[Magdalen] Philiowhy? - Re: Philiioque

[ME Michaud]

Oh dear.

I go to a kneeling church (although, to tell the truth, most of us sit).
I'm not able to kneel, so I stand. I'm not the only one who stands, and I
try to sit over on the side and out of the sight lines.

Heard through the grapevine that some of the older folks complained about
us standers. "Send them to me," I told the rector, who paled a bit (we've
known each other for a long time). I was all excited, thinking RUBRICS, but
he handled it without my help :-D
-M


On Monday, September 12, 2016, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:

> hearing his exegesis of the italic words in the BCP which direct both
> priest and parish (you may sit or stand, for instance, I'm quite familiar
> with these from many years ago, and how they 'work').... on Saturday we
> heard that there were two kinds.... one mandates, the other offers a
> choice, BUT... invoking 'theology', he told us that the priest mandates our
> choice on the choice ones.... then he began to support the various times
> these directives occur and what his expectations are for us (not just us
> those up in the sanctuary, but us, his parishioners) and 'why',
> theologically of course he wants it done a certain way, theologically is it
> mandated to be done a certain way
>