tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208205943367043628.post8077668993013162032..comments2023-04-30T06:36:37.727-04:00Comments on Free Range Anglican: Talking back..Free Range Anglicanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14484140709221984584noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208205943367043628.post-17044150976726242352011-06-23T19:59:12.809-04:002011-06-23T19:59:12.809-04:00Seriously Dan??? Oh that's a shame. I was rea...Seriously Dan??? Oh that's a shame. I was really taken with his book Spiritual Theology. His comments on Community in the fourth chapter were just plain beautiful in some ways and defintely very astute.Free Range Anglicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14484140709221984584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208205943367043628.post-22927680721509089232011-06-23T17:22:00.319-04:002011-06-23T17:22:00.319-04:00I would be interested to learn what you found in S...I would be interested to learn what you found in Simon Chan. His lecture at AWAF I was perhaps the most disappointing I heard.Dan Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08091073644841770744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208205943367043628.post-85605083683432972412011-06-20T21:30:51.541-04:002011-06-20T21:30:51.541-04:00Dan, I fully agree with your assessment of Cranmer...Dan, I fully agree with your assessment of Cranmer. I didn't go to the conference two years ago; the only speaker I really wanted to hear was Simon Chan. Despite his billing, the schedule revealed that he only had one breakout group, so it wasn't worth the money. I purchased his book Liturgical Theology instead. <br /><br />The biggest problem with this year's conference was that they put William Harmless first. After that soaring pair of lectures on mystegogy and the early church, nobody could follow on. How wonderful to hear someone say what needs to be said from the ancients; don't strip the images, don't explain away the mystery. (Exactly as you said regarding Trinity Sunday, I note.) God is a god we can enter into, access, but never understand and hold onto. The whole point of an ancient and future faith is to step out of time and space and commune with saints who were closer to the time and space of the Gospel, to transcend limitations, not to strip the ancients of the difficult parts and reduce their thoughts to mere "wisdom" literature. <br /><br />Alas, preaching to the choir... no, to the pulpit... once again.Free Range Anglicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14484140709221984584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208205943367043628.post-23193982787026988882011-06-19T08:51:46.568-04:002011-06-19T08:51:46.568-04:00I'm reading your comment on Trinity Sunday and...I'm reading your comment on Trinity Sunday and reflecting on how many preachers this morning will preach on Father's Day because the Trinity is a "mystery". <br /><br />I attended the first AWAF conference two years ago and was disappointed that several of those speaking about "Ancient Wisdom" seemed to have very little understanding of the Catholic/Orthodox roots of "Ancient Wisdom". (I am referring to an evangelical anglican and an A of G theologian whose discussion of liturgy was devoid of any understanding of "sacramentality".} Thank God, Edith Humphrey was there. This year, I confess that Ashley Null's elevation of Cranmer didn't really attract me. I will concede Cranmer deserves credit for the 1549 Prayer Book. Other than that, I am inclined to believe Hilaire Belloc's assessment that the only act of integrity in Cranmer's life was his thrusting his hand into the fire.Dan Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08091073644841770744noreply@blogger.com