It is possible they may not be able to continue to use the term "roman catholic" (copyrighted?) since the CoR (church of rome) appears to have its skivvies in a twist over their 'self-declaration of independence' (the Sheep have escaped the 'CoRral' to follow their Shepherd?); but who's to say it isn't God leading them in a direction that He wants to them to go? Some people have different needs from others, and God could be moving them toward where He wants them to be. Time will tell and the evidence will be whether He allows this Congregation to prosper or wane.
Should I get anywhere near that location, I know where I'll prefer to spend my Sunday.
Thought you might like to see this...
Are you a Puritan? Does material wealth prove God's approval for what you do?
These persons appealed to Rome and lost the appeal. They have decided to split off from the Church. The English split off and now they are ordaining openly homosexual men as bishops, blessing homosexual actions as morally equal to the marriage act. Methodists have a homosexual bishop.
It's just what happens when a group drifts off from apostolic teaching authority.
The 'other side of the story' didn't seem to shed much light on the subject. Why have they separated themselves from the Diocese? What brought them to this decision?
Do me a favor and flip through the Bible, and tell me how many times you see the word "obedience". Then see what happens throughout the Bible to those who are "disobedient".
God asked Abraham to kill his own son. These people would have given him the finger and walked away.
Yes, Virginia, pride DOES come before the fall...
You're pathetic.