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Jim Rosenthal’s comments (p. 36) display both fallacious reasoning and inaccuracies. Every introductory logic course teaches categorical syllogistic reasoning and speaks of the “fallacy of the illicit minor,” which means that no term may have a greater distribution or extension in the conclusion than it had in the premise. Hence, it is fallacious to jump from the example of one particular parish (presented very accurately by their clergy and Mr. Jamieson) to saying that nothing “creative is being done in traditional parishes.”
As for Mr. Rosenthal receiving so few requests for the 1928 service or Rite I of the 1979 BCP, people in the diocese desiring such services also know where to make such requests and would have no need of contacting the diocesan communications officer.
