Comments on: TOUCHSTONE Editor Blasts Orthodox Seminary’s Conferal of Doctorate on Rowan Williams http://orthodoxbeacon.com/viewpoints/touchstone-editor-blasts-orthodox-seminarys-conferal-of-doctorate-on-rowan-williams/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=touchstone-editor-blasts-orthodox-seminarys-conferal-of-doctorate-on-rowan-williams Orthodox Christian News & Events Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:16:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Elias http://orthodoxbeacon.com/viewpoints/touchstone-editor-blasts-orthodox-seminarys-conferal-of-doctorate-on-rowan-williams/comment-page-1/#comment-2051 Elias Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:30:57 +0000 http://orthodoxbeacon.com/?p=1362#comment-2051 I don't understand why an academic degree, honoris causa, should become an ecclesiological issue. We recognize scholarship and in no way should this be viewed as an expression of shared faith and beliefs, but rather an impetus to dialogue, share and learn...so that one day we could fulfill the prayer of our Lord to "be one". I don’t understand why an academic degree, honoris causa, should become an ecclesiological issue.
We recognize scholarship and in no way should this be viewed as an expression of shared faith and beliefs, but rather an impetus to dialogue, share and learn…so that one day we could fulfill the prayer of our Lord to “be one”.

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