Indeed. Furthermore TEC is joining in a lawsuit against an English bishop.
The document claims that the Constitutions and Canons forbid a diocese to leave TEC. One suspects that a judge who can read English will find that statement interesting.
I only was able to read the first two pages because of extremely slow loading, but I noticed something: dioceses are always referred to as being “subordinate.” Since when? I thought the UberChurch was a creature of the dioceses which formed it and associated themselves with it. It appears to me from this reading that the petition is trying to invoke the knowledge of the Roman Chuch’s heirarchy latent in nearly everyone’s mind. If this seed can be planted, then it can grow and sprout and influence a judges’ understanding, particularly if he’s Roman catholic. As for me, I regard the entity pursuing this petition as a faux church with a newly-organized faux Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh to replace the one they lost.
Dumb Sheep. (No longer Episcopal)
I am so sick of all the lawsuits. Nevertheless, I have to be honest and state that they do point to what TEC sees as it “unspoken” mission, which is (IMHO) to maintain the institution “Come Whence it May, Cost What it Will.” Let’s face it, there is more energy and motivation behind rescuing buildings and endowments than reaching out to the least and the lost, sharing God’s love in practical ways in a broken world that is dealing with a huge financial melt down on top of all the other stuff like wars, hunger, crime, etc… I don’t know whether to pray may God’s justice be swift or May God have mercy on us all?
#6 – we should never pray for God’s justice – that is His alone to deal out and not one of us would like how we would fare with it! Pray, rather, for God’s mercy for us all.
I suppose this is the “gracious restraint” the Primates called for in Alexandria!
Indeed. Furthermore TEC is joining in a lawsuit against an English bishop.
The document claims that the Constitutions and Canons forbid a diocese to leave TEC. One suspects that a judge who can read English will find that statement interesting.
This is a ‘dog bites man’ story. Of course TEC is joining the lawsuit. It’s what apostates do. Duh!
I only was able to read the first two pages because of extremely slow loading, but I noticed something: dioceses are always referred to as being “subordinate.” Since when? I thought the UberChurch was a creature of the dioceses which formed it and associated themselves with it. It appears to me from this reading that the petition is trying to invoke the knowledge of the Roman Chuch’s heirarchy latent in nearly everyone’s mind. If this seed can be planted, then it can grow and sprout and influence a judges’ understanding, particularly if he’s Roman catholic. As for me, I regard the entity pursuing this petition as a faux church with a newly-organized faux Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh to replace the one they lost.
Dumb Sheep. (No longer Episcopal)
It’s one they lost because of their own stupidity!
I am so sick of all the lawsuits. Nevertheless, I have to be honest and state that they do point to what TEC sees as it “unspoken” mission, which is (IMHO) to maintain the institution “Come Whence it May, Cost What it Will.” Let’s face it, there is more energy and motivation behind rescuing buildings and endowments than reaching out to the least and the lost, sharing God’s love in practical ways in a broken world that is dealing with a huge financial melt down on top of all the other stuff like wars, hunger, crime, etc… I don’t know whether to pray may God’s justice be swift or May God have mercy on us all?
#6 – we should never pray for God’s justice – that is His alone to deal out and not one of us would like how we would fare with it! Pray, rather, for God’s mercy for us all.