Come and see: A 'Once-and-Coming Spirit'
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article40738
- Author
- Hiltz, Fred (Frederick James), 1953-
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2017 June
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2017 June
- Volume
- 143
- Issue
- 6
- Page
- 5
- Notes
- The Primate reflects that 3 June 2017 marks the 40th anniversary of his ordination as a deacon". "Since my own consecration as bishop on January 18, 1995, there have been 69 men and women ordained as bishops of our church; 31 of them within the last 10 years. As I look around the national House of Bishops, I am very aware that within the next three to five years, there will be a massive change in the face of episcopal ministry across our church". "To know I will be remembered as the 'sometime' bishop keeps me humble. It also gives me cause to rejoice that the Spirit will indeed call others into this same ministry of shepherding the People of God and leading the church in its commitment to God's mission. That Spirit, as New Testament scholar Raymond Brown puts it, is 'a Once-and-Coming Spirit' -- coming in every age to renew and refresh the ministry of the church, to grace and guide us for our work in the world".
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada - Bishops
- Episcopacy - Anglican Church of Canada
- Holy Spirit - Anglican Church of Canada