H
In a really nice email converstion between me and my hometown priest, which I'll be posting as soon as I get his permission, he mentioned that my particular branch of church believes the Bible is a guideline to social and moral Christian ethics and in the end, needs to be used with the Holy Spirit to make decisions. He was mentioning that a lot of it will contradict itself when we use the pick and chose method of using scriptural verses and that anything that doesn't specifically defy the Nicene and Apostle's creed is actually open to interpretation through discernment with the Holy Spirit.
What do you all think? Is the Bible a set in stone, read at face value only absolutly firm book of rules? Or do you believe it's the foundations for a moral and ethic Christian code that can be interpreted through study and whta the Holy Spirit moves you to believe the text is saying?
I'm going to see if Father Kelly Lackey minds if I quote what he's been saying in my conversations, because I think what he's been saying to me is VERY different than what I hear around here a lot. Hes a younger Episcopal priest and wouldn't really be under the "fundamentalist" banner. So it'll be interesting to see what others have to say about his words.
What do you all think? Is the Bible a set in stone, read at face value only absolutly firm book of rules? Or do you believe it's the foundations for a moral and ethic Christian code that can be interpreted through study and whta the Holy Spirit moves you to believe the text is saying?
I'm going to see if Father Kelly Lackey minds if I quote what he's been saying in my conversations, because I think what he's been saying to me is VERY different than what I hear around here a lot. Hes a younger Episcopal priest and wouldn't really be under the "fundamentalist" banner. So it'll be interesting to see what others have to say about his words.