tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318946601530749054.post5910403292589476404..comments2023-08-02T15:41:21.326+01:00Comments on Ancient Richborough: On the one hand - and on the otherEdwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15213363119774322096noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318946601530749054.post-21515144794919039492010-08-09T13:09:14.687+01:002010-08-09T13:09:14.687+01:00A northen chapter of SSC discussed the Archbishops...A northen chapter of SSC discussed the Archbishops' amendments the other day; all regretted that they had failed. Nobody was convinced by the observation that, even if they had been passed, we should still be much worse off than we are now. Nobody so much as mentioned the Ordinariate. I gathered from individual conversations that "nobody round here wants the Ordinariate. It is a southern thing."Little Black Sambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16699227938165106710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318946601530749054.post-91950549977697861692010-08-08T23:55:19.283+01:002010-08-08T23:55:19.283+01:00+Edwin's right: everything the CoE does 'o...+Edwin's right: everything the CoE does 'officially' seriously irritates - and it just gets worse. It's now hopeless thinking that something acceptable just might turn-up. We either shit on the pot - or get off it. I think we need to get off it; maybe not immediately, but the clock's ticking to 2014.Marcushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00051965554304693183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318946601530749054.post-53576705835741009192010-08-05T08:49:04.971+01:002010-08-05T08:49:04.971+01:00Thanks, Fr David. I think what I have written is s...Thanks, Fr David. I think what I have written is simply spelling out, less elegantly and perhaps more robustly, what Bishop Andrew wrote in his August pastoral: "for now at least we know where we are; it is time to stop making bricks without straw". Of course go on praying about all this; but don't let's pretend a new Synod will make one whit of difference.Edwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15213363119774322096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318946601530749054.post-78651578095220022842010-08-05T06:51:11.570+01:002010-08-05T06:51:11.570+01:00Dear Bishop Edwin,
I respectfull...Dear Bishop Edwin,<br /><br /> I respectfully suggest that you read, ponder and reflect upon the good sense and wise words contained within the Bishop of Ebbsfleet's latest Pastoral Letter - "Electing a New General Synod".Father Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04902961006821419938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318946601530749054.post-16025274655315664522010-08-04T14:23:29.791+01:002010-08-04T14:23:29.791+01:00Thank you for yr critique of that document - spot ...Thank you for yr critique of that document - spot on!<br />If only a diocesan wld say he's joining the Ordinariate and invite his priests and people to follow... but then + Chichester and +Blackburn are 'sons of Eric' and we know that he had that old High Ch aversion to Rome. Like father, like son I suppose. But it's about time they grew up and overcame their Oedipus Complex.dunstanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14627891322038238469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318946601530749054.post-16731422836979008972010-08-04T10:17:14.014+01:002010-08-04T10:17:14.014+01:00Dear +Edwin,
once again, how right you are! But yo...Dear +Edwin,<br />once again, how right you are! But you know as well as I do that the cavalry are coming!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318946601530749054.post-12969245858755983802010-08-04T06:15:16.556+01:002010-08-04T06:15:16.556+01:00If the Apostles and early disciples were as spinel...If the Apostles and early disciples were as spineless as these bishops, there would have been no church!<br /><br />They need leadership such as yours, +Edwin.Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13560107422129799866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318946601530749054.post-33487132353631354082010-08-04T00:12:51.769+01:002010-08-04T00:12:51.769+01:00Bishop Edwin thank you for this. You have summed i...Bishop Edwin thank you for this. You have summed it up beautifully. There seems to be a distinct lack of leadership around at the moment amongst some of those who are supposed to be our Fathers-in-God. As for suggesting standing for General Synod to defeat the legislation are they on the same planet? The mind boggles!Father Mervyn Jenningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053613428222136067noreply@blogger.com