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| Response from John Buchanan to Layman questions about "A Call to Sabbatical" | |
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In your appeal to Presbyterians to "Honor and respect our
Constitution," what was the signatories' rationale for omitting the
word, "obey?" "Honor and respect" seemed to us what Presbyterians give to their constitution. We are careful, as Presbyterians, about obeying anyone but Jesus Christ. 2. In your appeal to Presbyterians to "Resist the inclination to provoke or initiate judicial confrontation" do you mean to imply that Presbyterians who witness a violation of the Constitution, e.g., a session's ordination of a self-affirming, practicing homosexual, are hereby constrained by the language of the appeal not to file a judicial complaint against that violation? The Call doesn't 'constrain' anyone from anything. It asks us all to resist the temptation to initiate overtures or judicial proceedings. 3. If one were to interpret this appeal as calling for a "stay of enforcement" regarding Book of Order G-6.0106b, do you believe that this would constitute a fair interpretation? "Enforcement" language will surely further divide our church. We are asking one another to resist the temptation to initiate overtures or judicial proceedings. 4. If this "sabbatical" becomes the standard for the PCUSA, what is the remaining significance of G-6.0106b? G-6.0106b is part of our constitution and will continue to reflect the mind of the church until and unless it is changed. |
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| Responses from signers of 'A Call to Sabbatical' to Layman's questions | |
| Press release from the Office of the General Assembly | |
| A brief analysis of 'A Call to Sabbatical' by Robert P. Mills | |
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