Therefore, my objective is to offer to the public an informed opinion about additional guidelines to follow for the BCP revision, bearing in mind the unity of the Christians. As for the ecumenism, Christian unity has been under inner attack almost since the Pentecost, but notwithstanding the “ecumenical winter” which we see now, there is reason to believe that opportunities such as the BCP revision may be open doors to an ecumenical spring. In spite of this, I believe that the love of God goes hand in hand with the love for the neighbour, and our Lord Jesus Christ seems to have accepted one-year salary’s worth of perfume on his body from a friend, although others argued that it could have been put to better use. For these groups, as opposite as they seem to be, ecumenism and liturgy are first-world problems. some others do not understand why the Episcopalians would still compromise with misogynist, homophobic, and other lesser enlightened Christians. I know from experience that for many people inside or outside the Episcopal Church, ecumenism is irrelevant for some, the Episcopal Church has crossed too many lines : women’s ordination, same-gender marriage, a few controversial clergy-persons etc.
Unlike other propositions of BCP revision, my prospect is thoroughly ecumenical. The General Convention has given green light to a project that had been simmering over all on the basis level of the Church. The last General Convention of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America, of July 2018, has approved the measure A068 Plan for the Revision of the Book of Common Prayer.
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