tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post2385206109768069690..comments2024-03-11T13:16:19.098-04:00Comments on Ad Orientem: Rowan Williams says women priests should not impede communion with RomeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-27278155040549223822010-11-19T13:46:12.902-05:002010-11-19T13:46:12.902-05:00I actually have a great deal of respect for Rowan ...I actually have a great deal of respect for Rowan Williams. Despite brain cramps like this one, he is actually pretty thoughtful on a number of theological levels and is largely being blamed for the break down of Anglicanism for a lot of reasons that are not his fault nor within his actual power to fix. <br /><br />That having been said, I do wonder how he can with a straight face argue that women's ordination could not in itself be an impediment to Communion with Rome. But how a Communion could exist with one Church harboring a whole sector of priest(esses) that the other Church thinks is an abomination could possibly work either practically or theological. "We're in full Communion...except for all these people over here and the people in their parishes and their sacraments." <br /><br />We, Anglicans, can't even agree on how many sacraments there are, much less who can perform them. <br /><br />Sigh...Rowan, you're smarter than this.The Archer of the Foresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03075768526819990250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-39221531029468101142010-11-19T11:12:36.162-05:002010-11-19T11:12:36.162-05:00Williams seems to think that unity will consist of...Williams seems to think that unity will consist of a church "held together in tension" like Anglicanism. Rome will have its celibate male priests, the Orthodox will have their married male priests, the Anglicans will have their "married" lesbian priestesses etc, but it'll all be one church because . . . well because!CJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13883761718979175423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-62642110775859996992010-11-18T23:24:33.314-05:002010-11-18T23:24:33.314-05:00I briefly considered deleting the preceding commen...I briefly considered deleting the preceding comment. But upon reflection I am content to leave it and let others draw their own conclusions.John (Ad Orientem)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14329907942477160166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-81555298260822342622010-11-18T23:16:00.187-05:002010-11-18T23:16:00.187-05:00Yes. It's so important that willies retain the...Yes. It's so important that willies retain their supremacy in the grand scheme of things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-8628293799138497822010-11-18T21:14:20.007-05:002010-11-18T21:14:20.007-05:00I responded to this more fully on another blog so ...I responded to this more fully on another blog so all I will say here is Rowan Wormtongue is smoking some strong stuff. He definitely is off the deep end, in my not so humble opinion.<br />How long can Rome or Constantinople put up with this nonsense? This is ecumenism? I think not.Matthew Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564546155986482730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-57526106983991394772010-11-18T17:08:09.074-05:002010-11-18T17:08:09.074-05:00ROTFLMAO in reaction to the headline. But it is re...ROTFLMAO in reaction to the headline. But it is really sad. This leads me to wonder if ABC's reason is failing. Bill, tGfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-14460903774469840702010-11-18T15:54:42.959-05:002010-11-18T15:54:42.959-05:00perhaps he is echoing what an Anglican priest frie...perhaps he is echoing what an Anglican priest friend of mine said some years ago: We should be surprised that Rome does not recognize the ordination of women? Bear in mind they don't recognize the ordination of men in the Anglican Church either.Igumen Gregorynoreply@blogger.com