(CT) Who Owns the Pastor's Sermon? The Church or the pastor?

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4 comments on “(CT) Who Owns the Pastor's Sermon? The Church or the pastor?

  1. Undergroundpewster says:

    The real question is whether or not the Dennis canon applies.

  2. tjmcmahon says:

    #1- I am pretty sure that the Dennis canon applies to all things, everywhere, always and forever. Can’t see how intellectual property would be exempt.

  3. tjmcmahon says:

    Probably a moot point- I kinda doubt that anyone has to worry about Episcopal sermons selling 2 million copies, except perhaps as a substitute for sleeping pills.

  4. Undergroundpewster says:

    A moot point indeed perhaps, but what about all those books Spong and Borg sell?

    I guess if you type your sermon on a church computer and print it on church paper or think about it in your church office, then just as every jot and tittle that the POTUS scribbles or e-mails becomes property of the people, then TEc clergy should be so bound to surrender all things unto the mother church.