'Jesus loves me, this I know, For the Bible tells me so'....and that about says it all for this Wednesday.
a clergyman may be apparently as useless as a cat, but he is also as fascinating, for there must be some strange reason for his existence (GK Chesterton): one retired Anglican septuagenarian clergyman's THOUghts, discOverings, readings, scribbLes, wOndeRings and dooDles exploring that strange reason
Wednesday, 22 March 2006
Deep Theology: Jesus Loves Me This I Know
Just read Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams,' sermon to mark the 450th anniversary of the martyrdom of Thomas Cranmer, the one who, essentially, wrote The Book of Common Prayer. Williams quotes Karl Barth, a great theologian who summed up his Church Dogmatics to an interviewer with the words:
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