For the Rev. Ed Hird, 50, of St. Simon's in North Vancouver and the Rev. Barclay Mayo, 55, Christ the Redeemer Church in Pender Harbour, it was the end of the legal road.
Both congregations are committed to faithfulness to historic international Anglican teachings, based on the authority of the Bible, said an official statement from the two rectors.
Read moreNow it may not exactly be crossing diocesan lines but it was a decided interference in another primate's jurisdiction. One can only admire Orombi's stones.
Read moreUntil recently they have had a free hand. Their power which once went unquestioned has been challenged not only by fellow bishops, but the media, clergy and an awakening laity who have slumbered through the quiet revolution that has shaken the very roots of Western Anglicanism.
The common catalyst for this unprecedented awakening, and for the more than 120 revisionist bishops, is nothing less than hubris.
Read moreAt the HOB meeting in Camp Hill, Texas, orthodox and revisionist bishops were divided with a number of borderline bishops who have not joined the Anglican Communion Network, appear ready to do so. If that happens, the number of bishops who could split from the ECUSA in 2006 would reach 19.
Read moreBut a source told VirtueOnline that Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold totally undercut the "covenant" by saying that, "Of course, everyone will have to follow their own conscience regarding it."
There you have it, another form of local option.
The bishops who met in Camp Allen this week made a unilateral statement without reciprocity saying they would leave the decision of whether to allow such blessings to the bishop of each diocese.
Read moreWrote Perry: "When +Rowan was appointed ABC, he made it clear that he would uphold the teaching of the Church in his role as Archbishop even as he held, as a theologian of that same Church, that some of its teachings needed to develop. At least, that's what I heard him say on the BBC shortly after his appointment. He said much the same thing in a BBC radio interview last week. Having been a long-time fan of +Rowan's theology, I was not at all surprised.
Read more"The sooner we get away from labels like gay and straight and that dualism...the truth is there are as many sexualities, plural, as there are sexualities in the world. There are as many sexualities as there are human beings," he told his listeners. "Labels are not helpful."
Read moreWhat is being considered, however, is more sweeping in its implications with far reaching consequences not merely for the clergy but laity as well. The disciplinary canons were originally constructed on THE Uniform Code of Military Justice used by the U.S. armed services; the changes now being considered make the canons closer to a pastoral model that could have far reaching consequences - mostly negative to ordinary Episcopalians.
Three main issues are on the table.
Read more"We have not decided who we will affiliate with," a church spokesman told VirtueOnline. "That will be resolved in time."
Read moreWhen he first came to office he was the liberal knight in shining armor. The UK broad sheets lauded him as an intellectual that fitted the new mood of the Anglican Communion. He was pleasantly vague about doctrine, somewhat loose on other peoples' morals, especially on the mordant issue of homosexuality, but he had the right Oxbridge credentials.
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