Peter Ould: If you’re going to debate doctrine, then debate doctrine

Posted by Kendall Harmon

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Filed under: * Anglican - EpiscopalAnglican ProvincesAnglican Church of CanadaCanadian General Synod 2007Sexuality Debate (in Anglican Communion)Same-sex blessings* TheologyEthics / Moral Theology

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Posted June 24, 2007 at 1:13 pm [Printer Friendly] [Print w/ comments]



1. Irenaeus wrote:

“If you’re going to debate doctrine, then debate doctrine”

Sounds straightforward. But what if the debate got complicated? Doctrine can do that. What if we ran out of time before I got my way?

No, better to grab now and debate later. If we have to. You see, if we’ve already won, we can call our opponents sore losers, democracy-deniers, polity-preventers (you get the idea) and spend that much less time discussing the substance of doctrine. If we ever have to at all.

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