Hee, Hee.  (Big smile here) -- Fr. Wiebe, I doubt any
of our septuagenarians and octogenarians are likely to
wade in muddy waters or take up skiing.

I think Hall exhibits exemplary clarity in the section
cited.  From what I have observed, I think some of our
churches are in danger of erring in the other
direction.  If the Woman at the Well of Samaria were
to appear in our midst I fear some of our folk would
attempt to dissuade her from going about asking,
"Could this be the Christ?"

Charles

--- GDV Wiebe <palatine1477@...> wrote:
> 
>         Dean Scott: Thanks for this. Hall had a real
> influence in his day and of course the old American
> Church Union still offers his books. However, we
> need to be very careful in the 21 c. that we do not
> muddy the waters between laity and sacerdotality.
> This is one of the things that led to the
> abandonment of Apostolic Order by ECUSA (and others)
> in the last years. We can also see this in the 79
> BCP where many of the prayers that are properly
> offered by the priest/ celebrant are now made
> 'common'.  slippery slope indeed. Blessings. GDVW.
>