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August 15 2005
An Open Letter to Bishop Mark Hanson - by Carl Braaten
When Jaroslav Pelikan left the ELCA and became a member of the OCA, I felt it was not terribly surprising. After all, he had been reading and writing about the Fathers of Eastern Orthodoxy for so many years, he could quite naturally find himself at home in that tradition, without much explanation.
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August 12 2005
EASTERN MICHIGAN: Bishop Replies to 12 bishops over Priest's Deposition
You have also caused harm to the order and discipline of our church by your blatant rejection of another diocese's disciplinary action.
Our Chancellor, our President of our Standing Committee and I refute your contention that I and our Standing Committee have misapplied Title IV, Canon 10.
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August 11 2005
THE ISLAMIZATION OF EUROPE - by Patrick Sookhdeo
Europe is undergoing a rapid process of change as Muslims make their presence felt in politics, economics, law, education and the media. While there is a wide range of attitudes amongst Muslims in Europe, with many who are broadly content with the status quo and just want to live their lives peacefully, others are striving deliberately to drive forward the changes.
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August 11 2005
ECUSA: Bishop Scrambles to Explain Controversial Deposition of Priest
However, in this case Father Geromel has consistently proclaimed his allegiance to the Episcopal Church USA. While the statement read at the conclusion of the proceedings stated that "Geromel was given every opportunity to demonstrate that he had not in fact 'abandoned' the Episcopal Church," up to the hour of his expulsion Father Geromel was denying his "abandonment."
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August 09 2005
IS PETER AKINOLA TALKING STRAIGHT? - by Stephen Noll
"I read with utter dismay" "these words are not matched by corresponding action." "same-sex marriage in everything but name." "the height of hypocrisy. It is totally unworkable and it invites deception and ridicule." "encourages the church to ask nothing of the laity." "a deliberate change in the discipline of the church."
By contrast, the English bishops' statement emits a simpering sound. Guess which is which, from their closing arguments:
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August 08 2005
TOLERATING THE INTOLERANT - by Robert Seitz
Sometime during the 1890's the Times of London published an intriguing statement. I have misplaced the exact quote, but its essence is this: The attributes which propel a man to the position of bishop are the very attributes which cause him to be a bad bishop.
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August 05 2005
ECUSA and the Anglican Communion: Where are we?
To be sure, I will need to point to material developments; these must be in place if one is to have any realistic sense that progress is being made. But I confess I see these developments from a specific lens and that has become clearer to me as time has passed and as we have met in places far flung and jet-lagged: Nairobi, London, St Andrews, Oxford, Albany, Orlando, Colorado Springs, Louisville, Dallas, San Antonio, Charleston, SC and various US other dioceses.
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August 03 2005
Christianity Vanquished in Britain?
A Moral Collapse
In many ways, what has happened in the U.K. may be in the future for the U.S., because the two nations have had a similar religious past, according to Christie Davies, professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Reading, England, and author of The Strange Death of Moral Britain.
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August 03 2005
Model Presentment Against Bishop Andrew Smith of Connecticut
Subsection (f) is the violation of the canons of a local Diocese. Canon I of the Diocese of Connecticut provides in part: "Section 9.
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August 02 2005
Geoffrey Kirk considers the next surprise offered up by the liberal agenda
Jesus, they say, was primarily a proclaimer of God's 'radical hospitality' and 'unconditional love'. He gave no explicit instructions about limiting communion to the baptised. True, the Church has done so for two thousand years; but things are different and we know better now. Jesus, it is claimed, exercised throughout his life a 'meal ministry' which included the outcast, sinners, maybe even unbelievers.
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