tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198523741235801120.post2444963600681646481..comments2023-06-05T07:45:51.792-04:00Comments on The 2nd Apple: The trouble with Anglicanism....blshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627725321531151309noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198523741235801120.post-44822139372048218562013-09-30T14:15:38.459-04:002013-09-30T14:15:38.459-04:00If you did I'd be interested to see what peopl...If you did I'd be interested to see what people say.<br /><br />Yesterday's collect was a beautiful one, and <i>does</i> help flesh out our theology a bit: <br /><br />"<i>O God, you declare your almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity: Grant us the fullness of your grace, that we, running to obtain your promises, may become partakers of your heavenly treasure; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.</i>."<br /><br />The problem, I think, is that we really need to get much more explicit about all this. We'll need, once again, to <i>interpret</i> the Prayer Book and see what it has to say overall - because otherwise we're asking people to show up and attend services because, well, <i>you'll see</i>. <br /><br />And if nobody knows much about Christianity at all to begin with, that's a problem. We can't invite them in to hear these things piecemeal (if they're lucky) over time, without really having any idea what they mean ourselves.....blshttp://thesecondapple.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198523741235801120.post-63943245282072738502013-09-29T14:16:28.837-04:002013-09-29T14:16:28.837-04:00I should post this at church somewhere.I should post this at church somewhere.Caeliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15490717245066578132noreply@blogger.com