Posted on 02/19/2009 7:37:06 PM PST by rabscuttle385
A two-year-old church property dispute between Episcopalians and Anglicans appears to be on its way to the Virginia Supreme Court.
On Feb. 3, The Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Virginia together filed an appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court hoping to overturn a Dec. 19 decision by Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Randy Bellows in favor of the Anglican District of Virginia, known as ADV.
On Feb. 10, the Episcopal appeal was followed by a motion asking for an exception to the Supreme Court's limit of 35 pages in appeal cases.
The property dispute originally arose as a result of 11 churches that decided to break off from the Episcopal Church after they determined that church leadership was not following a proper reading of Scripture, particularly on the issue of homosexuality.
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