Well said, Gay.
The practical consequences of the primates’ action will be that, for three years, Episcopalians will not be invited to serve on certain committees, or will be excluded from voting while they are there. However, the primates do not have authority over the Anglican Consultative Council, the worldwide body of bishops, clergy and lay people that facilitates the cooperative work of the churches of the Anglican Communion. I serve as a representative to that body, along with Bishop Ian Douglas of Connecticut, a four-time deputy before his election as bishop, and six-time Deputy Rosalie Simmonds Ballentine of the Virgin Islands, and I am planning to travel to Zambia for our scheduled meeting in April and to participate fully.Excellent. The Anglican Consultative Council will have to follow up with action or the "sanctions", (which apparently are now not really "sanctions", but rather "consequences"), voted on in the primates meeting will have no force. The majority of the primates at their gathering intend to put the Episcopal Church on the naughty step because of its policy to welcome everyone to the church and to extend equality to same sex couples to share in all sacraments and activities in the church.
Got your rainbow JeSuisTEC button from St. Mary's Cathedral in Glasgow?
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DeleteYesterday we [Episcopal bookstore] received an order for all of the Episcopal Shield Lapel Pins we had in stock, 175 of them. The order came from an Anglican priest in England. His group plans to wear them at their Synod meeting to show support for the Episcopal Church USA that has been sanctioned to include no voice or vote for three years.
Russ, the primates have no power to legislate or require the Episcopal Church to do any such thing. They've taken it upon themselves, and we'll have to wait and see how this plays out.
ReplyDeleteRuss Manley, you GOT IT! By St. George you GOT IT! Justin, ¨darting eyes¨ Welby is now scrambling around saying whatever it is that makes HIM feel better about being the manipulating operator that he is...this guy will turn on a dime and fades in and out of taking ANY responsibility for the murdeous ¨Kill the Gay¨ clergy thugs in Nigeria and Uganda...the GAFCON folks are a very devious/dangerous and demented lot of zealots and ++Justin is too.
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