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1. It is nice to know that his Catholic heritage has been re-enforced by Catholic friends today.
   Obviously they did not convince him of the gender problem that is driving Anglicans to the Ordinariate. So I wonder how orthodox they are in the current environment.
   Of course, I wish him well, but the tide is strong against orthodoxy, here and in Anglicanism.

   Posted By: Desmond

2. Desmond: Perhaps the orthodox are not as orthodox as they believe.

   Posted By: Francis

3. I don't think it is about orthodoxy per se.
   The orthodoxy that many in the churches speak of is most often mere tradition, which is what I believe is part of what Francis says in his post.
   But all our traditions theological or otherwise require constant review in light of contemporary biblical, theological scholarship etc., otherwise we risk making the Church(es) beautiful museums rather than beautiful flourishing gardens, which require the dead wood and underbrush to be regularly cleared to enable the new growth. Not my words, but those of Pope John XXIII.
   From what I have read to date re this new Arbp. of Cantarbury, he understands this and is prepared to listen and learn, rather than to simply be a museum keeper.

   Posted By: Christopher McElhinney

4. Well put, Christopher.
   Only by constant reviewing of our practices and traditions in the light of modern scholarship and authentic spirituality, can we avoid descent into pietism which was a mark of much of the pseudo religiosity of the church's popular 'feel good' spirituality of perhaps the last two centuaries before the sunrise in the person of Blessed JohnXX111.

   Posted By: Fr John Ryan

5. Interesting that Bishop Justin Welby comes from Durham UK.
   Professor Paul Murray was in Perth in July 2012 and is a Catholic lay theologian.
   His profile reads: As from January 2007 I will be responsible for co-ordinating the Department of Theology and Religion’s MA in Theology and Religion and have, thus far, been particularly associated with the development of a pathway in Catholic Studies through this programme. In addition, I co-ordinate the Durham Catholic Theology Research Seminar and am the Director of the Durham Catholic Learning and Receptive Ecumenism Research Project (part-funded by the British Academy) which will lead to the publication of a major related edited volume by Oxford University Press in late 2007.

   Posted By: Mary

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