\u00c1ri\u00f0 1997 fylgdist \u00e9g me\u00f0 biskupskosningum \u00far fjarska. \u00c9g vissi flj\u00f3tlega a\u00f0 Karl v\u00e6ri minn ma\u00f0ur, hann var vel m\u00e1li farinn, f\u00f6\u00f0urlegur og hl\u00fdr. \u00c1st Karls \u00e1 kirkjunni og hef\u00f0 kirkjunnar skein \u00feegar hann tala\u00f0i. Karl var fulltr\u00fai huggarans og hef\u00f0arinnar, elskunnar og hl\u00fdleikans. \u00deegar Karl t\u00f3k vi\u00f0 emb\u00e6ttinu var eitt af hans fyrstu verkum a\u00f0 senda br\u00e9f \u00e1 v\u00edg\u00f0a \u00fej\u00f3na kirkjunnar og e.t.v. einhverja fleiri \u00fear sem hann lofa\u00f0i \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 bi\u00f0ja fyrir okkur og ba\u00f0 okkur um a\u00f0 bi\u00f0ja fyrir honum. \u00c9g man hva\u00f0 m\u00e9r \u00fe\u00f3tti v\u00e6nt um \u00feetta br\u00e9f. M\u00e9r fannst a\u00f0 \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0kirkjunni v\u00e6ri borgi\u00f0 \u00ed bili.<\/p>\n
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S\u00ed\u00f0an hafa li\u00f0i\u00f0 15 \u00e1r og sta\u00f0a kirkjunnar hefur or\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00f3sk\u00fdrari \u00e1 hverju \u00e1ri s\u00ed\u00f0an. Vandam\u00e1li\u00f0 sem vi\u00f0 vonu\u00f0umst a\u00f0 hef\u00f0u horfi\u00f0 me\u00f0 forvera Karls, hurfu aldrei, hverfa aldrei og eiga reyndar aldrei a\u00f0 hverfa. L\u00edklega \u00e1tti Karl aldrei s\u00e9ns, jafnfr\u00e1b\u00e6r og hann var, jafnmikilv\u00e6ga hluti og hann ger\u00f0i. \u00dev\u00ed vissulega ger\u00f0i hann margt fr\u00e1b\u00e6rt og flott \u00ed starfi sem biskup, \u00fe\u00f3 anna\u00f0 v\u00e6ri kannski s\u00ed\u00f0ra. L\u00edklega \u00e1tti hann samt aldrei m\u00f6guleika \u00e1 \u00f6\u00f0ru en a\u00f0 lenda \u00ed skugga forvera s\u00edns, sitja uppi me\u00f0 sekt emb\u00e6ttisins og kirkjunnar allrar.<\/p>\n
N\u00fa st\u00f6ndum vi\u00f0 frammi fyrir biskupsvali a\u00f0 n\u00fdju. Eftir standa tveir frambj\u00f3\u00f0endur, b\u00e1\u00f0ir framb\u00e6rilegir og sj\u00e1lfsagt gott f\u00f3lk. En \u00f3l\u00edk eru \u00feau \u00ed bar\u00e1ttunni. Annars vegar h\u00f6fum vi\u00f0 Sigur\u00f0 \u00c1rna, menntamann me\u00f0 \u00e1berandi stu\u00f0ningsmannah\u00f3p, sem notar flott or\u00f0 og \u00e1 stundum tilger\u00f0arleg. Hann talar um “Gu\u00f0skomuna” \u00ed sta\u00f0inn fyrir a\u00f0 segja Jes\u00fas. Hann notar or\u00f0 eins og dreifr\u00e6\u00f0i og stakst\u00e6\u00f0ir. Menntun hans og \u00feekking ver\u00f0ur \u00e1 stundum or\u00f0skr\u00fa\u00f0inu a\u00f0 br\u00e1\u00f0.<\/p>\n
S\u00ed\u00f0an h\u00f6fum vi\u00f0 dreifb\u00fdlisprestinn sem hefur sinnt sj\u00e1varpl\u00e1ssi \u00ed fj\u00f6ldam\u00f6rg \u00e1r. L\u00edtt \u00e1berandi frambj\u00f3\u00f0andann, Sr. Agnesi, sem vegna tr\u00famennsku sinnar hefur veri\u00f0 fali\u00f0 a\u00f0 vera pr\u00f3fastur \u00e1 s\u00ednu sv\u00e6\u00f0i og hefur sinnt um sitt f\u00f3lk \u00e1 jafnt gle\u00f0i- og sorgarstundum. H\u00fan notar ekki fl\u00f3kinn or\u00f0 \u00ed framsetningu sinni. H\u00fan segir hlutina sk\u00fdrt, ef marka m\u00e1 sv\u00f6r hennar vi\u00f0 spurningum sem m\u00e1 finna \u00e1 vef- og bloggs\u00ed\u00f0um kirkjunnar og kirkjunnar \u00fej\u00f3na. En h\u00fan skrifar Kirkja me\u00f0 st\u00f3rum staf.<\/p>\n
\u00c9g velti fyrir m\u00e9r hvort a\u00f0 \u00ed \u00fev\u00ed felist fyrst og fremst munur frambj\u00f3\u00f0endanna. Annar frambj\u00f3\u00f0andinn skrifar or\u00f0i\u00f0 kirkja me\u00f0 st\u00f3rum staf og meinar \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0kirkjan me\u00f0an hinn notast vi\u00f0 l\u00edtinn staf.<\/p>\n
\u00c1 h\u00f6fu\u00f0borgarsv\u00e6\u00f0inu er \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0kirkjan a\u00f0eins ein stofnunin, einn \u00fej\u00f3nustua\u00f0ilinn me\u00f0al margra, kirkja me\u00f0al kirkna, eitt tr\u00faf\u00e9lag af m\u00f6rgum \u00e1 marka\u00f0ssv\u00e6\u00f0i tr\u00faarsko\u00f0anna. Me\u00f0an \u00ed dreifb\u00fdlinu sumsta\u00f0ar er kirkjan Kirkjan, mi\u00f0st\u00f6\u00f0, mi\u00f0punktur, h\u00fasi\u00f0 sem vi\u00f0 heims\u00e6kjum \u00ed upphafi og lokin og reglulega \u00fear \u00e1 milli.<\/p>\n
Er spurningin \u00ed biskupskosningunum framundan e.t.v. ekki spurning um karl e\u00f0a konu, menntun e\u00f0a reynslu, hl\u00e9dr\u00e6gni e\u00f0a s\u00fdnileika, heldur fyrst og fremst um hvort \u00ed skrifum um \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0kirkjuna vi\u00f0 notumst vi\u00f0 l\u00edtinn e\u00f0a st\u00f3ran staf \u00ed or\u00f0inu kirkja?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00c1ri\u00f0 1997 fylgdist \u00e9g me\u00f0 biskupskosningum \u00far fjarska. \u00c9g vissi flj\u00f3tlega a\u00f0 Karl v\u00e6ri minn ma\u00f0ur, hann var vel m\u00e1li farinn, f\u00f6\u00f0urlegur og hl\u00fdr. \u00c1st Karls \u00e1 kirkjunni og hef\u00f0 kirkjunnar skein \u00feegar hann tala\u00f0i. Karl var fulltr\u00fai huggarans og hef\u00f0arinnar, elskunnar og hl\u00fdleikans. \u00deegar Karl t\u00f3k vi\u00f0 emb\u00e6ttinu var eitt af hans fyrstu verkum … Continue reading Er kirkja skrifu\u00f0 me\u00f0 st\u00f3rum staf? (sm\u00e1\u00feankar)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[29,68,69,97,105,113],"class_list":["post-3918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islenska","tag-church","tag-gathering","tag-gender","tag-leadership","tag-mission","tag-parish","post_format-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3918\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}