tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post3164357015147534543..comments2024-03-22T11:37:52.668-05:00Comments on Byzantine, Texas: AoB to convene cross-jurisdictional marriage & family chatByzantine, TXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-52351103518779982052022-11-26T19:07:00.193-06:002022-11-26T19:07:00.193-06:00Well, one could argue that narrating *from the cor...Well, one could argue that narrating *from the correct perspective* is where a person/parish/Church needs to start any action from. Right now the narration is not from *merely* the Gospel as such, but rather from an unconscious assumption of Christendom. Sine Christendom is no more, the complaint is just that - there are no waypoints and maps for action within post-Christendom (and no a vague memory of pre-Constantine ontology does not qualify). We know we are to follow the Gospel, but we don't know how as we have know forbearers showing us the path within an aggressively post-Christen culture - all our saints and praxis and even theologizing are from other circumstances.<br /><br />There are no "experts", only sociologists and academics who certain insights (using Baconian utilitarian methods) that could be useful if combined with equally useful Theology and Revelation, but rarely is. Add to this one of Rod Dreher's important insights, that bishops/priests/deacons will not and can not *lead* on these issues because everything they are/do is based on past adaptations to other cultures/circumstances, and we really are in a bit of a pickle. Our host will be eating that unappetizing sandwichJakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152024447008244670noreply@blogger.com