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Homosexuality wasn’t the only biblical issue on the Episcopal Church’s Agenda (Associated Press)
Friday, July 14th, 2006Kendall Harmon linked this very helpful AP story on other scriptural matters discussed at convention. It is by no means exhaustive.
Other biblical moments at the Episcopal convention:
- One resolution commissioned publications “to address anti-Jewish prejudice expressed in and stirred by portions of Christian scriptures.”
- Another said “the Bible has sometimes been used to justify […]
9 Parishes May Go to Court (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Wednesday, July 12th, 2006Nine parishes in the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh are considering legal action to stop a plan by Bishop Robert Duncan that they say could “effectively remove the diocese from the church.”
“This is totally uncharted water,” the Rev. Harold T. Lewis, rector of Calvary Episcopal Church in Shadyside, said Tuesday.
Duncan and the standing committee of the […]
Nine Episcopal Parishes Don’t Want New Province (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Wednesday, July 12th, 2006Nine parishes in the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh yesterday decried efforts to meld biblically conservative dioceses into a new, non-geographical province.
The Rev. Dr. Harold T. Lewis of Calvary Episcopal Church in Shadyside and representatives of eight other parishes said recent decisions by Bishop Robert W. Duncan Jr. and the diocese’s standing committee are “tantamount to […]
Episcopalians on the Breach: U.S. Church in Battle with the Anglican Communion (New York Daily News)
Monday, July 10th, 2006There’s a new spin on an old joke making the rounds. It’s about a beachcomber who finds a bottle in the sand and opens it, freeing a genie who gratefully grants one wish. The beachcomber asks for peace in the Middle East.
The genie calls that an impossible task and asks for an alternative wish. “Okay,” […]
Fissures remain after Episcopal Church convention (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
Thursday, July 6th, 2006Discussions almost always include Pittsburgh, the nexus of the Episcopal Church’s theological conservatives. Bishop Robert W. Duncan Jr. is moderator of the Anglican Communion Network, a 3-year-old group of 10 dioceses and 900 parishes formed after the church’s confirmation of openly gay Bishop V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire. It represents just 10 percent of […]
Pittsburgh Episcopalians Seek Seperate Conservative Jurisdiction
Thursday, June 29th, 2006In a step toward creating a church within the Episcopal Church, the Diocese of Pittsburgh decided yesterday to seek formation of a boundary-less, theologically conservative province, and it appealed to the Archbishop of Canterbury for immediate alternative oversight and pastoral care.
Yesterday’s resolution does not change the diocese’s standing within the Episcopal Church. Nor is it […]
Episcopal Delegates Adopt Resolution (AP)
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006Episcopal delegates approved a last-ditch attempt by their chief pastor Wednesday to salvage worldwide Anglican unity, voting to adopt a resolution that calls on U.S. church leaders to “exercise restraint” when considering gay candidates for bishop.
The nonbinding measure stops far short of the moratorium on gay bishops that Anglican leaders demanded to calm conservative outrage […]
A House Divided (London Times)
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006Rowan Williams might be forgiven if he agreed with George Orwell’s observation that the worst advertisements for both Christianity and socialism are their adherents. The election of the Right Rev Katharine Schori to be Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States may be as much a reflection of the rivalries within that […]
Limits on Gay Bishops Rejected (Columbus Dispatch)
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006“Obviously, it’s not over until it’s over, but every indication is that the Episcopal Church intends to continue on its revolutionary course, one that is out of the Christian mainstream,” said Peter Frank, spokesman for Bishop Robert Duncan, of Pittsburgh, a leader of the conservative wing of the U.S. church.
“It’s heartbreaking.”
The Episcopal Church is the […]
‘A Worldwide Revolution’ (Newsweek)
Sunday, June 18th, 2006NEWSWEEK: What’s the problem with consecrating homosexual bishops?
Bishop Robert Duncan: The love of Jesus is for absolutely everyone; everyone is invited into the church. But the church has always understood that those who lead the church must be converted. They must lead holy lives. So the problem with a bishop in a partnered relationship is […]