PRIMATES from the Global South are contemplating a boycott of the next Primates’ Meeting because the US Presiding Bishop, Dr Katharine Jefferts Schori, will be present.
The Archbishop of the Indian Ocean, the Most Revd Ian Ernest, has confirmed that he will not attend the meeting, due to take place in Dublin, 25-31 January.
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Dr Jefferts Schori has already confirmed that she will attend the meeting.
Primates of the Global South are expected to meet this month to discuss whether they will refuse en masse to attend.
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They [Global South primates] are being encouraged to attend by, among others, the president of the American Anglican Council, the Rt Revd David Anderson, a suffragan bishop within the Convocation of Anglicans in North America, who has posted a letter on a website urging traditionalist bishops to go to the meeting.
In a bizarre suggestion, he advises that Dr Jefferts Schori be shut out of the room, or removed “by force of numbers” if she attends. If Dr Williams objects to this, the meeting could go ahead in a separate room without him.
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“In the above case, if Dr Williams did not go along with Jefferts Schori’s exclusion, then I would suggest having the next-door meeting with out him. I just don’t believe staying home from the field of battle helps win a war over the truth and nature of Christianity within Anglicanism.”
Paraphrasing Ronald Reagan, "There they go again."
Guys, I have another suggestion: Stamp your feet hard and say (all together now), "If she's going to be there, I'm not going!" And then throw yourselves on the floor and scream and kick your feet. Perhaps then you will get your way.
And David Anderson signs off in his letter, with his "bizarre" suggestions and talk of battles and war, with these words:
Blessings and Peace in Christ Jesus,
The Rt. Rev. David C. Anderson, Sr.
President and CEO, American Anglican Council
H/T to Thinking Anglicans>
"Icky girls!"
ReplyDeleteWhy does anyone pay attention to them. Are they really going to pick up the PB and give her a bum's rush?
Wouldn't it be nice if Rowan finally got a backbone and told them off ?
Nah, I must be dreaming.
Nah, I must be dreaming.
ReplyDeleteYeah. Time to wake up, IT.
This brings to ind the rumor that some conservative bishops voted for the PB knowing hoping that this kind of thing would happen.
ReplyDeleteDaniel, is there a typo that needs to be corrected in your comment? I don't quite understand it as it appears.
ReplyDeletewe used to call individuals who behaved like this spoiled brats. If you don't like the attendees at the party then stay home and pout.
ReplyDeleteAin't that the truth, +Airedale?
ReplyDeleteAlas. these scaredy old cats aren´t really confident men with good character, heterosexual or homosexual or non-of-the-above! These are cowards, thieves and opportunists on the prowl for more demeaning/excluding of others!
ReplyDeleteGreedy old geezers who apparently can´t look anybody who might challenge their lies laced with insecure yammerings in the eye. Destructionist, for personal gain, thrive at the sound of their own voices magnified in the exclusive/protected settings for Gafconning! These old boys (my Dad would have said old buzzards/geezers) are simply acting like the much feared drama queens whom they say are out to take over their preaching perch places. Money talks and sometimes, like now, screeches bloody murder as terrified bigots scurry down dark rat holes for protection...there is nothing new under the Sun/Son.
Counterlight ought paint this...contemporary Biblical turmoil with thunderous rushing about with much scorn and disdain.
Leonardo, don't hold back, luv. Tell us what you REALLY think.
ReplyDeleteWait! On second thought, nevermind. ;-)
Thanks for not deleting me, Grandmere Mimi...as my Mom often said ¨Dear, how you DO go ON¨...sorry, but these not-so-manly, not-so-gentlemen get my OLD GOAT!
ReplyDeleteP.S. I bet they are scared of the octopus (octopi?) they have become (unlike our PB the Oceanographer).
"Warning, warning, woman cooties, we can't be in the same room with woman cooties!" I think they all know that she just has a "bigger pair" than all of them combined could ever scrape up! For the record, I am not talking about boobs here, because they are all the biggest bunch of boobs I have ever heard of.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I know that last sentence is not good grammatical construction; may my editor mother, in heaven, forgive me.
Leonardo, your Mama got it right.
ReplyDeleteI am not talking about boobs here, because they are all the biggest bunch of boobs I have ever heard of.
BooCat, bad grammar or not, you made me laugh out loud. May your editor mother rest in peace, in the knowledge that you gave me a good laugh. I know she has a sense of humor, or she could not have produced a daughter like you.
Hmmm. We seem to have a golden mother thread running through the comment thread...all to the good.
"...scream and kick your feet..." How about they try holding their breath until they turn blue? Oh wait, that never worked for me, but then I wasn't a bishop when I was age 3. And even if I had been, my mother would not have been impressed with my bishopness or tolerated my behavior.
ReplyDeleteMore support for my assumption that the intention of the North American Alphabet-soupers is to replace TEC in their fantasy world, inner-circle, white-boys-club AC. While African bishops have been vital tools in their strategy, Anderson and his side-kick, Phil "Blow-things-up" Ashey (real pair of Christian Soldiers, those two), have no intention of getting stuck in a secondary, parallel communion with the majority of Britain's former African and Asian colonies - hence the call to ignore the precedent of the Archbishop of the Indian Ocean (lovely title, got to admit) and head to Dublin to throw the nasty, smelly girl out of their tree-house.
ReplyDeleteThis underlines why a proposal that has been discussed recently at Mark Harris's site, that TEC voluntarily withdraw from the AC for a period of time, has the makings of disaster. Such a withdrawal will clear the way for supporters of ACNA to press for its admission to the AC as the Anglican Church of the United States, and, Nature and politics abhorring a vacuum, I believe that they'll make it. Without TEC, there will be one fewer vote, in a finely divided field, to keep them out and one more vote, once they're in, to make certain that TEC is not readmitted, except, perhaps, under humiliating conditions. If ACNA is admitted to full membership in a TEC-less Communion, you may be sure that it will be many years and/or a cold day in Hell before TEC is readmitted to the fold. Ten years of this devious crap should have taught us and taught us well, that the only way to deal with these people is to face them down and resist and fight back every inch of the way. Compromise can be thought about when every court system in the USA has taught these people the meaning of "Thou shalt not steal".
[Re Daniel W's post: I think that's "brings to mind the rumor..."]
ReplyDeleteRe David Anderson's closing salutation: I believe he's "CEO, American Anglican Council" (the rest, not so much)
If I was Bishop Jefferts-Schori, I'd say, "Bring it on!"
ReplyDeleteBex, my eldest son was a breath-holder. I would have given him almost anything, because to see my baby turn blue scared the shit out of me. He didn't do it often, and he outgrew the practice at a young age, but when he did....
ReplyDeleteLapin, I don't think we should stay away. If the Episcopal Church is be out of the Anglican Communion, we should make "them" do the dirty deed
JCF, you're right. I didn't even think of "mind". I remember hearing at the time of the election that quite a number of conservative bishops voted for KJS, which surprised me, until I heard speculation as to why.
Ah yes, Counterlight. Quote from the mighty wordsmith, George W., and you can't go wrong.
Mimi,
ReplyDeleteSee Off-topic. There appears to be a video fro mthe future in which the Archbishop and the Presiding Bishop meet and come to "terms".
Fred, that's good. Thanks. Here's the link.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
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