IN related news, the Good Presiding Bishop was in Cuba recently meeting with Castro talking about how the poor old US is beating up on Cuba. I am convinced there is going to be a schism.
ping to read later
I can only speculate but the evidence would suggest that the author stays because he is a coward.
"The poison of heresy is not too dangerous when it is preached only from outside the Church. Many times more perilous is that poison which is gradually introduced into the organism in larger and larger doses by those who, in virtue of their position, should not be poisoners but spiritual physicians." Metropolitan Philaret
This bishop is indeed a coward but more than that, because he remains in communion with manifest heretics, he is himself a heretic. Its no wonder the floor of hell is paved with the skulls of bishops! He doesn't want to give up the pointy hat, the high teas and the grand organs...and the power. So he embraces heretics.
"The desire to rule is the mother of heresies" +John Chrysostomos (a REAL bishop, who died rather than embrace heresy)
What would Paul have done if James and Peter and John and the rest had insisted, after all, on circumcision?
Traditional Anglican ping, continued in memory of its founder Arlin Adams. It's ironic he sites St Augustine in defending his decision to stay with the heretics in ECUSA. Afterall, it was the episcopal ordination of a man whose life, beliefs and teachings completely contradict "Confessions" that put this firestorm into motion. Furthermore, this man got to where he is today because ECUSA chose to follow the City of the World rather than the City of God.
I used to stay in a church that had many problems in it, but I ultimately decided that for myself, I had to follow the biblical counsel to be of believers who are of the same "like mind."
I was not in such a place.
Some people are called to stay and fight for God's truth in the midst of a church being turned over to Satan. I wasn't.