tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20406961.post4406284079586766868..comments2023-06-07T09:13:41.693-05:00Comments on Episcopal Chaplain On the High Ground: Dr. Poon on the Anglican Communion: Second ReflectionMarshall Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02807749717320495495noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20406961.post-42187981738794258982010-04-02T10:20:41.603-05:002010-04-02T10:20:41.603-05:00desertcat:
We Episcopalians have often looked at ...desertcat:<br /><br />We Episcopalians have often looked at that word "appoint," and asked whether folks in other provinces understand that we elect. I think many do - I think Dr. Poon may - and that they fall back to the archaism of referring to the position as "an appointment." I wonder if they care about the process, in that sense. Disagreeing the the results, they would think a Crown committee or an episcopal nominating committee would be no less prone to error as a diocesan convention.<br /><br />I think you're pointing to a different issue, though, that I don't think we really have talked about, and that I'm coming to. It is the cultural difference between personhood is inherent to an individual or is defined by the community. I want to reflect on that, because I think that's an underlying dynamic that I think we're as oblivious to as our critics are.Marshall Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02807749717320495495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20406961.post-38219379277217027592010-04-02T09:00:12.497-05:002010-04-02T09:00:12.497-05:00My question from ignorance is whether Dr. Poon and...My question from ignorance is whether Dr. Poon and others understand the word "election." Bishops in the TEC are elected - chosen by vote of their dioceses and approved by the HoB and Standing Committees of all dioceses. That is far different than having one person point a finger at someone and give them the job of bishop. Or in their theology, do Dr. Poon and others who insist on continuing the use of "appointed" instead of "elected" believe that only God can elect anyone for any reason -- salvation OR a bishop's crozier?Linda Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276614671417219953noreply@blogger.com