Episcopal Church abandons the central premise of the Protestant Reformation

The Protestants abandon the idea that the Church tradition was a source of Truth. Only the Bible was a source of truth. This shift de-emphisized the role of the clergy, and led to a huge rise in literacy in Protestant countries. There was an assumption that the authors of the holy text was guided by the Holy Spirit, but that decisions of the church afterward was not. Early Protestants actually thought of themselves as re-establishing the early Church.

Now many Episopalians arguing that Robinson is not a problem because the ancient texts were written for a different people and the Holy Spirit has lead the ecclesia to the understanding that homosexuality is a gift from god. This is a reversal of the Protestant emphisis. The scripture can be dispensed with, because it doesn't apply to us, and we are back to church councils being able to change doctrine. This is not new. Its been creeping up on us in various forms for two hundred years. The several Great Awakenings and then later the rise of Fundamentalism are responces to this tendency. As I mentioned yesterday, this is the kind of a thing liable to produce schism.

Robinson's election and confirmation may or may not be a good thing depending on your views, but it certainly is an abandonment on this issue at this point of the primacy of scripture. As long as they refuse to admit this, they are not being honest with themselves or with the broader public.