{"id":3219,"date":"2007-04-12T23:27:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-12T23:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2007\/04\/the-theological-pogo-stick\/"},"modified":"2014-12-23T20:30:23","modified_gmt":"2014-12-24T01:30:23","slug":"the-theological-pogo-stick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2007\/04\/the-theological-pogo-stick.html","title":{"rendered":"The Theological Pogo Stick"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Kendall Harmon over at Titusonenine<\/a> reports that Andrew Hutchinson, the head of the Canadian Anglican Church has knocked the Archbishop of Canterbury for not providing clear leadership. Geesh, if he wants clear leadership, why\u2019s the guy an Anglican? Doesn\u2019t he geddit? Archbishops of Canterbury are elected because <\/em>they know how to compromise. As it used to be said of Archbishop Robert Runcie\u2026\u201dHe was very good at nailing his colors firmly to the fence.\u201dHuthcinson\u2019s grumble about the lack of clear leadership is really code for, \u201cWe\u2019re pretty fed up with the Archbishop of Canterbury not taking our side in the homosexuality debate.\u201d\n

If the Archbishop of Canterbury had<\/em> taken a clear position and reprimanded the Canadian and American Churches for their wacko stance would they have listened and heeded his rebuke? Probbly not. We only have to see what the American bishops did with the communique from Tanzania to check out what the American and Canadian Anglicans do with \u2018clear leadership.\u2019 If the \u2018clear leadership\u2019 isn\u2019t to their liking they claim jurisdictional independence and blame the other side for not being \u2018sympathetic\u2019.<\/p>\n

Fact of the matter is that the ABC doesn\u2019t have any real power and can\u2019t exercise any form of leadership other than \u2018first among equals.\u2019 The situation the Anglicans find themselves in (i.e. no clear voice of authority) sheds light on a couple of things. First, it exposes what has always been the case: that Anglicans don\u2019t have any real structure or mechanism for taking tough decisions and making them binding. Their famous \u2018three legged stool\u2019 of Scripture, Tradition and Reason is actually completely relativistic. One has to ask, \u2018whose interpretation of Scripture? whose choice of tradition and whose reason and why?\u201d As with the Evangelicals\u2019 theory of sola Scriptura<\/em> all one has in the end is individual opinion. The three legged stool turns out to be a theological pogo stick.<\/p>\n

The second matter the Anglican situation enlightens is the relationship between Eastern Orthodoxy and Rome. Our Eastern brothers often plead for the Pope to be \u2018first among equals\u2019. Is that really the role of the papacy? If it means being the \u2018first among equals\u2019 as the Archbishop of Canterbury is \u2018first among equals\u2019, no thanks. That way lies endless division.<\/p>\n

Love it or hate it, at the end of the day, one man has to make the call. This principle holds true in every other human endeavor from the family, to business to leading an army or leading a country. The buck has to stop somewhere. We all accept this in every other walk of life. Why such a problem when it comes to Church?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 Kendall Harmon over at Titusonenine reports that Andrew Hutchinson, the head of the Canadian Anglican Church has knocked the Archbishop of Canterbury for not providing clear leadership. Geesh, if he wants clear leadership, why\u2019s the guy an Anglican? Doesn\u2019t he geddit? Archbishops of Canterbury are elected because they know how to compromise. 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