[Apologetics] Bishop John S. Spong

[Dianne Dawson]

Thanks Stuart. - Dianne

"Stuart D. Gathman" <stuart at bmsi.com> wrote:  On Sun, 26 Nov 2006, Dianne Dawson wrote:

> Bishop Spong's name is tickling something in my memory but my brain can't
> upload it. :-) All I can remember is that he is a retired Episcopalian
> bishop. Could someone please remind me (positive, negative, or neutral)? 

He is a very outspoken heretical Episcopalian (those weren't
always synonomous). Famous quotes:

"It matters not whether Jesus rose from the dead. It matters only
that he is risen in our hearts."

"The Church wrote Scripture, the Church can rewrite Scripture."

> My interest is piqued because each year my parish presents "A Festival of
> Lessons and Carols." I have attended in past years and enjoyed it.
> Apparently it is Episcopalian in origin. This year I am one of the readers
> so I was doing some research into the readings. I found an article by
> Bishop Spong titled "Rethinking the Festival of Lessons and Carols."
> http://www.dioceseofnewark.org/vox20197.html. Before I put too much stock
> in this article I'd like to know more about the author.

Festival of Lessons and Carols is a very good Anglican tradition.
It is not uniquely Episcopalian - but originates from England.

The Episcopal church was formed as an Anglican province at the time
of the American Revolution. 

I can't say that absolutely *everything* Bishop Spong says is
wrong (otherwise he'd be as good as the Bible/Magisterium with
a trivial logical transformation). But it is pretty close to 50%.

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