Some readings from the book, A Generous Orthodoxy, by Brian McLaren. Which, by the way, is a great book. Yes, I have been reading for it some time now. Although the book is short enough (297 pp) to be read in less than a day, I have found myself reading and then re-reading. I read and then I digest. I come back a few days later and then go back a few chapters to see if I missed something…
“I write these positive words about Catholicism (and catholicity) at the end of a year (2003) when the Roman Church has been in the newspapers more for its scandals and legal settlements than for its good works and good fruit. I am not insensitive to what these scandals say about the state of the Roman Catholic Church.
But I am also not insensitive to the fact the Protestant and Orthodox churches have their own closets full of skeletons; they just haven’t been caught…I don’t consider the Catholic scandals to be “their” problem but “our” problem…
A generous orthodoxy is like that. It acknowledges that we’re all a mess. It sees in our worst failures the possibility of our deepest repentance and God’s opening for our most profound healing.”
The Orthodox church has had her share of problemsm interesting enough the church has pretty good church discipline. I wish this was as true in protestantism where one can simply jump to another church if problems arise or if someone decides they want to believe XYZ theology.
ReplyDeleteI don't believe the sex scandal in the RCC is as big a deal as the churches attempt to hide that it has any faults what so ever. They ride high on magesterium.