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There are two subjects, however, of which the Revised Common Lectionary does seem remarkably shy. In the Epistles, there are seven passages affirming male headship (1 Cor 11:2-16; I Cor 14:33-36; Eph 122 The Revised Common Lectionary 5:21-24, 33; Col3:18; I Tim 2:8-15; Tit 2:5; I Pet 3:5-7)...

I left the Roman Catholic Church in 1992 and have found homes since only in branches that are too liberal for me, the Episcopal Church (1992-2004) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (2004-2015). In 2015 I decided I could be neither of those, but can't find anything else I can...

I'm really NALC now, but have not joined because no parish is nearer than 75 miles from me. Its split with ELCA goes back less than a decade, but the origins go back much farther to the antipathy to inter-communion with Episcopalians. They have retained the "original" Lord's Prayer even though...

All my post got deleted. I'll take that as a message from God, but this seems to be happening a lot to me here on CF. EDITED TO ADD: And maybe His message to us is this line in what I tried to post. As Jack Nicholson said to Tom Cruise in "A Few Good Men", "You can't handle the truth!" (And...

I don't want to prejudice this discussion by giving any opinion on Joe Biden's possible candidacy (or being drafted) for Democratic nomination for POTUS, but let me mention one thing. Has anyone yet done the arithmetic to show how old Biden would be when leaving office after eight years as...

Now I find out from my granddaughter not to try Windows 10 because the reason it's free because it's just in Beta testing! Don't be a guinea pig like I was! So how am I getting this to you now? I paid 299.95 to a company in India (My Phone Support, 855-698-3249, but would have been 99.95 to...

I'm posting this thread in Unorthodox Theology only because it employs Higher Criticism that many Christians reject. However, I come to the very orthodox conclusion that the gospels were mostly written by eyewitnesses. I'll present my first (of eight) in this post, leave time for any discussion...

KeenanParkerII over in General Theology laments that no real theological discussions take place over in General Theology. I suggested that Unorthodox Theology might be a good place to get into really challenging theology. I call the following, "Circle of Truth". I'll aim to break it into eight...

At the Sunday morning following the 30th Anniversary of our ELCA church congregation, the founding pastor took the opportunity to bewail much that has occurred in our society, churches in general, and ELCA specifically. I asked him afterward if he foresaw any hopeful signs. He said that there...

In addition to the TV documentary on History Channel today, the lead story on the internet on my way in here was about John Dowling's reconstruction of "The Real Face of Jesus?" on that show today. Evidence is presented that the Shroud of Turin is known in history before the earliest date...

I think I have realized today why I continue depressed and not optimistic about life. I know well that my depression commenced in August 2009, but I attributed it to a medicine my doctor had had me on for almost a year, but which he had recently increased in dosage. Yes, I've gotten better...

Easter's coming, the usual TV documentaries on Jesus. Another hit piece, this one by National Geographic Channel? Depends on your belief on which is a touch by Jesus, I guess. Among the targets, however, is Dan Brown's view that Jesus still touches us physically today in his physical...

Certainly not meaning "G" for "God", as I acknowledge Jesus Christ to be God. Maybe vs. the "Gospel critics"? Such as Gallio, quite active lately here in "The Historical Jesus"? In any case I need to start a new thread, as Gallio at least seems to be so well-informed and carefully scholarly in...

The Discovery Channel put out a hit piece today against the gospels that does not deserve much attention, but I want to start a thread to discuss it for those who are concerned. Since when should political correctness trump Biblical accuracy? For those who watched it, please recall that the...

Note that I am speaking of Church Infallibility, not Papal Infallibility. Thank you. In the current thread "No discussion allowed of Unam Sanctum", I suggested in Post #144 that I start a separate thread, and it was ratified by Anglian, whom I highly respect. Anglian had stated that no...

Before the Bible was canonized in the 4th Century, Christians already read from Paul's letters, but probably not in their entirety. Even after the canon included Paul, the Church continued to read mere excerpts that became formalized among the Epistle readings in church. The Western Church...

I'm in ELCA with the new three-year cycle of Bible readings in the Liturgy. I've looked into our old discarded 1958 LCA Service Book and Hymnal that lists the old annual cycle of readings (much similar to RC and Episcopalian readings until the 1970's). I would think some Lutheran groups must be...

The OO tell me that both they and EO read from the Bible in the Divine Liturgy from a daily list of readings. This contrasts with the West that read (until recently) from a weekly list repeated every year. So in practice the EO have seven annual lists of Bible readings? (Western mainline and...

I assume OO read from the Bible each Sunday. If there is a standard list of readings (a lectionary), where can I obtain this? I want to compare this to the (formerly) standard annual Western list.

Conservative Anglicans in the troubled period since 2003 have looked to Pope Shenouda III in Alexandria as a possible new leader in place of the liberal Archbishop of Canterbury. Is this still being considered? More recently the conservative Anglican Church in North America has been formed.