{"id":78678,"date":"2019-02-19T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=78678"},"modified":"2019-02-19T08:59:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T13:59:51","slug":"stephen-noll-6-resolutions-for-lambeth-a-quick-response-to-ephraim-radner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=78678","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Noll–\u201c6 Resolutions for Lambeth\u201d: A Quick Response to Ephraim Radner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Can any good come out of this creative proposal? Frankly, it feels like a \u201clifeboats on the Titanic\u201d idea, and I simply cannot imagine it will go anywhere with the Lambeth Establishment. It might, however, force the Establishment to show its hand (as if it hasn\u2019t already). Since Dr. Radner is a close colleague of Bishop George Sumner of Dallas, who is a member of the Lambeth Design Team, I would urge George Sumner to bring these Resolutions to Archbishop Welby immediately and ask for a clear public response<\/em><\/strong>. If it is true that the Archbishop of Canterbury has a unique \u201cinviting authority,\u201d he alone can give legs to these resolutions. But they must be set in place prior to the Conference<\/em><\/strong>, or they will lack any shred of credibility.<\/p>\n

When he was enthroned in 2013, Justin Welby preached<\/a> on St. Peter stepping out of the boat at Jesus\u2019 command, and he spoke of his vision for the Communion thus: \u201cWe are called to step out of the comfort of our own traditions and places, and go into the waves, reaching for the hand of Christ.\u201d There is little reason to think Archbishop Welby had or has the same vision as Dr. Radner, but who knows, perhaps like his great predecessor Thomas Cranmer<\/a> he might step up to the fire and say:<\/p>\n

This shall be my first exhortation: That you set not overmuch by this false glosing world, but upon God and the world to come. And learn to know what this lesson meaneth, which St John teacheth that the love of this world is hatred against God<\/em>.<\/p>\n

As for North America, is it significant that this proposal is coming from one of the leading spokesmen of the \u201cCommunion Partners\u201d? For more than a decade there has been a rift between the so-called \u201cCommunion Conservatives,\u201d who stayed in TEC and ACoC, and the \u201cFederal Conservatives,\u201d who left or were expelled (for the terminology, see here<\/a>). If there is any good to come out of this proposal, perhaps it may be to open the door to more honest discussion among those who hold to the faith once for all committed to the saints. For them indeed, \u201cthere is a Holy Spirit,\u201d and we would invoke his guidance as we move forward.<\/p>\n

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Can any good come out of this creative proposal? Frankly, it feels like a \u201clifeboats on the Titanic\u201d idea, and I simply cannot imagine it will go anywhere with the Lambeth Establishment. It might, however, force the Establishment to show…<\/span><\/p>\n

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