Norton – An Exercise in the Fundamentals of Orthodoxy

Sam Norton on the Future of the Church of England

By Peter Ould Posted on October 19, 2011 Posted in Church of England, Mission 3 Comments Tagged with Abolition, Assumption, Auspices, Body Of Christ, Christian Charity, Christians, Church House, Church of England, Disagreements, Inheritance, Institutional Arrangements, Mersea, Methodists, Norton, Ordained Ministry, Parish Boundaries, Powerful Stuff, Proposals, Simplification, Witness

Controversial, but powerful stuff. The general problem remains, however. The nature of the ministry than a priest is called to, in the way that Rowan articulates, is – to generalise hugely – a ministry that will become rarer and rarer …

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Alter Christus?

By Peter Ould Posted on February 27, 2010 Posted in Ecclesiastical, Ordination 3 Comments Tagged with Baptism, Beginning Of Time, Catholic View, Catholics, Church of England, Evangelicals, Functional View, God, Good Stuff, Holy Orders, Holy Spirit, Http Www Youtube, Jesus, Liturgy, Norton, Ontological Difference, Ordination, Perspective, Presence, Priesthood, Priests, Recognises, Roman Catholic Church

Here’s a brilliant video (courtesy of Jeff) which looks at the priesthood from the perspective of the Roman Catholic Church. There are various views of ordination and ministry that exist in the Church of England. Some evangelicals tend more towards …

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Sam Norton on the Future of the Church of England

Alter Christus?