Comments on: A question of authority http://www.paulsibley.net/2008/09/28/a-question-of-authority/     Reflecting on life, faith, and the prayers we pray in the Church of England Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:58:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: ...paul http://www.paulsibley.net/2008/09/28/a-question-of-authority/comment-page-1/#comment-308 ...paul Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:51:10 +0000 http://www.paulsibley.net/?p=594#comment-308 It must have been quite uncomfortable in days of yore to be suddenly told to believe something completely different, with no advance warning. Imagine what it must have felt like for the "commoners" at the time of the Reformation for instance, some pretty major changes were probably foisted upon them almost out of the blue. It must have been quite uncomfortable in days of yore to be suddenly told to believe something completely different, with no advance warning. Imagine what it must have felt like for the “commoners” at the time of the Reformation for instance, some pretty major changes were probably foisted upon them almost out of the blue.

]]> By: Steve Hearn http://www.paulsibley.net/2008/09/28/a-question-of-authority/comment-page-1/#comment-305 Steve Hearn Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:59:59 +0000 http://www.paulsibley.net/?p=594#comment-305 Your absolutely right Paul, we can at least be aware of what the church leadership is up to with todays technology! Your absolutely right Paul, we can at least be aware of what the church leadership is up to with todays technology!

]]> By: ...paul http://www.paulsibley.net/2008/09/28/a-question-of-authority/comment-page-1/#comment-304 ...paul Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:36:32 +0000 http://www.paulsibley.net/?p=594#comment-304 Thanks Steve. It's a difficult one, isn't it. I imagine all changes of doctrine over the centuries have survived turbulent times to become accepted. And perhaps that is right and just as it should be. We wouldn't want changes made willy-nilly, so we need to know that they stand up. Maybe the biggest difference in today's society is that, because of the way news coverage works nowadays, the average person in the pews gets to hear about all that's going on whereas we probably wouldn't have done in the past. Thanks Steve.

It’s a difficult one, isn’t it. I imagine all changes of doctrine over the centuries have survived turbulent times to become accepted. And perhaps that is right and just as it should be. We wouldn’t want changes made willy-nilly, so we need to know that they stand up. Maybe the biggest difference in today’s society is that, because of the way news coverage works nowadays, the average person in the pews gets to hear about all that’s going on whereas we probably wouldn’t have done in the past.

]]> By: Steve Hearn http://www.paulsibley.net/2008/09/28/a-question-of-authority/comment-page-1/#comment-303 Steve Hearn Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:36:13 +0000 http://www.paulsibley.net/?p=594#comment-303 Good stuff and I wonder what would happen if you apply it to the authority of the 'church' today, changing doctrine and looking to open up to more change but rebutted by many who you could say, are not showing love by rejecting such change within the church? Good stuff and I wonder what would happen if you apply it to the authority of the ‘church’ today, changing doctrine and looking to open up to more change but rebutted by many who you could say, are not showing love by rejecting such change within the church?

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