Posted on 08/27/2004 7:09:48 PM PDT by Pikamax
US parishes defect as gay rift deepens
Stephen Bates, religious affairs correspondent Saturday August 28, 2004 The Guardian
The leader of the US Episcopal Church told Ugandan Anglican bishops yesterday to keep out of its affairs after three Los Angeles parishes decided to ally themselves with an African diocese in the row over homosexual clergy. The parishes, in Newport Beach, Long Beach and North Hollywood, are the first to seek oversight from a bishop overseas. They have fallen out with the Rt Rev J Jon Bruno, the Bishop of Los Angeles, because of his support for blessing services for gay couples. He has warned the parishes' ministers that they may be deposed.
In defiance of Anglican traditions of episcopal authority, the Rt Rev Evans Kisekka, Bishop of Luwero, in Uganda, has said he will act as the parishes' bishop, while the Most Rev Henry Orombi, the Archbishop of Uganda, has also backed the US dissidents.
Yesterday, Frank Griswold, the US church's presiding bishop, said: "The bishops of the Anglican Communion and the primates ... have made it clear that bishops are to respect the boundaries of one another's dioceses and provinces."
The latest row places the Anglican Communion under fresh strain in the dispute over the US church's decision to appoint an openly gay bishop in New Hampshire last year.
A commission is due to report in October outlining the communion's future structure in the wake of the crisis. In the meantime George Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, has volunteered to conduct confirmation services in Virginia for those who do not wish to be touched by their diocesan bishop, Peter Lee, who voted in favour of Bishop Robinson's appointment.
Oh, well. When separated from apostolic teaching authority for 500 years, a cult like the Episcopal Church is bound to promulgate at least ONE heresy...
Oh please stop. Sectarian smears are not helpful.
Africa needs to start sending Missionarys to America to save the heathens- now...
Why should anyone respect the 'boundaries' of a Diocese that has clearly moved away from the teachings of the faith it is supposed to be passing on? If these parishes want to be part of the TRUE Anglican Communion, they should be allowed to make that decision.
Lookie here..the Guardian, no less..
Brit socialist newspaper finally forced to notice split in Anglican Communion ping.
***Why should anyone respect the 'boundaries' of a Diocese that has clearly moved away from the teachings of the faith it is supposed to be passing on?***
Theses religious kingpins feel that only CERTAIN boundries need be respected - other, more morally-restrictive boundries may be dispenced with.
It is a theological truth, not a smear. The evidence of the lack of teaching authority: the ECUSA has embraced error fully and institutionally, making error a tenet of that faith. The final spiral downward has begun.
We're here already.
I want to see a picture post of Phoebe wearing her "ask me about Gene" button and grinning from ear to ear.
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