Logorrhea

Give Me That Old Time Religion

Give me that old time religion
It’s good enough for me Negro Spiritual

I've been in the discernment process in the diocese of Maryland for the priesthood since January. And I've had enough already. All I can say is why call yourself Anglicans when you deny everything that makes you Anglican (the Holy Mass, sacramental priesthood, the prayer book, Catholic doctrine, tradition, scripture and reason)? Why call yourself Christians when you deny, Christ's deity, our sin, and salvation by grace through faith? Can you really recite the Nicene Creed every Sunday with a straight face?

Give me that old time religion. I'm sick of all the "innovations" within the church. You can't update the truth to make it anymore true. In fact all you do with human innovation is corrupt the truth into a lie. By trying to (re)make the gospel "relevant" you've robed it of all its relevance, power, mystery and truth. Down with the revisionists! They are just regurgitating old heresies that the church put down long ago. (Do we need another inquisition?)

Give me that old time religion. In the discernment group when discussing the (heterodox) books we had to read I had to excuse myself for voicing dissent because i actually believe the bible and the gospel it contains, as if they had never heard it before, or as if they never knew anyone that actually believed it all.

Give me that old time religion. I'm dropping out of the process in Maryland and will be meeting with the Bishop of Quincy, Illinois this Wednesday to request that he adopt me into his discernment process and diocese. He's quite frankly a hero in the Anglican Communion and an Anglo-Catholic; (he's SSC.)

Pray for me. Pray for the Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church.

It will do when the world’s on fire
And it’s good enough for me

Posted by jmbaus at June 5, 2006 12:32 PM | TrackBack