{"id":2571,"date":"2007-07-18T19:01:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-18T19:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizaphanian.com\/?p=2571"},"modified":"2007-07-18T19:01:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-18T19:01:00","slug":"bishops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizaphanian.com\/?p=2571","title":{"rendered":"Bishops"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dave Walker<\/a> puts his finger on it once more.<\/p>\n

Got me to thinking about what a difficult job Bishops do, and what I think about situations like this. Seems to me that:<\/p>\n

– part of the definition of accepting Bishops is accepting their eucharistic ministry;
– rejecting the administration of communion whilst accepting ordination from the same bishop tells of an utterly bankrupt understanding of the sacraments;
– if this is rejected then pretty much the whole structure of Anglicanism is rejected. So why stay?<\/p>\n

If you haven’t got an idea what I’m talking about then a) you’re a lucky person, and b) you can go here <\/a>for the story.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: John Richardson always writes stimulating stuff (that means: he’s got a very well thought through position that I often disagree with!), but this post<\/a> is excellent, and worthy of much pondering.
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