Fr. John, What do you expect from a clergyman who confuses Arius with Athanasius!!. (my apologies Mark+, but it is Friday after all and I just couldn't resist!!) Fr. David H. >From: "John Longcamp" <jlongcam@...> >Reply-To: faithandlife@... >To: <faithandlife@...> >Subject: Re: [FaithandLife] What be the church? >Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 09:21:42 -0500 > >But Mark+ spelled it condundrum, not conundrum! > >John+ > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "pfb" <pfb@...> >To: <faithandlife@...>; "Michael L. Ward" <mward@...> >Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 9:25 AM >Subject: Re: [FaithandLife] What be the church? > > > > > > Mike+: > > > > Sure beats "vacuum." > > > > Paul+ > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Michael L. Ward" <mward@...> > > To: <faithandlife@...> > > Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 8:51 AM > > Subject: Re: [FaithandLife] What be the church? > > > > > > > John+ > > > > > > Conundrum is another name for Paul Blankinship's biretta. > > > > > > MLW+ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "John Longcamp" <jlongcam@...> > > > To: <faithandlife@...> > > > Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 8:48 AM > > > Subject: Re: [FaithandLife] What be the church? > > > > > > > > > > My esteemed and learned Brothers+: > > > > > > > > This is what I call a gentlemanly and edifying discussion, worthy of >the > > > > FaithandLife list! > > > > > > > > John+ > > > > > > > > PS Is 'condundrum' some sort of crazy-Friday pun? (I do hope I am >not > > > > hereby de-edifying this discussion.) > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: <anglican@...> > > > > To: <faithandlife@...>; "Michael L. Ward" ><mward@...> > > > > Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 8:21 AM > > > > Subject: Re: [FaithandLife] What be the church? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mike+, > > > > > > > > > > In terms of practice, then I can see women's ordination as >possibly >a > > > > > subtraction. In other words, when a female priest celebrates the > > > > Eucharist > > > > > we are not assured that it is valid. > > > > > > > > > > In terms of doctrine, I would say it is an addition. The >Episcopal > > > Church > > > > > continues to hold (at least officially) the same Catholic doctrine > > > > regarding > > > > > the three-fold ministry as it did in 1975. The novelty is the >belief > > > that > > > > > this can be conferred on women. > > > > > > > > > > Therein lies the condundrum. > > > > > > > > > > Mark+ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to > > > > <faithandlife-unsubscribe@...> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to > > > <faithandlife-unsubscribe@...> > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to > > <faithandlife-unsubscribe@...> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to ><faithandlife-unsubscribe@...> > > > > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, send ANY message to ><faithandlife-unsubscribe@...> _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail