Posted on 10/22/2009 10:51:52 PM PDT by Steelfish
There still is a Lutheran Church—it’s the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod plus some others.
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Obama Says A Baby Is A Punishment
Obama: “If they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”
***More true than perhaps you realize, as retired C of S Bishop, the late Kristen Stendahl, participated in the laying of hands to consecrate the openly gay/parterned TEC “Bishop” Vicki Gene Robinson back in 2003.
The ELCA Office of Secretary had sternly warned ELCA Bishops that while they were permitted to attend that ceremony there were absolutely forbidden to take an active part in the consecration.***
What would consecrate an active part in the consecration of a gay bishop? Does that mean that the ELCA bishops were not allowed to unzip?
***More true than perhaps you realize, as retired C of S Bishop, the late Kristen Stendahl, participated in the laying of hands to consecrate the openly gay/parterned TEC “Bishop” Vicki Gene Robinson back in 2003.
The ELCA Office of Secretary had sternly warned ELCA Bishops that while they were permitted to attend that ceremony there were absolutely forbidden to take an active part in the consecration.***
What would constitute an active part in the consecration of a gay bishop? Does that mean that the ELCA bishops were not allowed to unzip?
Like Groucho would say, "close but no cigar"
Means ELCA Bishops were allowed to do everything in the ceremony except touch the head...of the one to be Consecrated.
"Look but don't touch". LOL.
***What would constitute an active part in the consecration of a gay bishop? Does that mean that the ELCA bishops were not allowed to unzip?
Like Groucho would say, “close but no cigar”
Means ELCA Bishops were allowed to do everything in the ceremony except touch the head...of the one to be Consecrated.
“Look but don’t touch”. LOL.***
How is this different from a strip joint?
I’m glad my grandparents are going to an LCMS church,which is the one I went to as well before I converted to Judaism.
“Prebyterians with their congregationalist, vote for changing dogma ideas are heading towards the same problem as this “synod” did. Ditto for northern Baptists. The Southern Baptists remain broadly orthodox, but not completely and not totally.”
“However, I don’t see Presbyterianism as an outcome for Sweden. Baptists, with their emphasis on more participation and evangelical movements, perhaps. But the Swedish temperament is more austere — they will be either athiests or will join the Catholic / Orthodox Churches.”
so I’m curious to know when Swedes became that “austere.”
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