tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post3200887080478194750..comments2023-10-09T10:54:03.005-05:00Comments on Whitehall: more incoherence in the mediaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-28329479636501240482006-12-28T17:59:00.000-05:002006-12-28T17:59:00.000-05:00Bob Williams is quoted thus: "One bishop is not su...<i>Bob Williams is quoted thus: "One bishop is not supposed to intrude upon another's jurisdiction. This has been true since the Council of Nicaea."</i><br /><br />This is misleading. The Council of Nicaea, as far as I'm aware, was not the first body to establish the importance of diocesan boundaries. It nevertheless is important to maintain such boundaries, as once they are disregarded the Church itself becomes simply a mutual admiration society.<br /><br /><i>Yes, well, practicing homosexuals are not supposed to be consecrated bishops; this has been true since the Council of Nicaea.</i><br /><br />Equally misleading. As far as I know, the Council of Nicea did not debate the relative merits of gay and lesbian bishops. Nor did anyone use the term homosexual, for that matter, prior to the late nineteenth century.<br /><br />On an unrelated note, when will there be a Whitehall podcast? Cast away, WB! Your public demands it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com