[sionnsar]

[To the Traditional Anglican ping list, and particularly those still in ECUSA, I commend this piece by the Rev. Dr. Sanders, whose blog I have been reading for some time. He doesn't mention the Continuing churches as one of the alternatives he's considered, but as a member of one such (APCK) we don't have the "communion issues" he notes for ECUSA. --sionnsar]

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[sionnsar]

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[SpookBrat]

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[Kolokotronis]

"He doesn't mention the Continuing churches as one of the alternatives he's considered, but as a member of one such (APCK) we don't have the "communion issues" he notes for ECUSA. --sionnsar]"

You lost me on this one, friend! What do you mean?

As for the article, well he's quite right. The people are carried along with their bishops unless they can arrange for the removal of the bishops. If a bishop is a heretic, one has to come under a bishop who isn't.

"Eastern Orthodoxy was a an attractive alternative, but I love Anglicanism."

I wish he had said what it is about "Anglicanism" that he finds so lovable. Is it its "Catholicism", its "evangelicalism", its compromises, its liturgy, its music? Of course, if I really understood the various types of Anglicanism out there, I'd probably be able to answer my own question.

I guess the bottom line is, if this priest feels he is in The Church, and out of a heretical sect, then good for him! He did the right thing and it clearly was difficult for him to do.

[magellan]

Where could I go?

I could not go to Rome ...

I could not join a number of Protestant bodies ...

Eastern Orthodoxy was a an attractive alternative, but I love Anglicanism.

Wow. This speaks to heart of many a heartbroken Episcopalian.

[tinamina]

This priest expresses my exact feelings and thoughts about the ECUSA. I wish I lived in Jacksonville so I could attend Christ the King. I did attend Christ the King in Campbell CA before it became part of the Anglican Mission but I felt uncomfortable because they had no Episcopal oversight. I would like to return someday (when I'm in the area) to see the difference it made.
As an aside, Prince Charles attended a church today that I still call my church home, even though it is in the ECUSA. I know the priest who celebrated the mass and gave the sermon and I have been excited about it. What an opportunity Fr. Yhomas Brindley of St Columba, Inverness CA was given today to witness to the future head of the Church of England! Wish I could have seen it, but I'm in Montana now. with no choice of orthodox church within 200 miles. If I could, I would choose the Orthodox Church at this stage.