The Rev. Ann Holmes Redding is both an episcopal priest and a practicing Muslim. She doesn't seem to find any problem with reconciling the completely contradictory truth claims of both religions. The reason for this is because she doesn't believe either to be literally true. She's 'spiritualized' them. According to the Seattle Times Redding's personally held doctrines are very unique:
She believes the Trinity is an idea about God and cannot be taken literally.
She does not believe Jesus and God are the same, but rather that God is more than Jesus.
She believes Jesus is the son of God insofar as all humans are the children of God, and that Jesus is divine, just as all humans are divine — because God dwells in all humans.
What makes Jesus unique, she believes, is that out of all humans, he most embodied being filled with God and identifying completely with God's will.
She does believe that Jesus died on the cross and was resurrected, and acknowledges those beliefs conflict with the teachings of the Quran. "That's something I'll find a challenge the rest of my life," she said.
She considers Jesus her savior. At times of despair, because she knows Jesus suffered and overcame suffering, "he has connected me with God," she said.
That's not to say she couldn't develop as deep a relationship with Mohammed. "I'm still getting to know him," she said.
So let's tally this up. Redding holds to a doctrine of God that is contrary to scripture. She holds to a doctrine of Jesus that is contrary to scripture. She has a different gospel other than the one laid out for us in the scripture. AND she is in a spiritual relationship with Mohammed.
The Bible has a word for people like Pastrix Redding. That word is APOSTATE.
Redding is NOT a Christian. She should be thrown out of the church, barred from taking the Lord's Supper and told to repent.
She believes the Trinity is an idea about God and cannot be taken literally.
She does not believe Jesus and God are the same, but rather that God is more than Jesus.
She believes Jesus is the son of God insofar as all humans are the children of God, and that Jesus is divine, just as all humans are divine — because God dwells in all humans.
What makes Jesus unique, she believes, is that out of all humans, he most embodied being filled with God and identifying completely with God's will.
She does believe that Jesus died on the cross and was resurrected, and acknowledges those beliefs conflict with the teachings of the Quran. "That's something I'll find a challenge the rest of my life," she said.
She considers Jesus her savior. At times of despair, because she knows Jesus suffered and overcame suffering, "he has connected me with God," she said.
That's not to say she couldn't develop as deep a relationship with Mohammed. "I'm still getting to know him," she said.
So let's tally this up. Redding holds to a doctrine of God that is contrary to scripture. She holds to a doctrine of Jesus that is contrary to scripture. She has a different gospel other than the one laid out for us in the scripture. AND she is in a spiritual relationship with Mohammed.
The Bible has a word for people like Pastrix Redding. That word is APOSTATE.
Redding is NOT a Christian. She should be thrown out of the church, barred from taking the Lord's Supper and told to repent.
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