Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams expressed his concern that the Episcopal Church’s house of deputies voted to overturn a piece of legislation from 2006 General Convention, which urged bishops to show restraint when electing bishops that could fracture the state of the Anglican Communion. The 2006 legislation was enacted in response to calls from the Anglican Communion for the Episcopal church to be considerate of the entire communion, after TEC elected (and approved) Gene Robinson as bishop in 2003. Robinson is openly gay and lives with his partner. The house of deputies at this general convention is viewed as super-progressive, even much more so than the bishops of the Episcopal church. This is demonstrated by the fact that the resolution was passed 151-66. The bishops have yet to vote on this, and there is no certainty that Episcopal bishops will vote for something that very well may fracture their relationship with the rest of the Anglican communion, thereby reducing the Episcopal church to basically a congregationalist church of 2 million (although who is in communion with whom within Anglicanism these days is tricky, so it is likely quite a few Anglicans worldwide will still be in communion with TEC).
Since many conservatives have left the Episcopal church since 2003, including a few dioceses, and many entire parishes, it is no surprise that there are very few conservative voices at this General Convention. In some ways, the real losers may be the moderates, because conservatives have rarely been successful getting their views heard, but they did function to moderate the far left in TEC liturgically, morally, and theologically.
David Bennett
Jennifer
asimplesinner
Fr. J.
Chad Toney
Jorge Flores
Jonathan B
carmelbennett
nicenehobbit
Jason S
jaybird68
papaz
Dave Hartline
July 14, 2009 at 2:49 pm |
And now the House of Bishops has concurred by what is roughly a 2:1 majority. Alea iacta est!
Pax et bonum,
Keith Töpfer
July 15, 2009 at 3:43 pm |
Will legalized Gay Marriage threaten Liberty?
http://thinkpoint.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/gay-marriage-debate-in-perspective/
July 18, 2009 at 5:38 pm |
Well, It’s over. The Episcopal CHurch U.S.A. has left hte holy Catholic Church and is now , and has actually been for some time, a protestant church. No doubt, the Episcopal CHurch will go away. People are fleeing it, which is very upsetting. It used to be church that people loved and listened to. Now with the Presiding nitwit and her group, it is really over. Get ready to sell off 815 and many of the choice and beatuiful churches, built to the glory of Gog, but now hollow shells. It’s just as well.
A lost soul and once ANgloCatholic.