> Frater: Packer is a Puritan who loves jazz and has quite a disc collection. Several years ago when I was in Vancouver BC he was at Regent (a real piece of work is that place but they keep the bills paid and the hall full). I found him to be rather silly and was fascinated by his feet (he and I share long feet but that is the only thing in common). He's past his sell by date but his DPhil from Oxford was a cachet much beloved of the Neo Puritan crowd. Given the Puritan view of sacraments and priesthood his views on priestesses are not surprising. Luddites (usually yars behind the times and off the radar)will do anything to destroy the Church! Blessings. GDVW+ The things he's ranting about aren't even a blip in the radar screen in > the > overall problems of Anglicanism today. The issue today is authority: By > what authority does the Church promote the things it now promots > (homosexual > blessings, etc)? That's the real issue in the Anglican Communion today: > authority. > > But here's an ironic twist: several years ago in an interview with > Christianity Today, Dr Packer admitted that he thought it might be proper > to > ordain women. Now, for someone who's so committed to Sola Scriptura and a > 16th century understanding of the Christian faith, and in light of the > clear > teachings of Holy Scripture regarding an all-male ministry and how those > teachings were clearly understood in the 16th century, by what authority > does Dr Packer promote women's ordination? Hmmm???? > > MLW+ > > -----Original Message----- > From: gmspencer@... [mailto:gmspencer@...] > Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2007 12:50 PM > To: faithandlife@... > Subject: Re: [FaithandLife] Wesley and Baptism > > Dear Mike+ > > > > I agree. I don't think it was Wesley, but someone else who was trying to > say > just how holy baptism is an instrument of regeneration. In the meantime I > have been sent this by someone who is curious about Anglicanism. A sweet > little love letter form JI Packer. It is easier for me to understand how > some of our Anglo-Catholic brethren are fearful of mergers. I am frankly > surprised at the poor scholarship of the Packer rant. > > -- > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: > faithandlife-unsubscribe@... > ----------------------------------------- Check out Catholic Online's NEW Catholic Encyclopedia! http://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/