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+Josiah Idowu-Fearon: ‘If you disagree, at least be there’
Monday, January 24, 2011 at 10:09 am
by +Josiah Idowu-Fearon:
'The lessons from these [ecumenical] Councils are clear:
1. Bishops with opposing views — be they theological, doctrinal, or even political — made the effort to get their voices heard at the meetings.
2. Presence at these Councils did not imply agreement: on the contrary, the Councils were called precisely because people disagreed. Dear Primates, where would the Church be today if “orthodox” bishops had stayed away from the main Councils of the Church?
3. Importantly, these bishops had arrived at their clear theological positions in their sees, they made sure they attended the meetings, and they were able to defend what their dioceses stood for.'
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'The lessons from these [ecumenical] Councils are clear:
1. Bishops with opposing views — be they theological, doctrinal, or even political — made the effort to get their voices heard at the meetings.
2. Presence at these Councils did not imply agreement: on the contrary, the Councils were called precisely because people disagreed. Dear Primates, where would the Church be today if “orthodox” bishops had stayed away from the main Councils of the Church?
3. Importantly, these bishops had arrived at their clear theological positions in their sees, they made sure they attended the meetings, and they were able to defend what their dioceses stood for.'
Given the Primates' Meeting this week, the following piece from +Josiah Idowu-Fearon, published 31 December, 2010, in the Church Times, is well worth reading:
'The lessons from these [ecumenical] Councils are clear:
1. Bishops with opposing views — be they theological, doctrinal, or even political — made the effort to get their voices heard at the meetings.
2. Presence at these Councils did not imply agreement: on the contrary, the Councils were called precisely because people disagreed. Dear Primates, where would the Church be today if “orthodox” bishops had stayed away from the main Councils of the Church?
3. Importantly, these bishops had arrived at their clear theological positions in their sees, they made sure they attended the meetings, and they were able to defend what their dioceses stood for.'
Read it all.
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