tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post9136805481886499561..comments2023-05-25T09:14:35.702+01:00Comments on The Vernacular Vicar: Defending Rowan WilliamsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268991293847325315noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-36363203445028573192010-12-10T14:08:19.757+00:002010-12-10T14:08:19.757+00:00As seeker so rightly points out, most of the more ...As seeker so rightly points out, most of the more virulent attacks on Rowman Williams are totally out of context, and a small phrase has been used as 'bone' and worried to death by a legion of half-informed terriors.<br />Whether or not one agrees with all his thinking there is nonetheless a duty of respect, required for his position. One which in my opinion, he fills with unusual intelligence and grace.Ray Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09209429097744326143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-16824343379465630462010-12-10T13:12:59.308+00:002010-12-10T13:12:59.308+00:00You've said what I would like to have said - i...You've said what I would like to have said - in your post and response to comments. I think ++Rowan deserves and needs all the support we can give, especially by prayer. Support does not necessarily mean always being in agreement. What I find sad is that so many off the cuff attacks on him are responses to soundbites taken out of the context of what he actually said or wrote. He has the unenviable role to be a focus for unity among warring factions, so it's not surprising he draws fire against himself. As you reminded us, Jesus faced the same.Nancy Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08414597433860002332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-4756224460256913382010-12-10T13:07:50.270+00:002010-12-10T13:07:50.270+00:00Amen and amen.
I've just been looking at the ...Amen and amen.<br /><br />I've just been looking at the epistle for next Sunday, Advent 3. It includes this verse:<br /><br /><i>Beloved, do not grumble against one another, so that you may not be judged. See, the Judge is standing at the doors!</i><br /><br />Just saying...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-72602966054468439992010-12-10T12:53:05.650+00:002010-12-10T12:53:05.650+00:00I have wondered before how many people bow their h...I have wondered before how many people bow their heads in prayer for him, then to get up and write an article condemning him. Odd! <br /><br />Thanks for the comment.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08268991293847325315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-72828458144759047902010-12-10T12:40:22.014+00:002010-12-10T12:40:22.014+00:00So right Father. Well said. It is high time societ...So right Father. Well said. It is high time society recovered an understanding of the difference between what is appropriate in public, and what is appropriate only in private. If those who insist on hounding our Archbishop were to make a commitment to pray for him every day then he and they would be greatly blessed - and it would be a far better use of everyone's time and energy.Timothy Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14168193587098165401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-50670923282865835862010-12-10T12:12:34.341+00:002010-12-10T12:12:34.341+00:00Well, pausing first is always a good start - or el...Well, pausing first is always a good start - or else the bigger choice - put up, shut up, or ship out? As a friend on Twitter just commented - the Romans don't have this issue. A typical Roman Catholic would sooner cut our their own kidneys with a teaspoon than make public statements against Benny XVI - to me it is just 'poor form'!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08268991293847325315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-89598576250019081922010-12-10T12:03:41.624+00:002010-12-10T12:03:41.624+00:00I whole heartily agree with your post – in an age ...I whole heartily agree with your post – in an age when the power of speech is widely available to us by a variety of mediums – I am constantly amazed that an individual chooses to abuse this privilege not for betterment but purely because ‘I can say this and I will’ irrespective of consequences and the fact, as you so rightly point out, it is a momentarily thought and whim – of which we have many during the course of the day; however, the damage is done. How, in your opinion, do we counteract this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com