Episcopal News website calls the Trinity a 'heresy'

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  1. Stalwart

    Stalwart Well-Known Member Anglican

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    https://www.episcopalcafe.com/the-trinity-is-the-heresy/

    They're calling it a heresy because it is 'patriarchal'.

    Opposing patriarchy is now super-dogma, infallibly decreed. It seems to be in the line with the other super-dogmas: anti-colonialism, pro-sodomy, moral relativism, and situation ethics.
     
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    Sad. Very, very sad.
     
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    Peteprint Well-Known Member Anglican

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    From the posting:

    "Here are some alternative Trinitarian formulations:

    Oh, God… Beginning, Middle, and End.
    Oh, God… Giver of life, Trouble, and Death.
    Oh, God… Creator, Destroyer, Desolation.
    Oh, God… Lover, Fighter, Weirdo.
    Oh, God… The question, The Answer, The Wonder.

    It’s all really just a reflection of us."

    So wrong on so many different levels. "Anglicans" such as this are really Unitarian Universalists.
     
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    Sadly it represents the attitudes and opinions of SOME Episcopalians. But I assure you, it does not speak for ALL Episcopalians. One of which is quite miffed about the whole thing. God has revealed himself as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. We are not at liberty to change or, more to the point, mock it and still be legitimately called a Christian. That quote is right about one thing, such irreverence about a key dogma of the Christian faith is indeed a reflection of both the writer and the website, a poor one. I pray they take time to consider what they see in the mirror. I find the article offensive.
     
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    I smell the infection of modernism
     
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    There are of course an abundant range of things that are dodgy and doubtful about the article. Wanting Christianity without Good Friday will lead to Christianity without Easter Day. Referencing the Islamic narrative is inclusive, failing to acknowledge the passage from Wisdom 16:7 "For the one who turned towards it was saved, not by the thing that was beheld, but by you, the Saviour of all", perhaps a little less inclusive, especially given that this is almost certainly some of the base material that the writer of John's gospel is built on.

    The Episcopal Café is clearly a safe haven for Progressive Christianity. The sad truth of inclusive Christianity is that it seems to exclude many those folk who have held fast to that which they have received from of old.

    The Episcopal Café seeks to be an independent voice, reporting and reflecting on the Episcopal Church and the Anglican tradition. The Café is not a platform of advocacy, but it does aim to tell the story of the church from the perspective of Progressive Christianity. Our collective sympathy, as the Café, lies with the project of widening the circle of inclusion within the church and empowering all the baptized for the role to which they have been called as followers of Christ.

    The opinions expressed at the Café are those of individual contributors, and, unless otherwise noted, should not be interpreted as official statements of a parish, diocese or other organization. The art and articles that appear here remain the property of their creators.
     
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    anglican74 Well-Known Member Anglican

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    I just can’t believe some people believe these things

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  8. AnglicanAgnostic

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    Don't forget these views might not be everyone's on that site.

    Mod: messaged.
     
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    PDL Well-Known Member Anglican

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    They are not hence the get out clause at the bottom of the webpage.

    Nevertheless, what is contained in that article is heresy and not the teaching of the Anglican Church.
     
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    That article isn't coherent enough to count as "heresy". Stuff like that isn't worth reading.
     
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    That article isn't coherent enough to count as "heresy". Stuff like that isn't worth reading.
     
  12. JoeLaughon

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    Wild how once you start saying "Did the Scriptures really say?" you end up with all sorts of nonsense.