Woman priest tells conference that the Great Commission of the Gospel includes cracking the hard shell of patriarcy
Linda Spear | May 28, 2017 Originally published at http://rcwpcanada.x10.mx/ "Go, therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you." (Mt. 28, 16-20) It is fitting, then that our Gospel reading is the Great Commission. This is neither the time nor the place to enter into a scholarly discussion of whether this passage, this command of Jesus, was added much later. What we do know is that, in the Christian Scriptures, we have a record of the beliefs of the early Christians. We also have the witness of the Scriptures and of early Christian writings as to how those early believers lived out this commission, even to the shedding of their blood. The first part of the Great Commission tells us to spread the Good News and to baptize, to bring everyone into union with Jesus. What is this Good News?...