"The denomination has been going downhill for more than 30 years, but the Robinson consecration was a major blow. Someone turned the water spigot off and we went dry. People began to leave. Every bit of news coming out of the TEC was discouraging. We were also stuck in a 2,500 square foot building with no room for growth.
Read moreThe Panel concluded the following: They could not recommend the transfer of jurisdiction, which the orthodox were seeking. An agreed scheme of extended ministry was indeed required but that the Anglican Church in Canada needed to provide such a scheme, and that an acceptable Bishop be appointed for an initial period of 3 years and this person should be given delegated authority to perform visitations and confirmations.
Read moreA number of VOL readers who asked not to be named, said that both sides traded accusations and insults about the inadequacy of the national church's response to the Windsor Report, with liberals asking conservative stalwarts like the Rev. Dr. Ephraim Radner, Senior Fellow of the Anglican Communion Institute and a parish priest in Pueblo, and the Rev. Don Armstrong, rector of Grace & St.
Read moreRipping the recent American General Convention, he brought roars of laughter to the delegates when he said that what he heard at General Convention in ten days that was actually theological, could fill a single page.
He said Americans were responsible for exporting McDonalds, "then we exported McSacraments, then the McBible, then McPreists and now we are debating in some quarters, McBishops." This, he said, often times bring indigestion.
Read moreA source in Brazil told VOL that the meeting took place in two phases. "First, Archbishop Williams talked privately with the Primate, and, then, with the whole delegation".
Read more"Our case is before the Diocesan Standing Committee. We have had no comment from the bishop's office," Guiffrida told VOL.
"We are hopeful; we are looking to negotiate the acquisition of our property. They have agreed to meet with us and that is a positive sign," he said.
Asked if he would fight for the property in court, Guiffrida said, "We won't go to court; we are prepared to walk away."
Read moreThe article also alleges that he and other clergy participated in sexual orgies in churches, occasionally while wearing religious vestments, with Pereira and another Brazilian, Wasticlinio Barros. Williams is a close friend of the Bishop at the time of the scandal and had to resign his job at the Episcopal Church Center.
Read moreDuring a question and answer period, orthodox laity took the bishop to task for his liberal views and asked how could possibly minister in a diocese with an openly evangelical bishop like Howe. Said replied; "Howe knows where I stand, and how I voted."
Read moreLiberal churches with large groups of orthodox believers which are leaving and taking their money with them are causing headaches for liberal priests who are calling Florida Bishop Samuel Johnson Howard complaining, asking him how they can stop the hemorrhaging, the slow bleeding of both people and money.
Read moreVOL: This is technically correct, but only technically. The Archbishop was deeply involved in this event and indicated as such by sending two of his bishops, the Rt. Rev. Michael Scott Joynt (Winchester) and Dr. N.T. Wright (Durham) to both participate and listen to what these Windsor bishops had to say and report back to him. To infer that Dr. Williams was simply a passive player is to downplay his role. Frank Griswold was either not invited or chose not to attend.
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