{"id":130217,"date":"2024-06-25T12:28:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T16:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=130217"},"modified":"2024-06-25T17:42:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T21:42:30","slug":"ian-paul-unity-matters-in-our-debates-about-sexuality-and-so-does-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=130217","title":{"rendered":"(Psephizo) Ian Paul–Unity matters in our debates about sexuality\u2014and so does truth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

And all clergy have taken public vows at ordination<\/a> that they believe the doctrine of the Church of England, that they will uphold it, and that they will teach and expound it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Do you believe the doctrine of the Christian faith as the Church of England has received it, and in your ministry will you expound and teach it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ordinands<\/em><\/strong>   I believe it and will so do.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This includes the teaching of Jesus on marriage which is expressed in Canon B30 and explained in the marriage liturgy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How, then, can we be \u2018undecided\u2019? How can some believe one thing, and others another? It can only be that we have, amongst our bishops and other clergy, people who simply do not understand the doctrine of their own Church or, understanding it, think it is wrong. That is the problem we have. What is the solution to this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martyn\u2019s solution is\u2014as he says openly in his article\u2014\u2018a spirit of generosity and pragmatism.\u2019 In other words, to preserve institutional unity, we must pragmatically give up on the idea that we actually share common beliefs, that we expect clergy to be faithful to their ordination vows, and that we expect our bishops to believe and teach the doctrine of the Church they lead. But what kind of institution will that be? A husk, a hollow shell of a \u2018church\u2019, retaining its outward, institutional, form, but having lost its heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>

Unity matters in our debates about sexuality\u2014and so does truth | Psephizo https:\/\/t.co\/Q1Dwp6xsw1<\/a> via @psephizo<\/a><\/p>— Simon Sarmiento (@simonsarmiento) June 24, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>