Blessed ignorance. (M.E.M.O).(Christian music)(Brief Article)

The Christian Century | February 27, 2002| | Copyright

BACK WHEN 19th-century Methodists were debating whether to sponsor seminaries and promote a "learned ministry," one bishop, it was said, opposed the idea. He connected vital faith and piety with ignorance. Challenged by a critic who asked the bishop whether he was thankful for his own ignorance, he proudly answered yes. Whereupon the critic moved that the convention sing a Te Deum since the good bishop had so much for which to be thankful.

I deserve such a Te Deum, critics may say, after they read my confession of almost total ignorance concerning one of the strongest ...

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