ELECTION OF WOMAN PRESIDING BISHOP IS SLAP IN THE FACE AT GLOBAL SOUTH

VirtueOnline ^ | 6/18/2006 | David W. Virtue

[N. Theknow]

Does this article insinuate that a woman Bishop is worse than a gay Bishop? Further, if the election of a gay Bishop didn't kill off the denomination, how is the election of a woman Bishop going to do so?

No. It is most definitely not worse.

However, it was hoped that the EC USA would repent of its ways and take a steadier course back to a the safe harbor of one holy, catholic and apostolic church.

Instead, the ECUSA has defiantly said by her election, "Not only are we not repentant of electing and ordaining a homosexual, but here is a further slap in the face of electing a woman to head the entire ECUSA.

It's like reprimanding your child for reckless behavior behind the wheel of the family car and the next time the child drives, he not only thumbs his nose at you as he pulls out of the drive, but he also puts on a blindfold.

[Claud]

Does this article insinuate that a woman Bishop is worse than a gay Bishop? Further, if the election of a gay Bishop didn't kill off the denomination, how is the election of a woman Bishop going to do so?

I can't speak for Episcopalians, being Catholic, but on the Ecumenical side of the question (which I know is weighing heavily on the minds of those Anglicans who truly believe themselves to be a part of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church) there is a huge difference.

A man can be ordained bishop no matter how heinously he sins, and the ordination--while it may have been idiotic, stupid, imprudent, whatever--still holds as a valid sacrament.

A woman cannot be ordained a bishop no matter what, because she is not, "valid matter" for the sacrament. Even if she goes through the ceremony of being ordained, it is null and void from the get-go.

[BelegStrongbow]

I cannot speak for all Anglicans, but all Anglo-Catholics of my acquaintance take precisely the position you state.

[Rosie405]

We ain't seen nuttin' yet. "Poly-amory" and the reduction in age of consent will be next. As soon as they think they've got the gay issue settled once and for all, it will not be long before the new agendas will be trotted out. After all, if you think God made you homosexual, and that same-sex behavior is "holy" and "filled with the Holy Spirit," it's a mere hop-skip-jump from there to also saying that God made you to have multiple wives/husbands or to love the young, and that those activities are "filled with the Holy Spirit" also.

[Carolina]

Dallas-Fort Worth has asked for alternate oversight.

[hinckley buzzard]

Without doubt, this woman was chosen & elected not for her gifts & experience..., she was elected because she & she alone would bring the greatest possible shock & offense to the rest of the Anglican World.

I believe this is true. Not only a slap in the Face, but an extended middle finger.

This woman was not initially considered a serious candidate but now is revealed to have been the stalking horse of the homosexual lobby. The manipulation which led to her election illustrates the aggression and hostility which drives homosexuality in general.

[hinckley buzzard]

I believe there are about two million+ actual members of the ECUSA, with something less than 800,000 in church on any given Sunday. And about 25% of the membership are over 65 years of age.