It occurs to me that the Episcopal Church really does have two religions under one roof.
One religion sees faith as a snapshot, a once-for-all deposit of Absolute and Immutable Truth.
The other religion sees faith as a movie that's still running — or, as the Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor puts it, as an openness to truth, whatever truth turns out to be.
By and large (and with significant exceptions on both sides), the adherents of the movie religion seem much more willing to work and worship with the adherents of the the snapshot religion, than vice versa.

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