http://imaginarydiocese.org/bishopjohn/2010/02/15/clergy-gods-call/ an Imaginary Diocese blog Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:19:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://imaginarydiocese.org/bishopjohn/2010/02/15/clergy-gods-call/comment-page-1/#comment-3433 Bishop John Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:29:41 +0000 http://imaginarydiocese.org/bishopjohn/?p=2607#comment-3433 Dear David, The aim of this blog article is to pose questions as to the ways in which the Anglican Church can encourage lay people to consider God's call to ordination. Yes, there continue to be not insignificant differences between our denominations but we also enjoy a great warmth of fellowship in Christ. There has been very real progress in our fellowship over recent years resulting from theological engagement, shared outreach activities and healthy working and personal relationships at the parish, diocesan and national levels in Australia that are much valued by many of us. Dear David,
The aim of this blog article is to pose questions as to the ways in which the Anglican Church can encourage lay people to consider God’s call to ordination.
Yes, there continue to be not insignificant differences between our denominations but we also enjoy a great warmth of fellowship in Christ.
There has been very real progress in our fellowship over recent years resulting from theological engagement, shared outreach activities and healthy working and personal relationships at the parish, diocesan and national levels in Australia that are much valued by many of us.

]]> http://imaginarydiocese.org/bishopjohn/2010/02/15/clergy-gods-call/comment-page-1/#comment-3378 David Green Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:40:44 +0000 http://imaginarydiocese.org/bishopjohn/?p=2607#comment-3378 As we have far too many RC priests we can do without recruiting more from other countries. We do not want them propagating their false doctrines and certainly do not want them being recruited into our Protestant churches. To the RCs we are heretics and put rather more diplomatically, "separated bretheren." Read the 39 articles of Religion. Doesn't "Justification by faith alone" mean anything anymore? As we have far too many RC priests we can do without recruiting more from other countries.
We do not want them propagating their false doctrines and certainly do not want them being recruited into our Protestant churches.
To the RCs we are heretics and put rather more diplomatically, “separated bretheren.”
Read the 39 articles of Religion.
Doesn’t “Justification by faith alone” mean anything anymore?

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