"On the whole, I do not find Christians, outside the catacombs, sufficiently sensible of the conditions. . . . It is madness to wear ladies' straw hats and velvet hats to church; we should all be wearing crash helmets. Ushers should issue life preservers and signal flares; they should lash us to our pews." -- Annie Dillard
Saturday, March 16, 2013
It's Been Pointed Out
that the history of James Dees, the American Episcopal Church, and the Anglican Orthodox Church is more complicated than I had it yesterday, so I will need to go back and re-do this. On the other hand, it's worth keeping in mind that these are all events and histories relating to very small groups of people, probably subject more than most to individual memories and interpretations. The bottom line from my viewpoint continues to be that pretty much any "continuing" group is faintly disreputable. On the whole, I would say it was a major error in judgment for St Mary of the Angels to have left The Episcopal Church, especially in light of its subsequent history.