt declared he would great-grandchildren. Among those pre­ said. "We stay also because our historic resign as bishop if General Conven­ ceding him in death was his brother , identity with the Anglican Communion tion in 1976 failed to amend the Alfred, a composer of Christmas carols. demands it of us. Without ordered processes there is no , no VirginiaSupreme Court to HearProperty Case Appeal claim to the ancient Christian unity, which we claim is at the very heart of The Supreme Court of Virginia has Virginia law permitting congregational whom we are as members of the one, agreed to hear the Episcopal Diocese control of property is an intrusion of holy, catholic and apostolic Church. " of Virginia 's appeal in a continuing government into freedom of religion . The bishop also said, however , that struggle over church properties. Member congregations of the Angli­ the same catholic order eventually may Both sides in the dispute issued can District of Virginia agree with the require that the diocese become less statements that repeat their core argu­ rulings of Fairfax County Circuit provincially oriented and more Com­ ments . The diocese maintains that a Judge Randy Bellows. munion oriented.

8 THE LIVING CHURCH· NOVEMBER 8. 2009 ' , , -~~ -- ' CEElienarran t . . ~ ~ United, Not Absorbed

uch can and should be said about this week's bold divided groups . And IARCCUM also has ta.ken as its Mmove by Pope Benedict via the Congregatio n for model the Malines conversations of Mercier and others, the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) with respect to past, often summarized (as by the CDF in its note) with ref­ present, and future Anglican Catholics , and it will take erence to the famous slogan "united, not absorbed ," some time to uncover and then properly understand all first developed by Dom Lambert Beauduin in 1925, and (or most) of the implications , not least as the actual picked up again by Paul VI in his 1977 address to Arch­ text of the apostolic const itution has yet to appear. bishop of Canterbury Donald Coggan. As the pope That said, it may be helpful at this stage to mark sev­ wrote, the movement toward Anglican-Catholic recon­ eral aspects of the Vatican initiative that fit with long­ ciliation "has quickene d marvellous ly in recent years, standing, if little understood, commitments of Rome so that these words of hope: 'The Anglican Church and Canterb ury alike, mutually artic- united not absorbed' are no longer a ulated and defended . mere dream." Start with the constructive appro­ In the Malines model as appropri ­ priation of Anglicanism in the CDF's ated by IARCCUM, "a euchari stic "note" of Oct. 20, itself a develop- IARCCU M, a body commun ion of churches" is envi­ ment of sorts in the Anglican-Roman sioned - "confessing the one faith Catho lic relatio nship. Especially of mostly bishops and demo nstrating by their harmo­ important here is the carefully nious diversity the richness of faith; crafted "background information " at convened in 1996 , unanimous in the application of the the end, which attempts a brief, six- principles governing moral life; paragraph history of the Anglican- served by ministries that the grace of Roman Catholic relation as a context has aimed itself ordinatio n unites together in an epis­ for the present Personal Ordinariate copal body, grafted on to the company initiative. Paragraphs two to four at the same end as of the Apostles, and which is at the mark the most interesting part of the service of the authority that Christ history, ordered around the con- that now enacted exercises over his Body" (Commu­ stancy of efforts toward "reunifica- nion in Mission § 13). This is "the tion," includi ng the 19th-century path we will follow together ," wrote Oxford movement , the early 20th- by the Personal the Archbishop of Westminster and century Malines conversations, de- the in their velopments at the Secon d Vatican Ordinariates. joint statement , issued in the morn­ Council, and finally the creation after ing's Bulletin of the Press the Council of ARCIC, which "pro- Office on Oct. 20 ("showing an duced a series of doctrina l state- unusual degree of coordination, both ments over the years in the hope of in terms of rollout strategy and ecu- creating the basis for full and visible unity. For many in menica l cooperation ," in the astute observation of both communions , the ARCIC stateme nts provided a Rocco Palmo). vehicle in which a common express ion of faith could That both the incipient Perso nal Ordinariate initia­ be recognize d. It is in this framework," concludes the tive and IARCCUM are founded on the Malines model CDF, "that this new provision should be seen" - as, should go a long way toward explaining the Vatican's apparently , one outwo rking of ARCIC's common present intentions, and thus also help Anglicans know expression of faith by Anglicans and Roman Catholics. how to respond. When the CDF states flatly in its note Since 1996, another outworking of ARCIC, supporte d that "the Catholic Church remains fully committed to at the highest level of both communions, has been IAR­ continuing ecumenical engagement with the Anglican CCUM, the International Anglican-Roman Catholic Communion," this means - as elsewhere in the note Commission on Unity and Mission. This body of mostly - that Rome is committed to preserving, encouraging, bishops (which, in its report to the Lambeth Commis­ and otherwise vindicating "the worthy Anglican liturgi­ sion, exercised especial influence on the form and con­ cal and spiritual patrimony " of ordinary and ordinari­ tent of The Windsor Report) has aimed itself at the ate Anglican Catholicism alike, as a "gift" to be "shared same end as that now enacted by the Personal Ordinar­ in the wider Church ." iates, namely, full visible communion of formerly - Christopher Wells

NOVEMBER 8, 2009 · THE LIVING CHURCH 9 EDITORIALS

VaticanInitiative Along the Path to Unity

A flood of reports and commentary have poured out in York Times and others that the announcement was made response to the Vatican's initiation of what amounts to a by the Vatican so as "to capitalize on deep divisions within highly original approach to traditionally-minded Catholic the Anglican Church to attract new members at a time Anglicans seeking corporate reconciliation - "full visible when the Catholic Church has been trying to reinvigorate communion" - with the Holy See. Unveiled on Tuesday, itself in Europe." Oct. 20, in Rome by Cardinal Levada, prefect of the Con­ If we are witnessing the maturation of the Anglican gregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), alongside Communion into a more articulately Catholic community Archbishop DiNoia of the Congregation for Divine Worship (as successive Lambeth Conferences, prin1ates' meetings, and the Sacraments , a forthcoming "apostolic constitu ­ archbishops of Canterbury, and lately the Windsor Contin- tion" (that is, an especially authoritative doctrinal docu­ ment) by Pope Benedict XVI will institute a canonical mechanism to provide for not only regular worship accord­ ing to an Anglican pattern for communities of now-Roman­ Wecannot accept the cynicalview that Catholic-Anglicans (as in the Pastoral Provision established by John Paul II in 1980) but also structures of the announcementwas madeby the oversight and even seminary formation for members of these communities by members of these communities . In Vaticanso as "to capitalizeon deep other words, it seems that the Roman Catholic Church has divisionswithin the AnglicanChurch ..." decided to enshrine within its own communion the perma­ nent presence of "those Anglican traditions . . . consistent with the Catholic faith," notwithstanding their origin in a church that, as the CDF acknowledges, declared itself uation and Covenant Design groups have all assured us "independent of papal authority" in the 16th century. and/or urged, if not always unanimously nor sustainedly), If this is not yet a distinctive Anglican rit e per se this is in no small part thanks to the patient persistence (accompanied by its own canon law, as in all particular and urgings of our Roman Catholic friends, who have in churches of the Roman communion), it certainly inclines turn been changed along the path to unity. is a in that direction, both in the maintenance of a distinct "dialogue of salvation," wrote Paul VI. John Paul II added liturgy and in the provision for a separate administrative that it is a "dialogue of conversion," provided that we are structure in the person of the Ordinary (that is, the imme­ "humbly conscious of having sinned against unity and are diate authority or overseer). In this respect, the proposed convinced of our need for conversion. Not only personal Anglican ordinariates will more nearly resemble Eastern sins must be forgiven and left behind, but also social sins, rite churches in full communion with Rome than the mili­ which is to say the sinful 'structures' themselves which tary ordinariates mentioned by the cardinal, except per­ have contributed and can still contribute to division and to haps insofar as they will apparently be national, hence the reinforcing of division." established via consultation with episcopal conferences So long as this kind of a spirit of self-criticism and rest­ and accountable to the authority of local diocesan bishops, less creativity imbues the Anglican-Roman Catholic rela­ yielding a "cumulative" or overlapping jurisdiction. tionship, in all of its variations, even the proposed What shall Anglicans, and especially Catholic Anglicans ordinariate will - paradoxically in the eyes of many, but who remain in full communion with Canterbury, make of providentially all the same - be an evangelical tool for the this? Surely, we may question whether now was the most dismantling of sinful structures that continue to divide us. propitious time to initiate such a project, standing as we In all events, the challenge will be for Anglicans and are on the doorstep of a final covenant text (promised by Roman Catholics to remember that all "elements of sancti­ Christmas), in the teeth of an extraordinarily unstable, if fication and of truth ... impel towards Catholic unity," in promising, period of flux and development in the Anglican the words of Vatican II's Constitution on the Church (LG world, more dramatic than any since the much-vaunted 8.2); that is, all true and good things are catholic things, "Elizabethan Settlement " of 1559. In this context, it would and the unity of the same is bound up with the unity of be naive not to worry that the Vatican's initiative may Christ himself and his Body. relieve the pressure for reform from the Catholic wing of The sooner we are able to grasp this, and to order our the Anglican Communion in an unfortunate way - by pro­ life together accordingly - not in "a uniformity that viding an attractive escape route for the battle weary just ignores cultural diversity," as the CDF has said again, but when, to mix metaphors , the tide was arguably beginning in the one Lord and one faith (see Eph. 4:5) - the better to turn in an avowedly Catholic direction. off we shall be; and the more prepared for our Lord's in1mi­ We cannot accept , however, the cynical view of The New nent return (see Rev. 22:20).

10 THE LIVING CHURCH · NOVEMBER 8, 2009 READER'S VIEWPOINT By John P. Keenan their Zen/interrreligious dialogue context, so that we may sort them prudently and intelligently. ow that the dust has settled about the theology of Suzuki was a very popular teacher of Zen in the United NNorthern Michigan's former Bishop-elect Kevin States in the 1960s. Perhaps because he was not trained Thew Forrester, it is helpful to step back and consider in any Zen monastery in , he taught a new kind of some of the broader theological issues raised. Zen, a decidedly 20th-century construct - an "import Two themes stand out, as found on the Northern Zen" that was severed from traditions and practices in Michigan website and in Fr. Thew Forrester's sermons Japan. In fact, although both Suzuki and, later, Masao Abe posted there ("A Response to the St. Andrew's Draft of taught Zen as missionaries to the West, neither had a clear the Covenant Design Group"; "A Response to 'Dar es or credential from any Zen school or tradition in Salaam Communique'"; and Forrester's "Approaching Japan. Instead, each harkened back to ancient Zen tradi­ the Heart of Faith"). These themes are: 1. the notion tions about mind-to-mind transmission of the Buddha that, since our incamational and trinitarian language is mind, apart from all scriptures and all words . "symbolic ," it can be replaced by more relevant terms, For Suzuki, the essence of Zen is an inner experience and 2. the idea that confessions we make about Jesus of awakening, beyond and beneath all cultural expres­ Christ in creed and liturgy are equally applicable to all sions and all doctrinal teachings . The primacy of inner persons. experience relieves Zen of the necessity of being These positions seem to me to reflect, not our com­ grounded in any one tradition, he argued; as did the pop­ mon faith and practice, but rather the well-discussed ular Alan Watts, who followed Suzuki and for a time saw and frequently rejected Zen metaphysics of Masao Abe himself as the great synthesizer of Zen and Christian faith. (as in his article "Kenotic God and Dynamic Sunyata Watts graduated from General Theological Seminary, was [emptiness]") , along with another common theme of ordained an Episcopal priest, and served in a parish in East Asian Buddhism (es pecially as taught by D.T. . Suzuki), that all beings equally possess Buddha nature. Both Suzuki and Watts contended that Zen is the inner It may be of profit to contextualize these notions in {Cont inued on next page)

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(Continued from previous page) core of Buddhism, and indeed of all religious experience everywhere. Zen, they argued , is not itself a religion, but the inner dynamic experience of all religions. The unassailable ground of their teac hing was located in non-dual meditation, which - being non-dual - is immune from any criticism in words, which of necessity are dual and thus deludedly discriminative. Zen Buddhists, like all Buddhists, prize medita­ tion and have written about it in great depth and detail. Traditionally, meditation practice begins by quieting the mind. Once that is achieved, one cul­ tivates insight by progressively eliminating all images and ideas. That insight is focused upon doctrines taught in the various schools of Bud­ It is not helpful simply dhism - in the case of Zen, upon the emptiness of self and all supports for self. to substitute new words Indeed , traditional Zen stands right at the heart of Buddhism in its insistence that the into the language Buddha nature in every being is itself no self and supports no firm identity. Some varieties of Zen that have come to North America, such as that of Christian doctrines taught by Philip Kapleau, are situated squarely within this traditional Buddhist doctrine . The through a kind lineage, too, has trained many Christi.ans (including such well-known teachers of global "search-­ as Robert Kennedy and Ruben Habito) who have in tum trained other Christians, with a focus upon and--replace"program. the practice of meditation: nurturing minds that are docile to truth and intensively aware of the back and forth passage between experience and language. universal: truth as it unfolds into this world. In contrast to these, Suzuki exalted Zen as the uni­ Trained in this Kyoto School philosophy, Abe wrote versally valid inner core of all religious experience. And his essay "Kenotic God and Dynamic Sunyata ," in which he taught that that experience was precisely an experi ­ he claims that the Christian doctrine of the Trinity is an ence of Buddha nature - the inborn and original expression of the kenosis of Christ, dynamically empty ­ enlightenment that characterizes every sentient being ing the very being of God. The doctrines of Incarnation in the universe. and Trinity do not, in his view, have any necessary ref­ Masao Abe succeeded Suzuki as a Zen missionary to erence to Jesus of Nazareth, and thus, we have no need this continent. Unlike Suzuki, he was a philosopher of a historical awareness of Jesus, of the New Testa­ who had studied the Kyoto School philosophy, which ment Scriptures, or of the traditions. Abe based his the­ draws upon Japanese Buddhist traditions to offer the ology of the Trinity simply and singly on one line of the antidote of emptiness to the existential anxiety of our kenosis hymn in Phil. 2:7. In his many forays into inter­ modem world. Kyoto philosophers Nishida, Tanabe, faith dialogue, Abe propounded his Zen understanding and Nishitani developed a stunning existentialist phi­ of relig ious experience . His essay on the Trinity losophy of absolute nothingness (emptiness ) in dia­ attracted much attention and was the theme of two logue with modem Western philosophers. They read books and many articles. His was clearly a Zen meta­ religious texts into their critical philosophy, attempt ­ physical reading of Christian themes, to which many ing to extract their actual meanings from the husk of Christian thinkers responded by way of critique. religious language. Just as Hegel had read the New In this context, we can understand the very similar Testament discourse as "representations" that needed trinitarian approach in the theology of Fr. Thew For­ to be subject to the light of "critica l thinking" and rea­ rester. I would suggest that we can see in his sermons son, so the Kyoto philosophers looked at religious tra­ and theological views a version of Abe's Zen meta­ ditions as symbols of something more basic and more physics . He speaks of one's "Christ-ness" just as Suzuki

12 THE LIVING CHURCH · NOVEMBER 8. 2009 and Abe speak of Buddha nature. All of the emptiness and Buddha nature christological titles that we regularly apply to can, if brought into tensive dia­ Jesus of Nazareth, Fr. Thew Forrester would logue with our Christian themes apply to each and evecy person created in the of the redemptive Incarnation of image of God. Thus, not only is Jesus the only Christ, help us to reclaim that son of God, so also are Mary and Bob. Not which our ancestors, the fathers only is Jesus the Incarnate Word, so also are of the Church, expressed so Tom, Dick, and Henrietta This is very good anciently and elegantly in their Zen metaphysics, but it is hardly the orthodox patristic writings. First and fore­ discourse of our Christian traditions. most, however, one must delve In speaking of the Trinity, Fr. Thew For­ into those ancient doctrinal writ­ rester, Hegel-like, declares the words to be ings. symbolic and then discerns a deeper trinitar­ Although we tend to shy away ian dynamic pattern in all of the world's reli­ from "explaining" the Incarna ­ gions. I think, rather, that he has found those tion and the Trinity, the doctri­ patterns in Abe's philosophy, for trinit.arian nal thinking that leads unbroken themes do not in fact emerge from interfaith from the Scriptures to the dialogue across all religious traditions. creeds is clear enough; it is I have two problems with Fr. Thew For­ recorded in the fathers and the rester's approach. First, its Zen roots seem to medieval writings and accessi­ me to remain unacknowledged . I am not sure; ble to committed students of the perhaps he has simply - with no reference to faith. Indeed, these doctrines Zen writings or scriptures - come to these are expressed in our liturgy, not themes through his meditation practice under only in the Nicene Creed, but on the direction of his Zen teacher. Still, I would every page of the eucharistic like their apparent background in Zen philos­ rites that we celebrate. In our ophy to be squarely acknowledged, for Zen takes its rich dialogue with Buddhism , I would indeed recommend and vecy particular life only within the context in which it adopting new categories for thinking, but I would insist is nested - that of an intense practice of meditation . Zen that we adapt them to the singular beauty of Jesus, the doctrine is tailored to that practice, and Zen is not fitted Christ who died for our sins. 0 to a liturgical tradition; the heart of Zen practice is silent meditation. I would think that simply refitting Zen themes The Rev. John P. Keenan is professor emeritus of Bud­ into Cluistian language is too much of a mishmash. dhism, Middlebu1y College; retired rector of St. Mark's My second concern is for the authenticity of Christian Church, Newport, Vt.; and author of The Meaning of doctrine and discourse . Religious discourse needs to be Christ: A Mahayana Theology, Grounding our Faith in a studied in depth and detail. It does no good, I think, to Pluralist World - with a little help from , and shake things together , and mix them up, and see what other works on interreligious theotow. comes out at the end. Christian discourse has its authen­ tic traditions and its experienced truth: this is what we The Reader's Viewpoint article does not necessarily represent the editorial opinion of THE lMNG CHURCH or its board of directors. call orthodoxy . To bring our Christian tradition into dia­ logue with other traditions - including the various Buddhist traditions - demands that we recognize the distinct differences between traditions without blending them into some kind of non­ dual and non-alphabetic soup. I have long contended that Mahayana Buddhism is capable of providing philo­ sophical assistance in understanding and enunciating basic Christian doc­ trines. But it is not helpful simply to substitute new words into the language of those doctrines through a kind of global "search-and-replace" program. Certainly, Mahayana themes of

NOVEMBER 8. 2009 · THE LIVING CHURCH 13 ,... If ,- --- r,. ...--:...... - . <-:---:/:.tETTERS D THE ED - ~ .. _ ~ # ~ ~G•,.\•_,. \10~, - I 6!#-t.1~9' -~ -law Issue tion. In other -:ords, the ~o~ ruled Augustine'sInfluence lirust., that under rudimentary pnnc1ples of trust law, one cannot create a trust in I was delighted to see the atte ntion -With respect to the editorial property owned by another. Thus, it given to John Henry Newman in the "Toward a Better Way" [TLC, Oct. 18], I was because the property in quest ion Octobe r 11 issue of THE LMNG commen d your call for the litigants in was owned by All Saints' parish and CHURCH . The review by seminarian suits over ownershi p of parish prop­ not by TEC at the time of the adop tion Jordan Hylden of his friend and for­ erty "to work for solu­ of the Dennis Canon mer chaplain's new (very expens ive) tions outside of the The Episcopal Church that the Supreme book, Newman and the Alexandrian Fathers, was welcome and interesting . courtrooms." However, did not own the All Saints' Court found that the I must correct your Dennis Canon failed I would make two observations statement that the rea­ property when the Dennis to establish a trust concerning the review. First is the fact son "the Supreme Court Canon was adopted in 1979 interest in TEC or that the term "consult" in Newman's 1859 article, "On Consulting the Faith­ of South Carolina ruled by General Convention. the Diocese of South . . . that the Dennis Carolina It was not ful Matters of Doctrine," in the Ram­ Canon does not apply beca use All Saints' bler is used by him in a very restricte d ... to All Saints Church in Pawleys parish was forme d before the Episco­ sense; and he gives as an example of Islan d, S.C. [is] beca use that parish pal Chur ch was establis hed. his meanin g some events leading up to predates the Episcopal Churc h." Accor dingly, conservatives can take Pius IX's promulgation of the dogma In fact, the reason that the Dennis heart that South Carolina' s Supreme of the Immaculate Conceptio n in 1854. Canon was held to have no effect (i.e., Court applied this most basic and uni­ Secondly, while the influence of the it did not create a trust on the All versal rule of trust law in a way that Alexandr ian and other Eas tern Saints' property) is that the Episcopal California' s Supreme Court should Fathers on Newma n's thi nkin g is Church did not own the All Saints' have, but did not. immense, it is important to recognize property when the Dennis Canon was Wicks Stephens that of other African (not Alexan­ adopted in 1979 by General Conven- Moon Township, Pa. drian) Fathers, most notably Augus-

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AVERY, CA NEW ORLEANS, LA CHARLESTON , SC CHURCH OF THE HOLY COMMUNION ST. CLARE OF ASSISI Hwy. 4 and Sheep Ranch Rd. CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL (504) 895-6602 218 Ashley Ave. (843) 722-2024 The Rev. Marlin Leonard Bowman . r (209) 754-5381 2919 St. Charles Ave. Webstte: www.holycomm.or g Sun Eu 9 (Pyr Bk 1791); HD anno. On the street car line at the comer of 6th St. Webstte: www .ccc nola.org The Rev. Dow Sanderson , r; the Rev. Dan Clarke, c; the Rev. SAN DIEGO, CA The Very Rev. David duPlantier, dean Patrick Allen , assoc ALL SAINTS' Sixth & Ave. Sun Mass 7:30 (1928), 10 (Choral H Eu), 6 (Rtte I~. Daily Mass: Sun Mass 8 {Low) 10:30 (Solemn High) Webstte: www.allsaintschurch.org (619) 298-7729 M-F 12:15, Sat 9:30 Fr. Tony Noble, SSC GRACE CHURCH 98 Wentworth Street (843) 723-4575 Sun 8 (Low), 10 (High); Daily Mass: Tues 12; Wed 9:30; Website: www.gracechurchcharleston.org Thurs 7 & 6; Fri 9:30; Sat 9 NEWARK , NJ The Rev. Cano n J. Michael A. Wright , r; the Rev. Cal­ GRACE CHURCH 950 Broad St., at Federal Sq . houn Perkins , v; the Rev. Alasta ir Votaw , assoc; the Rev. FORT MYERS BEACH, FL Webstte: www.gracechurchinnewark .org ST. RAPHAEL'S 5601 Williams Drive (239) 463~7 Paul Gilbert , assoc; Dr. Scott Bennett, organist & choir­ The Rev. J . Carr Holland Ill, r master; Jodi Bennett , children's choirs; Julie Walters, chil­ www .saint -raphaels .org Info @ saint-rap haels.org Sun Masses 8 & 10 (Sung); Mon-Fri 12:10 The Rev. Alice Marcrum, pastor dren's ministries; Mac Brown , youth & young adults Sun H Eu 9. Contemporary 11, Sun School 11; Tues Taize 7 Sun H Eu 8 (Said), 9 (Sung), 10:10 (Christian Formation), 11 Thurs Rosary 4 (chape~ PASSAIC, NJ (Chor~; Wed H Eu & LOH 5:30 ; Mon-Fri MP 8:45 ST. JOHN'S Lafayette and Passaic Avenues SAVANNAH,GA Webstte: www .stjohnschurchpassaicnj .org (973) 779-0966 ST. THOMA S - ISLE OF HOPE (912) 355-3110 The Rev. Will iam C. Thiele , r [email protected] MILWAUKEE , WI ALL SAINTS' CATHEDRAL (414) 271-7719 2 St. Thomas Ave. www.stthomasioh .org Sun Low Mass 8, Sung Mass 10:30, HD anno. Sun 8 & 10 H Eu, 9. Chr Ed; Wed HS 10 818 E. Juneau Ave. www .ascathedral .org Sun Masses 8, 10 (Sung). Daily Mass, MP & EP as posted HONOLULU, HI NEW YORK , NY ST. MARK 'S www .stmar kshonolu lu.org (808) 732-2333 PARISH OF TRINITY CHURCH 539 Kapahulu Ave. (#13 Bus end of line from Waikiki) The Rev. Canon James H. Cooper, D. Min ., r Sun Low Mass 7, High Mass 9; MWF 8; Tues 6:15; Thurs 10 The Rev. Canon Anne Mallonee , v ANGLICAN (212) 602-0800 CHICAGO , IL Watch & hear our services and concerts on the Web LAS VEGAS, NV ASCENSION 1133 North LaSalle Blvd . at Elm www.tri nitywal lstreet.org ST. GEORGE'S ANGLICAN (702) 395-4576 www.ascensionc hica go.org (312) 664-1271 7676 West Gilmore www.stgeorgeang lican .org Sisters of St. Anne (312) 642-3638 TRINITY Broadway at Wall Street The Rev. Gordon Hines , r The Rev. Gary P. Fertig , r; the Rev. Kurt Olson Sun H Eu 9 & 11:15. Mon-Fri MP 8:15. H Eu 12:05, EP 5:15. Sun Mass 8 (Low), 10:30 (Sung, w/ 1928 BCP) The Rev. Geoffrey Ward Open Sun 7-4; Mon-Fri 7~ ; Sat 8-4 Wed EP 5:45, Mass 6 Sun Masses 8 (Low), 9 (Sung), 11 (Sol & Ser), MP 7:30, E&B 4 (1S, Oct-May), MP M-F 6:40, Sat 9:40; Masses M-F 7. 6:20 (Wed), 10 (Sat); EP M-Sat 6, Sun 4; C Sat 5:30-6, Sun ST. PAUL'S Broadway at Fulton 10:30-1 0:50 The Rev. Canon James H. Cooper, D. Min ., r LUTHERAN Sun H Eu 8, 10. Mon-Sat Prayer Sentice 12:30 RIVERSIDE, IL (CHICAGOWE'ST SuBURBAN) Open Sun 7-4; Mon-Sat 10~ BORON , CA ST. PAUL'S PARISH 60 Akenside Rd. RESURRECTION Sr. Citizens Ctr. 20 Mule Team Rd. www .stpaulsparish.org (708) 447-1604 Sun Eu 8 The Rev. Thomas A. Fraser, r; the Rev. Richard R. Daly. WELLSBORO , PA SSC, parochial vicar; the ReY.canon Abelt.W. Y. Mensah, asst. ST. PAUL'S (570) 724-4771 MOJAVE, CA Sat Vigil Mass 5, Sun Masses 8:30 (Solemn) & 10 (Sung) Webstte: www.stpaulswellsboro.org HOPE CHURCH K and Inyo Streets (909) 989-3317 Wkdy Eu Tues 7, Wed 7, Fri 10:30. Sacrament of Reconcilia­ The Rev. Canon Gregory P. Hinton The Rev. William R. Hampton , STS tion 1st Sat 4-4:30 & by appt., Rosary 4th Tues 8:45. /VC Sat Eu 7, Sun Eu 8, 1O; Wed H Eu 12 Sun Eu 10 www.liv i ngchurch . o r g

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Light face type denotes AM,bold foce PM; odd, oddress; onno, announced; A-C, Ante-Communion; oppt., appointm ent; B, Benediction; C, Confes­ sions; Cho, Choral; Ch S, Church School; CP, Contemploliv e/Cent ering Prayer; c, curate; d, deacon, d.r.e., director of reigious education; E&B. Even­ song ond Benediction; EP,Evening Proyer. Eu, Euchorist; Ev, Evensong; ex, except; lS, 1st Sunday; hol, holiday; HC, Holy Communion; HD, Holy Days; HS, Healing Service; HU, Holy Unction; Instr,Instructions; Int, Interc essions; LOH, Laying On of Hands; Lit, Litany; Mot. Motins; MP, Morning Prayer; P. Penance; r, rector; r-em, rector emeritus; Ser, Sermon; Sol, Solemn; SD. Spiritual Direction; Sta, Stations; V, Vespers: v, vicar; YA, Young Adult; YPF.Young People's Fel­ lowship. A/C, air-cond itioned; H/A, handicapped accessible.