> Father: The ultimate goal of all of this is a merger with the 3rd Province of the C of E (FIFUK) Check it out. I think many of us are trying to get our own ducks in a row before we come as a united front to Gordon Square in 4-5 yrs. Blessings. GDVW+ > In a message dated 8/29/2005 11:22:48 AM Pacific Standard Time, > faithandlife-digest-help@... writes: > > I really just wanted to get to know y'all in the APA...I really don't > have > time for this sort of thing...besides I get enough theology in my own > studies > at Trinity and that's filled with enough hot air for me. > > God bless. > > For my part, I am all for the merger and the sooner the better. > > Johann+ > > > > I don't know if Johann+ has signed off or not. I hope not. However I am > in > agreement with him on several things: I wanted to get to know some of the > APA priests; I am for the merger, the sooner the better. > > I have enjoyed the off line correspondence with several of the priests in > the APA, and I look forward to a closer working relationship. I'd > prefer more > constructive engagement than what has taken place on the digest; there > are > so many things that take up a parish priest's time and concerns. > Fighting the > tiresome battles of 1873 is not one of them. > > Moreover, I hope the merger goes through sooner as well. Most all my > priest > friends in the REC concur in this. ... I do hear rumblngs of a > confederation of Anglican jurisdictions, and that in lieu of an REC/APA > merger, not a > particularly happy thought on this end. Confederations rarely work, and > I > don't know what would be accomplished in such a confederation, each > jursidiction > still subsisting in its own proscribed world. I am disposed to think > little > of unity of purpose/cooperation models; evangelicals already have that, a > rather lowest common denominator approach to mission, the more undefined > the > better. > > Well, here's hoping for more elevated interchange. If not, I have many > other things to do. > > J. Scott Houser+ > > -- > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: > faithandlife-unsubscribe@... > > ---------------------------------------------------- Catholic Financial Services Send and Receive all online Payments and Donations No Merchant Account Required! https://www.catholicfs.org/