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June 25 2007 By virtueonline WINNIPEG: Apb of York Fumbles Gay Ball - The Speech He Should Have Given

Sentamu urged delegates to re-examine "if we aren't being challenged in our application of canon (church) law and gracious magnanimity in relation to the question of human sexuality."

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June 23 2007 By virtueonline How To Destroy An Episcopal Parish

Its parishioners built the parish; the diocese did not put a penny into its construction. Faithful Episcopalians erected it as a monument to the energy and faith of its people and to the glory of God.

Established by the friars of the Cowley Fathers and staffed for the first 10 years by the good fathers, St. Paul's was one of the oldest and most prestigious catholic parishes in New England. Its most famous rector was Fr. David Matthews an all American golden glove boxer.

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June 23 2007 By virtueonline APCK Must Decide Issue of Unity With Others

The election of his successor is scheduled for the end of June.

The staunchly Anglo-Catholic APCK was formed in 1977 following the Affirmation of St. Louis because of fundamental changes by the Episcopal Church at the 1976 Episcopal Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota to accommodate new beliefs and practices i.e. the ordination of women to the priesthood and the adoption of the revisionist 1979 Prayer Book.

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June 20 2007 By virtueonline Episcopal Church Tightens Noose Around Orthodox Diocesan Necks

The Council passed Resolution NAC023, reminding dioceses that they are required to "accede" to the Constitution and Canons, and declaring that any diocesan action that removes that accession from its constitution is "null and void." That declaration, the resolution said, means that their constitutions "shall be as they were as if such amendments had not been passed."

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June 18 2007 By virtueonline On being a Muslim and a Christian...Not

Short of digging up a year old corpse in an Episcopal Church graveyard and marrying it to a liberal bishop of questionable beliefs while using the New Zealand Book of Common Prayer, have we now reached the final stage of public Episcopal blasphemy - the notion that one can be both a Christian and a Muslim at the same time? Has the elasticity of the Anglican Communion finally snapped?

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June 17 2007 By virtueonline Who Belongs To Whom?

There is no sign of it letting up even though Episcopal Church leaders have made it very clear that priests and parishioners who attempt to leave with their properties will face harsh legal retribution that in some cases will include lawsuits against clergy as well as vestries.

Here are the latest figures on fleeing parishes.

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June 14 2007 By virtueonline Province of Kenya Announces Plans to Install Former Episcopal Priest as Bishop

Atwood has headed Ekklesia, a one-person organization originally formed to inform orthodox Global South primates of The Episcopal Church's heresies. With the advent of the Internet the organization morphed into a small development agency. The larger Anglican Relief and Development Fund and other relief agencies like Five Talents swamped it.

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June 13 2007 By virtueonline Diocese of Niagra: A Profile In Failure

According to various parish profiles reported to the Synod of 1995 (the latest figures available in the 'Profile'), Niagara parishes claimed to have 38,000 total members but average Sunday attendance is less than a third of that figure - a mere 12,124. Factoring in further steady decline over the last seven years and the number of church closures, that figure is undoubtedly lower. The diocese claims that 98 churches have organized into 85 parishes.

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June 11 2007 By virtueonline ALBANY: Bishop will call Special Convention if TEC and Anglican Comm. Threatened

"I hereby call upon the House of Bishops and the Archbishop of Canterbury and all the Primates of the Anglican Communion to heed the Lord's call as revealed in II Chronicles 7:14 - '"...if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from Heaven and will forgive their sins and will heal their land.'" God have mercy on us, if we choose any other path."

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June 08 2007 By virtueonline Why Lambeth Could Fail

We are fast approaching the point in the Anglican Communion where a crisis can no longer be averted by acceptance of covenants, reports (Windsor), communiques and high flying talk of diversity, inclusivity, reconciliation and healing. It has become apparent that a parting of the ways is inevitable. The test will be how Archbishop Rowan Williams proposes to handle it. Truthfully he is in a no win situation.

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