Wow, the statement signed by the six bishops is about the most blunt, least "diplomatic" thing I've ever seen by an Episcopalian, with exception of Bishop Griswold's insane meanderings about who is and who isn't the devil.
What's the upshot of a statement like this? It seems to be almost an open declaration of war.
Thank you for your insight! I am glad I am not the only one who saw this. This was so un-Anglican I was shocked... well, maybe not shocked, but very surprised and left wondering what is going on. But I think you may have named it accurately -- an open declaration of war. One that goes beyond Griswold's mutterings...
As I've said before, its time for heresy charges to be prefered and an ecclesiastical court.
"Chrysostomos loudly declares not only heretics, but also those who have communion with them, to be enemies of God."
St. Theodore the Studite, Epistle of Abbot Theophilus