Avian celebrations would be premature however, since this David Jenkins was the Bishop of Durham who cemented his credentials as an authentic Anglican bishop by denying the virgin birth and bodily resurrection of Jesus – among other things.
To distinguish between the two of us, a few years ago I wrote a song about Jesus’ resurrection called Risen Lord. Here it is, dedicated to the other David Jenkins:
Thank you David. How blessed we are to have you lead us in worship, with this song that always lifts our hearts to our Risen Lord. You and Sharon are a blessing to all of us at St.Hilda’s and we love and cherish you both.
Sung sound doctrine. Amen.
I second the sentiment about this being an inspirational song, rich in orthodox content.
As for the passing of the bishop, one can only reflect in great sadness on how the Church of England ever reached a point where a bishop could publicly deny the resurrection and virgin birth of our Lord, and still remain in office.
The Lord gave the bishop a long life – and good days, by all accounts – but now he must enter into his eternity where his fate is sealed forever, and not for want of truth, or inadequate access to scripture. A timely warning to take care in how one handles the deposit of faith bequeathed to us.
‘The Catholic Herald’ (v. ‘Anglican Mainstream’, September 6/16) accords the late Bishop a Liberal farewell, positing that said “malleability of religious truth – is what drove Newman out of the Church of England”; reflective of the then, and still, divided House of Sacred Anglia. Newman, however, only improved it worse with his development of doctrine; yet, drawing back on the 1870 Marian dogma that birthed Papal infallibility, all founded on a private dream of that dogmatic plenipotentiary, Pius IX.
The progressive element peopled by dogmatic plenipotentiaries, in both the incipient divided RCC and in the divided Liberal Protestant Churches, is the stone of stumbling as it encounters The Rock of Offence: The Holy Scriptures – Sola
+ “a Stone of stumbling, and a Rock of offence, even to them which stumble at The WORD, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.” + I Peter ch. 2 (8).