Dissenting Episcopal Bishop
Pittsburgh Bishop Robert Duncan on CNN
BY Soledad O'Brien
Duncan explains why he and his group are challenging the Episcopal
Church leadership over the ordaining of the first gay bishop. He says
they are basing their challenge on the scripture, not opposition to
homosexuality.
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: One of the dissenting Episcopal bishops
joins us this morning from Pittsburgh.
Philip Giddings, Jonathan Wilmot and Vaughan Roberts on behalf of
Anglican Mainstream Oxford Dr Philip Giddings Convenor of AM UK The Ven
Paul Gardner Archdeacon of Exeter The Rev David Banting Vicar of St
Peter's Harold Wood On behalf of AM UK
Tuesday 6th January 2004
It has been announced from 10 Downing Street today that the Queen has
approved the nomination of The Revd. Canon Stephen Cottrell, as the next
Bishop of Reading.
International Pentecostal Church of Christ writes Williams over Robinson
consecration
The following is a letter to the Archbishop:
The Right Reverend Dr Rowan Williams
Archbishop of Canterbury
Lambeth Palace
London SE1 7JU England
Dear Archbishop Williams:
Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus
Christ .
1/5/2004
Read moreThe wedding took place Aug. 25 in the cathedral with about 90 people in
attendance.
Archbishop Carnley said yesterday that he would retire as primate and as
Anglican Archbishop of Perth in May next year, marking the 24th
anniversary of his consecration and installation as archbishop.
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The move comes during a turbulent time for the 264-year-old Waccamaw Neck church.
It has been engaged in a three-year fight with the diocese over ownership of church property and a recent attempt by Bishop Edward Salmon to remove 12 church leaders.
Read moreWe therefore strongly condemn:
- the consecration of Canon GENE ROBINSON, a divorcee and an actively gay bishop of the US New Hampshire Diocese of the Episcopal Church on 2nd November 2003;
- the access to priesthood of actively gay and lesbian people;
- the use of the newly devised Prayer Book published by the Diocese of New Westminster/Canada for the purpose of officiating the blessing of same-sex marriages.
Read moreHere are the consequences to one parish in America's Heartland. A lay leader in a conservative congregation in a liberal diocese sent the following report.
The question was raised at a recent parish meeting, "where is the Episcopal Church going?"
"We are really going through a difficult time as a result of the Gene Robinson consecration," he wrote to Virtuosity.
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