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To: AnAmericanMother
Are you still with Episcopal Church ? Are you considering leaving ? if so, what are your thoughts ? As a life long member of 49 years I feel as though I'm being forced to decide. I can no longer look at the recent rejection of scripture as being the result of differing interpretations, rather this is blatant rejection of scripture, the articles of religion regarding the OT and its agreements with the world wide chruch.
80 posted on 08/26/2003 4:44:47 PM PDT by VRWC_minion (Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and most are right)
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To: VRWC_minion
I am still with the Episcopal church as of this moment.

But I am very strongly considering leaving. That is no light matter, considering that I am a lifelong 48 year member (we're nearly the same age!) and a third generation Episcopalian (if you don't count my ggg grandfather who was born in London and baptized in St. Giles Cripplegate, the church where Milton was buried and Cromwell married. But his children all became Methodists.)

Here's the deal right now. My husband (who is the voice of reason in our marriage - I'm the one who wants to Do It Now) says wait until October, when the orthodox bishops will meet in Plano TX and the Archbishop of Canterbury has called an emergency meeting for the 16th (IIRC). The buzz is that the bishops are going to ask Canterbury to declare the general convention of ECUSA "out of communion" with Canterbury and recognize the orthodox bishops as the "true" Episcopal church. Failing that, the orthodox bishops will ask for a separate province within the U.S. The reason for this is that it will allow the orthodox churches who go with the orthodox bishops to keep their property (there's good legal authority for orthodox DIOCESES to keep their property if they leave as a unit). They may work out something like the PCA/PCUSA split, where churches had one year to decide which way to go and still keep their church buildings, endowments, pensions, etc.

Depending on what happens in October, we will join an orthodox parish approved by Canterbury, a breakaway Anglican parish (of which there are many under various umbrellas), or one of two Catholic parishes here in town. If the Catholics are paying attention and step up their Anglican Use Rite recruitment, we will have yet another option.

Not only my husband but also our local orthodox parishes are counseling patience and caution. I'm trying! But one thing's for sure -- we are GONE from our current parish. The rector was intellectually dishonest and condescending in his defense of General Convention's decision - so he's lost us for good. He just doesn't know it yet (he probably will get the message when we revoke our pledge.)

82 posted on 08/26/2003 4:55:44 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (. . . there is nothing new under the sun.)
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To: VRWC_minion
See my post 76 above re the XXXIX Articles.
85 posted on 08/26/2003 4:56:46 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (. . . there is nothing new under the sun.)
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