This is why Anglicans need to be careful borrowing wholesale from the Catholic Church. There is some great traditions, and some real poison in Vatican II church doctrine. I even ran into de Chardin in an Episcopalian book on discernment. The Church must discern when it borrows, otherwise we will get away from Christ and the Bible, and thusly stop being a church.
Reflections and Meditation On: Women’s Ordination – Power Principle
Women’s ordination feels wrong on the face of it. Part of that is my traditionalist bent, part is because I know it is a 20 th century trend, and finally because I know history. This is all before we get to the very specific Biblical prohibitions to women leading or speaking in church. Along with this, discussing the nature of spirituality and how the power argument is not biblical, which to me seems like the strongest argument against it. The “It is 2020 (current year)” argument is popular right now, and directly tied to the power argument. It relies on the claim that all historical people in the 1 st to 19 th century are bad to women, and that women need exact positional parity to men in everything as reparations. This is a leftist non-Christian argument, and it is wrong historically, ethically, and spiritually. Old is bad requires you to prove why it is evil (away from God) or does not work in a utilitarian way. Neither is often done here. Power par
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