[Vision2020] Morecraft letter

Sat, 24 Jan 2004 12:54:27 -0800

Now . . . Let me see if I have this right.  We should now add Joe Morecraft
III to that long list of people that are lying about Douglas Wilson, right?

Tom Hansen
Not On The Palouse, Not Ever

"Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of
others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of
hope."

Robert F. Kennedy
(1925-1968, American Attorney General, Senator)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]On
> Behalf Of Edna Wilmington
> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 12:36 PM
> To: bill london; Vision2020
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Morecraft letter
>
>
> 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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