> > Brothers+ > Given this 'extremist' rant I doubt Samuel Seabury would have even made it past the 'Commission On Ministry' in his local ECUSA diocese. He was also against abortion.God bless him. We had the 208th anno of the Establishment of the American Episcopate last week.Did any of you 'keep the feast'? Blessings. GDVW+ > This from the CANN news quoting the Blithering Idiot > Website. What would Seabury have made of all this? > > Charles+ > ------------------------ > > http://blidiot.blogspot.com/ > > THE BLITHERING IDIOT may have been one only in one > miniscule respect; from various other websites, > clearly Samuel Seabury (1729-1796) the first Bp. of > ECUSA was still a narrow-minded dissident extremist > unAnglican fundamentalist, as was his grandson. Old > Seabury would probably not be allowed election as a > bishop (or in many places, permission to even go to > seminary) these days-- from his Second Charge To The > Clergy, he heartily took a hammer liturgical > revisionism and the latest novel theology-- > > "And now, Reverend Brethren, that you may see how > necessary it is for you to exert yourselves in support > of the Holy Catholic Faith, let me request you > to direct your attention particularly to this country; > and when you observe how low some ahve set the > doctrines and principles of religion-- how some > are degrading the Priesthood of Christ's Church-- on > the one side-- his divinity denied on the other-- two > of the old Creeds, the guards of the true Faith > against Arianism and Socianianism, thrown out-- the > descent of Christ into Hell, the invisible place of > departed souls, by which his perfect humanity, and our > perfect redemption, of soul, as wll of body, are > ascertained, rejected from the Apostles' Creed-- > Baptism reduced to a mere ceremony, by excluding the > idea of regeneration-- and you will own with me, > that the strongest obligations lie upon us, to hold > fast, and contend earnestly for, the faith as it was > once delivered to the Saints-- to abide by the > government, support the doctrines, retain the > principles, explain the true nature and meaning of the > sacraments and offices of the Church, and > endeavor to restore them to that station and > estimation, in which the primitive Christians held > them." > > Quite intolerable stuff, really. Somebody must have > gotten to him with chicken dinners ...(Blidiot, Google > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard > http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree > > -- > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to > <faithandlife-unsubscribe@...> ----------------------------------------- This email was sent using FREE Catholic Online Webmail. http://webmail.catholic.org/