Apostolic Succession?
Gene Robinson, in Gay Bishop Ceremony to Include Dissenters, says this about his upcoming consecration as the first openly gay Episcopalian bishop:
"(The) hands that will be laid on me on Nov. 2 — those folks had hands laid on them all the way back to the Apostles themselves. That's an unbroken line all the way back to Peter. That's a pretty overwhelming kind of a thought."
1. He's right about his description of the doctrine of Apostolic Succesion.
2. He's wrong that the Anglican/Episcopalians have it. [It was lost not when Henry VII broke away, but decades later under a process of Protestantization that altered the understanding of holy orders. The Eastern Orthodox broke away and still have Apostolic Succession.]
3. He's right that Apostolic Succession is "a pretty overwhelming kind of a thought."
I'm sure the Apostles themselves would think the same thing about his consecration.
Gene Robinson, in Gay Bishop Ceremony to Include Dissenters, says this about his upcoming consecration as the first openly gay Episcopalian bishop:
"(The) hands that will be laid on me on Nov. 2 — those folks had hands laid on them all the way back to the Apostles themselves. That's an unbroken line all the way back to Peter. That's a pretty overwhelming kind of a thought."
1. He's right about his description of the doctrine of Apostolic Succesion.
2. He's wrong that the Anglican/Episcopalians have it. [It was lost not when Henry VII broke away, but decades later under a process of Protestantization that altered the understanding of holy orders. The Eastern Orthodox broke away and still have Apostolic Succession.]
3. He's right that Apostolic Succession is "a pretty overwhelming kind of a thought."
I'm sure the Apostles themselves would think the same thing about his consecration.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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