[Vision2020] Morecraft letter
Edna Wilmington
edwilming@yahoo.com
Sat, 24 Jan 2004 12:51:31 -0800 (PST)
Forum Members,
Real quick, I have one more thing to add:
Again, I ask what's the real issue? This is an
important question because all of Mr. London's
harrumphing about heresy charges smacks of, "Hey,
look! Someone else thinks he's a whacko for entirely
different reasons than we do! There you have it. We
must be right in thinking he's a whacko for our
reasons, too!" Yep, that follows.
I suppose the enemy of my enemy is indeed, my friend.
Edna Wilmington
--- Edna Wilmington <edwilming@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Forum Members,
>
> First of all, to the best of my knowledge, Wilson's
> church has never been denominationally affiliated
> with
> the RPCUS. In accord with Presby church government,
> the appeal made by Morecraft's camp is for the CRE's
> leadership to deal with Wilson's heresies. The CRE
> is
> the denomination of which CC is part. Thus, it's
> impossible for the resolution Mr. London cites to
> have
> "[removed] them [i.e. Wilson, Wilkins, etc.] from
> that
> church unless they repent. Furthermore, I think
> Wilkins's church is in yet another, and third,
> denomination, the PC in America.
>
> The only other pertinent aspect with respect to
> heresy
> charges is that the RPCUS, as a separate
> denomination,
> has repudiated Wilson's and others' soteriology,
> etc.
> Would your church act on heresy charges and calls
> for
> excommunication from an entirely different
> denomination without agreeing to conduct a trial?
>
> May I also remind you that Martin Luther was also
> charged with heresy for challenging errors and
> abuses
> by the RC Church? Or, if you prefer a liberal
> example, as Dr. Gier has pointed out repeatedly,
> Servetus was charged with heresy and executed for
> challenging the theological errors of the main body
> of
> "conservative" Protestants? Will we now discuss the
> theological merits of each side's position in each
> case?
>
> Now, what's the real issue? Recently, Mr. Wilson
> told
> the community in a public forum that there "might
> have
> been" a Confederate battle flag displayed at one
> Christ Church ball some time ago. The gist was that
> had it been so, it was an irregular occurrence.
>
> Now Mr. Morecraft says a school run by Wilson
> (Logos?
> NSA?, or what?) maintained prominent displays of
> confederates and the evil flag several years ago.
> Did
> the school realize the error of their ways after
> Morecraft's visit and remove them all? Was Wilson
> unaware of the display when he was asked point blank
> about such things at the public forum? Or was the
> school displaying those things in the context of an
> historical study unit? I could ask more, but
> whatever
> else there might be, there's more here than Mr.
> London
> has addressed.
>
> One more thing: Several years ago? Recall that long
> ago, Wilson wasn't a Calvinist. What else might
> have
> changed?
>
> Can someone from Christ Church who knows the facts
> please respond?
>
> Edna Wilmington
>
>
> --- bill london <london@moscow.com> wrote:
> > The Daily News on Friday (1/23) published a letter
> > to the editor from
> > Joe Morecraft III of Atlanta (reprinted below).
> The
> > letter did not
> > fully explain the context for his comments, so
> here
> > is some background:
> >
> > In my editorial printed in the Daily News on
> > 12/31/03, I included
> > information about the charges of heresy brought by
> > Morecraft's church
> > denomination (the Reformed Presbyterian Church in
> > the US) against Doug
> > Wilson, Steve Wilkins, and two other ministers.
> As
> > I explained in the
> > editorial, a resolution posted on their website
> > (rpcus.com/aapc.htm),
> > dated June 22, 2002, removes them from that
> church,
> > unless they repent.
> > The reasons for the heresy charge (as listed there
> > on the website) are
> > dozens of counts of theological errors, none of
> > which have anything to
> > do with the Confederate flag or the
> Neo-Confederate
> > political movement.
> >
> > On January 8, Wilson responded with an editorial
> of
> > his own. Wilson
> > claimed that I had it all wrong. Wilson wrote
> that
> > Morecraft's
> > denomination is a "hotbed of Neo-Confederate
> > thinking" angry with an
> > article against displaying the Confederate flag
> > published in Wilson's
> > magazine, Credenda/Agenda.
> >
> > Somebody (not me, since I have never met, spoken
> > with, or written to
> > Morecraft) sent Wilson's editorial to Morecraft.
> >
> > Morecraft wrote this letter to set the record
> > straight. The heresy
> > charge against Wilson and Wilkins and the two
> other
> > ministers has
> > nothing to do with the article about the
> Confederate
> > flag. None of
> > those four men charged as heretics wrote that
> > article (Christ Church
> > elder Doug Jones was the author).
> >
> > For anyone who wants to read the article Doug
> Jones
> > wrote in
> > Credenda/Agenda, the web address is:
> > http://www.credenda.org/issues/12-1anvil.php.
> That
> > article is a very
> > short diatribe against, in Morecraft's words,
> > "self-righteous displays
> > of the Confederate flag."
> >
> > BL
> > -------
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > To whom it may concern in Moscow, Idaho
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > No connection exists between the stand of the
> > Reformed Presbyterian
> > > Church in the United States against some of Doug
> > Wilson's heretical
> > > positions and his Credenda/Agenda article on the
> > confederate battle
> > > flag, except in Doug's mind. Relating the two
> as
> > he has done recently
> > > in print is either a figment of his imagination
> or
> > wishful thinking on
> > > his part. I too am against all self-righteous
> > displays of the
> > > confederate flag. Furthermore, when I visited
> the
> > offices of Doug's
> > > school in Moscow several years ago, the battle
> > flag and pictures of
> > > Confederate soldiers were prominently displayed.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Joe Morecraft III
> > >
> > > Minister, RPCUS
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
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