It’s out and it’s good. D. Concerns about the main Report In particular, in the light of the Dissenting Statement, we express the following concerns about aspects of the Report: Although the church’s teaching is upheld, its theological and biblical…
Category: Pilling Report
Two Interviews this Weekend
Yesterday (Sunday) I did two interviews for the BBC. The first was on BBC Merseyside on the Pilling Report. https://www.peter-ould.net/audio/1312010708bbcmerseyside.mp3 The second was for BBC Jersey on the ongoing saga around the suspension of the Dean and the new Steel…
Pilling – Two Thoughts
Two thoughts as I digest Pilling (remember folks, it’s just a discussion document) and do bits of media around it. First, the idea that permitting clergy to pretty well do what they want liturgically doesn’t change our doctrine is a…
Pilling – Bishop of Birkenhead’s Dissenting Statement
You need to read the whole Pilling Report, but the Bishop of Birkenhead’s dissenting statement spells out all the issues much better than I could. —- 415. It is with much regret that I have concluded that I cannot sign…
Deciphering Michael Perham
The Bishop of Gloucester made the news this weekend for some remarks he made at a meeting with the “Gloucestershire Gay and Lesbian Community” (I don’t think that’s the groups’ actual name) where he made these remarks. [The Church] has…
Aber mit der Heimat
geht man immer herum,
durch die Welt,
dort und dort
Peter Handke
No one could describe
the Word of the Father;
but when He took flesh from you, O Theotokos,
He consented to be described, and restored the fallen image to its former beauty.
We confess and proclaim our salvation in word and image.
Kontakion of the Triumph of Orthodoxy
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