Comments on: Meet the FoCAs http://www.hughbourne.co.uk/2009/07/07/meet-the-focas/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:30:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hugh http://www.hughbourne.co.uk/2009/07/07/meet-the-focas/comment-page-1/#comment-543 Hugh Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:05:53 +0000 http://www.hughbourne.co.uk/?p=1050#comment-543 Neither do I... I think my point is that within the Diocesan structure there is a certain amount of independence from the CofE as a whole. This is why you get differences in the way things are done between dioceses. So for me with a supportive Bishop, should I leave what is in fact a good structure, one that works, in order to support those for whom the situation is not so good...? There is nothing wrong with the system, but with the people in it... With the Catholic thing... I too am uneasy, but that's because I don't really know what 'Forward in Faith' believe... I don't see a problem with a 'theological joining' - we are uniting around the gospel and around scripture - if someone can affirm the Jerusalem Declaration (http://fca.net/dec_s.html) why shouldn't I stand with them? Their churchmanship may be different, we may have differences on secondary issues... but I don't think we differ on the essentials, I saw that cautiously because I don't know for sure Neither do I… I think my point is that within the Diocesan structure there is a certain amount of independence from the CofE as a whole. This is why you get differences in the way things are done between dioceses.

So for me with a supportive Bishop, should I leave what is in fact a good structure, one that works, in order to support those for whom the situation is not so good…? There is nothing wrong with the system, but with the people in it…

With the Catholic thing… I too am uneasy, but that’s because I don’t really know what ‘Forward in Faith’ believe…

I don’t see a problem with a ‘theological joining’ – we are uniting around the gospel and around scripture – if someone can affirm the Jerusalem Declaration (http://fca.net/dec_s.html) why shouldn’t I stand with them? Their churchmanship may be different, we may have differences on secondary issues… but I don’t think we differ on the essentials, I saw that cautiously because I don’t know for sure

]]> By: Adrian Reynolds http://www.hughbourne.co.uk/2009/07/07/meet-the-focas/comment-page-1/#comment-541 Adrian Reynolds Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:17:23 +0000 http://www.hughbourne.co.uk/?p=1050#comment-541 Don't really understand your last bullet...perhaps you need to educate an independent? Speaking as independent, this alliance with the Catholic wing feels a little too Packer-esque to be comfortable at all....perhaps I am missing something? There is a difference between organisational joining and theological joining - OK, I grant that. But this feels more like the latter than the former... Don’t really understand your last bullet…perhaps you need to educate an independent?

Speaking as independent, this alliance with the Catholic wing feels a little too Packer-esque to be comfortable at all….perhaps I am missing something? There is a difference between organisational joining and theological joining – OK, I grant that. But this feels more like the latter than the former…

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