A Massachusetts divinity school professor has been elected bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut.
The Rev. Ian Douglas won on the second ballot Saturday at the diocese’s annual convention at Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford.
A Massachusetts divinity school professor has been elected bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut.
The Rev. Ian Douglas won on the second ballot Saturday at the diocese’s annual convention at Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford.
Actually, it’s the Rev. DR. Ian Douglas.
This is an historic event. This is the first time in its history that CT has elected outside of its diocese since, I believe, Samuel Seabury.
Well, this should be interesting.
Douglas seems to be seen as more kindly than his allies in ECUSA’s top leadership. He’s clever: he helped design the Great Lambeth Indaba. But how good is he at picking locks?
Always a bridesmaid…finally a bride. I wish him well; he has his hands full in that diocese.
Prediction: next PB and Head of Global Episcopal Communion.
I congratulate Ian Douglas, who remains a friend despite virulent disagreement with one another.
#4: yes, one to watch. I suspect this Moses will lead the GEC into the wilderness. Will there be a Promised Land?
If the past six years have been bad enough, wait for the next six.
#5… thanks for the charitable word for Ian Douglas, given your disagreements. But did you really mean to describe your disagreements with Ian as VIRULENT? Merriam-Webster defines that as:
1 a : marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course b : able to overcome bodily defensive mechanisms : markedly pathogenic
2 : extremely poisonous or venomous
3 : full of malice : malignant
4 : objectionably harsh or strong
Hard for me to see those as the sort of disagreements had by people who remain close friends.
Maybe ‘virulent’ is too strong a word, but the point I was trying to make is that we can disagree vigorously and remain friends. This is something that has not been easy with many others in recent years with whom there has been disagreement, to both right and left.
OK… “vigorous” sounds like the word you wanted. Makes sense. Thanks.