Washington Post: Why We Left the Episcopal Church. John Yates and Os Guinness.
The core issue for us is theological: the intellectual integrity of faith in the modern world. It is thus a matter of faithfulness to the lordship of Jesus, whom we worship and follow. The American Episcopal Church no longer believes the historic, orthodox Christian faith common to all believers. Some leaders expressly deny the central articles of the faith — saying that traditional theism is "dead," the incarnation is "nonsense," the resurrection of Jesus is a fiction, the understanding of the cross is "a barbarous idea," the Bible is "pure propaganda" and so on. Others simply say the creed as poetry or with their fingers crossed.
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First, Episcopal revisionism abandons the fidelity of faith. …
Second, Episcopal revisionism negates the authority of faith. The "sola scriptura" ("by the scriptures alone") doctrine of the Reformation church has been abandoned for the "sola cultura" (by the culture alone) way of the modern church. …
Third, Episcopal revisionism severs the continuity of faith. …
Fourth, Episcopal revisionism destroys the credibility of faith. …
Fifth, Episcopal revisionism obliterates the very identity of faith. …
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