I believe that truth is found in all Christian Churches. I was brought up in the Episcopal Church, so there I am. FYI: I do not hold, as some of my fellow parishioners do, that the Bishop of Rome is “just some other man.”@Episcopalian2004, my question would be, why Episcopalian? Why not Anglican? Or non-denominational or some other branch of Protestantism? What makes you determine that the Truth is found in the Episcopalian church?
The Didache condemned abortion and that goes back to the 1st century. To call it murder or not is a game of semantics. We know from science new life begins at conception. As for the passage you alluded to:Whether of not abortion is murder is subject to debate. The Jerusalem Bible, for instance, specifies that a man accidentally causing a woman to have an involuntary abortion must be punished by paying a fine, but if the woman dies as a result of his violence, then he must also die.
Of course other translations differ, and there is debate as to which one is correct.
I’m not Catholic. Far from it. But that viewpoint is correct and stands up to scrutiny.The point being that you ought not to assume, as a Catholic, that your viewpoint is without question the correct one.
Interesting. I believe the fullness of truth is found in the RCC, it is not interchangable. There are elements of the truth to be found in almost all worship, however, and so should be respected.I believe that truth is found in all Christian Churche
What is presented here as “so that her children come out” is translated in other bibles simply as “suffers a miscarriage.” And what is presented here as “if there is harm” is alternately translated as “if the woman dies.”
Nope. The interlinear for the Ancient Hebrew shows premature birth not miscarriage.What is presented here as “so that her children come out” is translated in other bibles simply as “suffers a miscarriage.” And what is presented here as “if there is harm” is alternately translated as “if the woman dies.”
In my opinion the anti-abortion folks have fudged the translation.
Modern liberal democracies allow people to put forth their ideas. Early Christians didn’t live under anything like that. Luther’s two kingdoms view offers insight into this.I don’t see the need to force that tradition unto others through the use of secular law. I don’t believe that early Christians did that.
Absence isn’t licence. Even literalists/fundamentalists agree with this.In my mind the most important question is this: “Is voluntary pregnancy termination offensive to our Creator?” Remember that He gave Moses over 600 laws and many of these address human reproduction. None of these laws address voluntary abortion or define that act as murder.
It’s a good thing the Westminster Standards weren’t adopted then! At least for you and many Anglicans. I happen to like the Standards. They’re very helpful for those of us leaning towards the Reformed tradition.The fact of the matter is that the Articles are quite Reformed in a number of ways, and a great many Anglicans are not Reformed. If I’m not mistaken, the clergy are required to accept the Articles in their entirety, but many simply don’t, and the laity are not obligated to accept them in their entirety. Which is good, because I believe in seven sacraments, disagree with sola fide, and have some other issues with them.