tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post112133738233024654..comments2023-10-17T12:44:50.593+01:00Comments on Synaxis: FruitsMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04972938279831428593noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-1123024627864285652005-08-03T00:17:00.000+01:002005-08-03T00:17:00.000+01:00Can I say I am a woman again?Blasted errors and no...Can I say I am a woman again?<BR/>Blasted errors and not checking.<BR/>Just shoot me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-1123024591515017262005-08-03T00:16:00.000+01:002005-08-03T00:16:00.000+01:00Michael, What a beautiful, mature thoughtful spiri...Michael, What a beautiful, mature thoughtful spirit you have. I am a woman and I myself do not support the ordination of women. It was with an battle I finally conceded to myself that view based on what I had read from Scripture. And I myself am a woman. German speaking but not from Germany nor England. Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-1121867923347594002005-07-20T14:58:00.000+01:002005-07-20T14:58:00.000+01:00Now, Ian, you're the wise one! Bless you for sayi...Now, Ian, you're the wise one! Bless you for saying that! We certainly cannot leave a church because we don't care for the rite, or for the people who celebrate whatever rite that is!<BR/><BR/>My late, great Dad, of eternal memory, was a Baptist. Now, there are Baptists, and there are Baptists.... when we moved to this area in my early childhood, my parents automatically went to the nearest Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-1121817896213472922005-07-20T01:04:00.000+01:002005-07-20T01:04:00.000+01:00No family is without its own case of serious dysfu...No family is without its own case of serious dysfunction. Neither is any Church. Since problems exist everywhere in one form or another, nothing is gained by running from them.<BR/><BR/>That is not to say that there are those who are not justified in their leaving the Anglican Communion. However one should not go elsewhere due to troubles at home, but rather because they no longer feel that Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11821235002785840551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-1121648524922522602005-07-18T02:02:00.000+01:002005-07-18T02:02:00.000+01:00I still play mine too, Ian. I am taking very good...I still play mine too, Ian. I am taking very good care of the recordings--they may be worth a lot of money some day.... sigh.<BR/><BR/>Leetle M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-1121617282479924452005-07-17T17:21:00.000+01:002005-07-17T17:21:00.000+01:00"for intelligent folk like yourself the struggles ..."for intelligent folk like yourself the struggles seem hard." said Ian...<BR/><BR/>Well, I went through it in '74, and shed many tears. Not that I was intelligent, but I know what love is, and as the silly old song says, "breaking up is hard to do."<BR/><BR/>To hang on in the US Ecusa after 1974 would have been something like watching your Mum die-- very, very slowly-- of leprosy, to tell you Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-1121572143819264732005-07-17T04:49:00.000+01:002005-07-17T04:49:00.000+01:00Joe, I see what you're saying (the post just above...Joe, I see what you're saying (the post just above yours, marked "anonymous", was not mine--I sign my posts).<BR/><BR/>I believe in looking at the C of E with love and praying for her every chance we get. We mustn't leave "over something", but rather to open ourselves to the Lord so that He may increase our faith and draw us nearer to Himself.<BR/><BR/>Best wishes,<BR/><BR/>Leetle M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-1121569570906116992005-07-17T04:06:00.000+01:002005-07-17T04:06:00.000+01:00The COE has prayed and this is what they have come...The COE has prayed and this is what they have come up with. Not all will agree of course and there will be those who leave--just as there were those who left over this or that in the past with the Anglican Communion. <BR/><BR/>However the Anglican Communion will struggle on, serving God and bringing the faith once delivered for all to the masses.<BR/><BR/>Joe ZollarsJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11821235002785840551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-1121540441811028482005-07-16T20:00:00.000+01:002005-07-16T20:00:00.000+01:00In my personal veiw formation of COE itself was wr...In my personal veiw formation of COE itself was wrong church should not be established in nationality base or personal needs of kings.Church should not be headed by head of state either.COE walking through a path against the teaching of ancient fathers who were inspeired by holy spirit.canon laws of early x'nity clearly prohibit women from preisthood,so as many other things canon laws cannot be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-1121440710680975172005-07-15T16:18:00.000+01:002005-07-15T16:18:00.000+01:00although there is much, much we disagree on--I can...although there is much, much we disagree on--I can agree on three things:<BR/><BR/>1. Wishing Michael well on his journey<BR/>2. the impossibility of business as usual<BR/>3. The need for an inclusive church. Christ is no respector of persons as the good book says.<BR/><BR/>Joe ZollarsJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11821235002785840551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-1121424218857893002005-07-15T11:43:00.000+01:002005-07-15T11:43:00.000+01:00Things to note about limerick:1. It does not spec...Things to note about limerick:<BR/><BR/>1. It does not specify what church. <BR/><BR/>2. It does not specify what bishops.<BR/><BR/>3. It does not specify gender of the respective "fruits".<BR/><BR/>Our search is only for Truth. If we stay positive, and press forward toward the mark of the high calling, God brings us gently, or perhaps not so gently if we are stubborn, along His way. It Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-1121380977685891332005-07-14T23:42:00.000+01:002005-07-14T23:42:00.000+01:00My own journey has almost been diametrically oppos...My own journey has almost been diametrically opposite to yours - and I sincerely hope you'll be happy within Orthodoxy. But, if I'm honest, I'm glad you and other conservatives, whether they be conservative evangelicals or conservative catholics/orthodox/traditionalist, are on your way out of the CofE.<BR/><BR/>I want to see a liberal, inclusive denomination, with members at all levels welcomed Merseymikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07231364271812168188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11100766.post-1121348222877213732005-07-14T14:37:00.000+01:002005-07-14T14:37:00.000+01:00Many things were not on my list of objections. But...Many things were not on my list of objections. But then I found the Church... what else to do?Huw Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13767334011657735131noreply@blogger.com