Letter Printed in The Living Church

The present controversy about the authority of scripture, and authority with some African and American conservatives against the Episcopal Church, USA, is familiar to us older Episcopalians. In the 1940s to 60's the high church party and the low church groups battled about the authority of scripture, who is more Roman than thou and surplices versus chasubles. The church has always been "messy" about all kinds of things. Since all church is local, our parish churches get along nicely without a lot of bother about what Bishops here and there fight about.

RWC