Weblog: Episcopal Bishops Balk at Anglican Leaders' Demands

Chrisitanity Today ^ | February 26, 2007 | Ted Olsen (compiler)

[newheart]

1. "I would accept schism" For a century, the fight between liberals and conservatives in the mainline denominations has usually meant that conservatives have broken away to create new denominations while asserting that it's the liberals who have truly departed from the church and its teachings. It has been difficult to convince the liberals that they're the ones who are schismatic. But while that story looked to be happening again in the fight between orthodox Anglicans and liberal Episcopalians, it now appears that something different may indeed occur. Faced with a unanimous ultimatum from the world's Anglican leaders to bar gay bishops and same-sex union blessings by September 30, Episcopalian liberals seem to be realizing that church unity is incompatible with their promotion of a new sexual ethic and rejection of biblical authority. Related articles and links

"I would accept schism," Bishop Steven Charleston...

[newheart]

Objections on the basis of "justice and morality"? "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness." Isa 5:20

[newheart]

One for the pinger, Huber.

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[Huber]

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[beelzepug]

"The American church has been very skillfully and strategically painted into a corner..."

The Episcopal church has painted ITSELF into a corner, expecting that someone would eventually cave in and cut a door in the wall for them. It's starting to look like a serious miscalculation on their part.

[newheart]

You're exactly right, pug. I would liken it more to cutting off the limb one is sitting on.

[Grampa Dave]

"Faced with a unanimous ultimatum from the world's Anglican leaders to bar gay bishops and same-sex union blessings by September 30, Episcopalian liberals seem to be realizing that church unity is incompatible with their promotion of a new sexual ethic and rejection of biblical authority."

Now we know why Schori and her liberal bishops don't want us to discuss what happened during the Lenten season.