FUDGE ALERT: Virginia Attempts to Revise our Three R's

The Diocese of Virginia has reinvented its own "revised version of Martyn Minns' "The R's" to suit its own views. Well, sadly we at least we know where Bishop Lee stands. Reinventing the middle is not central, it's revisionism. Who's moved? It's not the Anglican Communion - once again the American Church tells the everyone else what to do. The point is Repentance, Reaffirmation, and Rollback. We want to remain Anglican. The context is repentance - Christian regret is repentance. We aren't sorry you're hurt. We're sorry we did the wrong thing and we won't do it anymore. That's what the Anglican Communion is looking for.

What do you want? Are we sorry we hurt people's feelings (but we're going to keep on doing it) - or are we going to follow the Christian version of regret - repentance. Who's Fudging Now?

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From "The Center Aisle," of the DIocese of Virginia:

How Many 'R's in Windsor?
There has been much talk of embracing the Windsor Report. We think that’s good. But do you really know Windsor’s ABCs? Or for that matter, how about the ‘R’s?

Of the four ‘R’s currently making the rounds you will find two in the report:

REGRET: As in, we should express regret “that the proper restraints of the bonds of affection were breached” in the election and consent to Gene Robinson.

RECONCILIATION: As in, Windsor is not a judgment but “part of a pilgrimage towards healing and reconciliation.”

But we’ve been hearing some other ‘R’s that you will not find in Windsor:

REPENTANCE: As in repent for the election of Bishop Robinson. There is no reference to repentance for the election and consent to Bishop Robinson.

ROLLBACK: As in, undo it. There is no call in Windsor for a rollback of the consent to Bishop Robinson. Indeed, Windsor recommends that the Archbishop of Canterbury (Windsor’s real ABC) use “very considerable caution” in inviting and admitting Bishop Robinson to the councils of the Communion. The premise of that recommendation is that Gene Robinson will indeed remain a bishop.

So, embrace Windsor? Sure. Let’s just make we know our ABCs.