In the American House of Bishops meeting in New Orleans when The Episcopal Church faced its deadline to deal with terms like moratoria, ”˜words’ were fiercely debated. How far could the House of Bishops go to deliver words which might placate the Anglican Communion without giving anything away? This was a studied course of dishonesty.
Now we have the most egregious example of all in the declaration by the Canadian diocese of Ottawa that it will allow a parish to perform same-sex blessings in order to ”˜discern’ the way forward. Needless to say, it’s an odd kind of ”˜discernment’ to do something you are not agreed upon in order to reach agreement. It seems like a recipe for division and conflict.
Furthermore, the diocese claims that it is not violating the moratorium on samesex blessings. “There is nothing in the moratorium that says we cannot continue to discern,” said Archdeacon Ross Moulton of Ottawa. It seems unnecessary to point out that the very meaning of the word ”˜moratorium’ rules out this kind of discernment. But Archdeacon Moulton has a different dictionary it seems.
As I have placed a moratorium on drugs, drinking and sex on my teenager, I am very thankful that she has not said “Eh, take off you hoser while I discern that.”
It’s all very Orwellian, isn’t it?
Why is this a surprise? Did y’all get the memo that sin isn’t sin anymore? No worries, they’re just being prophetic.
Very post-modern and the death of communication.
Perhaps Pontius Pilate could be introduced into Lesser Feasts and Fasts with “Quid Est Veritas?” being the new motto for Windsor Compliance Discernment.
Although Carey’s article mentions nothing about the DSC, everyone is asking: why does the DSC remain in TEC?
I’m sorry… a little bit thick here… what’s DSC?
RE: “everyone is asking: why does the DSC remain in TEC?”
No, everyone’s not. Folks who want to leave TEC are asking that, but that’s by no means “everyone.”