By Richard J. Mammana The 79th General Convention included several elements of legislation and partnership related to the Episcopal Church’s ecumenical and interreligious relations. Invited ecumenical and interreligious guests included clergy and representatives from these groups: American Jewish Committee Anti-Defamation League Armenian Church of America … [Read more...] about Faith Beyond the Episcopal Church
Archives for July 16, 2018
Bishop Daniel Martins on GC79
The Rt. Rev. Daniel H. Martins, Bishop of Springfield, reflects on the 79th General Convention, and especially on its decision regarding same-sex marriage: The 1979 Book of Common Prayer (p. 423), in accordance with all of its predecessors, the official teaching of the Anglican Communion, the overwhelming consensus of the Christian community across both space and time, resting … [Read more...] about Bishop Daniel Martins on GC79
7/22: The House of Contemplation
9 Pentecost, July 22 2 Sam. 7:1-14a or Jer. 23:1-6 Ps. 89:20-37 or Ps. 23 Eph. 2:11-22 • Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 “Now when the king was settled in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies around him, the king said to the prophet Nathan, ‘See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God stays in a tent’” (2 Sam. 7:1-2). Settled and living in … [Read more...] about 7/22: The House of Contemplation