Following the debate at General Synod where the proposal for new “heresy courts” was rejected, the columns of the Church Times have carried a number of letters to the editor, and feature articles about this.
Why the Church needs bounds to its spacious mysteries by Peter Selby (published 23 July)
Heresy penalties would miss C of E’s moving goalposts by Stephen Trott (published 30 July)
Posted by Simon Sarmiento on Sunday, 8 August 2004 at 9:19 PM GMT | TrackBackWhen I first heard of this I really thought it was a ‘wind up’ - but then it dawned on me that it wasn’t - is this really about theology or is it more about politics? It would seem to me that if the history of the church is anything to go by then burning heretics has almost always been a political activity rather than a theological one -I have commented on this on my site if anyone is interested. . .
Posted by: hadge at August 9, 2004 01:11 PM