[Magdalen] Philiowhy? - Re: Philiioque

[Christopher Hart]

I'm a stander too, likewise in a mostly kneeling parish. Till I began
standing I never realized how many people were actually sitting rather than
kneeling.

On Monday, September 12, 2016, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> <javascript:;>> 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
> >
>


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