Who is the legitimate bishop in the San Joaquin Diocese, and who owns the diocese’s property, including its headquarters in Fresno and parishes from Stockton to Bakersfield?
Those questions are at the heart of the next round in the legal battle between local Episcopalians and Anglicans. The two groups face off today in the 5th District Court of Appeal in Fresno.
The justices will hear oral arguments in the lawsuit, filed by Bishop Jerry Lamb against Bishop John-David Schofield.
The headline strikes me as odd. Episcopalians are Anglicans, although not all “Anglican” are Episcopalians.
If, year by year, you rebuilt a Chrysler with Nissan parts, so that eventually no part of the original car remained and it was to all intents and purposes a 100% Nissan, then would you by putting a Chrysler badge on the front, make it a Chrysler?
It seems that this is what TEC has done while, but only when it suits it, claiming to be part of the original marque.
hear hear no. 2
i have seen the sticker, ‘the episcopal church welcomes you, the anglican communion not so much’
so, nope. anglican they are not.
They are Anglican [i]only when it suits them, and only when everyone else plays by THEIR rules.[/i] We don’t play by their rules, but we [i]ARE[/i] Anglicans.
The Episcopal Church is the church that is on the ABC’s official list of being in the Anglican Communion, but is not in communion with or recognized as Anglican by most of the members of the Anglican Communion.
The Anglican Church in North America is the church that is actually in communion with and recognized by most of the Anglican Communion, but is not on the ABC’s official list.
I hope that clears it up.