Would any other tradition include themselves in the gospel?
“An evangelist who proclaims the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Episcopal Church”
Even those traditions that see the Church as closely related to the gospel – that you are joined to Christ by being joined to his people through baptism – I think even they would not correlate their church (even if they see it as The Universal Church) with gospel of Jesus Christ like this. You simply can’t proclaim the church in the same sense that you proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Given that this is one of the better criteria on the first page for the new Presiding Bishop, it is a bit sad that its content has been moved in such a theologically incoherent and heterodox fashion. Not surprising, but it is sad.
My favorite line is “an evangelist proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Episcopal Church” . . . the two are contradictory, of course. One cannot proclaim “the Gospel of Jesus Christ” and *also* proclaim the gospel [as conceived by its current leadership] of “the Episcopal Church.”
The other amusing part of the survey is that when it lists possibilities that you’re supposed to “rank” — almost none of them are remotely important! So you’re forced to rank something as #1 in importance, when it’s an idiotic thing to focus on.
It’s almost an impossibly incoherent and ideologically leftist survey to fill out.
I skipped over a couple of the ranking questions because I didn’t like any of the choices. I did answer the narrative questions. But, it matters not, as the respondents are self-selecting, and thus not truly representative of the statistical universe this survey seeks to draw from.
Would any other tradition include themselves in the gospel?
“An evangelist who proclaims the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Episcopal Church”
Even those traditions that see the Church as closely related to the gospel – that you are joined to Christ by being joined to his people through baptism – I think even they would not correlate their church (even if they see it as The Universal Church) with gospel of Jesus Christ like this. You simply can’t proclaim the church in the same sense that you proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Given that this is one of the better criteria on the first page for the new Presiding Bishop, it is a bit sad that its content has been moved in such a theologically incoherent and heterodox fashion. Not surprising, but it is sad.
An absolutely hilarious survey!
My favorite line is “an evangelist proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Episcopal Church” . . . the two are contradictory, of course. One cannot proclaim “the Gospel of Jesus Christ” and *also* proclaim the gospel [as conceived by its current leadership] of “the Episcopal Church.”
The other amusing part of the survey is that when it lists possibilities that you’re supposed to “rank” — almost none of them are remotely important! So you’re forced to rank something as #1 in importance, when it’s an idiotic thing to focus on.
It’s almost an impossibly incoherent and ideologically leftist survey to fill out.
Still on the floor laughing! Hilarious? yep! Ridiculous? That too!
I skipped over a couple of the ranking questions because I didn’t like any of the choices. I did answer the narrative questions. But, it matters not, as the respondents are self-selecting, and thus not truly representative of the statistical universe this survey seeks to draw from.