The Rev. Matthew S.C. Olver, Ph.D., is the Executive Director and Publisher of the Living Church Foundation, Senior Lecturer in Liturgics at Nashotah House Theological Seminary, and a scholar of early Christian liturgy.
In this second part of a two-part essay on the disciplining of Fr Ramey who declined to celebrate the Eucharist for three years, we explore the theology of the priesthood.
The Rev. Cayce Ramey, a Virginia rector, abstained from celebrating the Holy Eucharist for three years and was disciplined. What theological lessons might be learned?
What do we make of "Ashes to Go?" Is it cheap grace? Is it a gimmick detached from both penance and Gospel hope? Or is it an inspired example of creative evangelism?
Editor's Note: Part One may be found here.
Part Two
Degrees of Communion
There are several examples of differences that have been church-dividing in some contexts but...
Editors' Note: This is the first of a three-part series; these essays will appear sequentially this week.
Part One
Is there a contradiction?
“Does this violate the...
