Both Frs Richardson and Midgett have announced their affiliation with (different) foreign Anglican jurisdictions. The Archbishop of Canterbury, in his Advent Letter to the Primates of the Anglican Communion, has recently reminded us that the intervention of foreign jurisdictions in dioceses of the Episcopal Church has not been sanctioned by the Communion as a whole; in fact, making provision for this interference has been strongly discouraged. “It creates a seriously anomalous position. It does not appeal to a clear or universal principle by which it may be decided that a local church’s ministry is completely defective. On the ground, it creates rivalry and confusion.” (Rowan Williams, “Advent Letter, 2007”). The Anglican Communion expresses a common mind through the Instruments of Unity, among them the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Meeting of the Primates, and none of these Instruments have called upon members of the Diocese of Tennessee to disaffiliate from it and to transfer their allegiance. The Archbishop reminds us that the bishops ordained as affiliates with these different foreign jurisdictions have not been legitimized by the Communion as a whole.
[blockquote] The Anglican Communion [strike]expresses[/strike] [b]should be expressing[/b] a common mind through the Instruments of Unity, among them the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Meeting of the Primates,… [/blockquote] Would that the above statement were true without my sadly added edits.
Neither has the TEC position been sanctioned by the Anglican Communion…..as a whole.
I wonder what Jesus would say about non-intervention by foreign provinces? It seems to me that when Anglican Christians are persecuted by their own province, they should be able to seek extra-provincial help without the Archbishop of Canterbury’s stepping in and saying that it hasn’t been sanctioned.
The blessing of same sex unions has not been sanctioned, and has been expressly forbidden, yet pecusa continues. The interventions will stop when pecusa acts like a responsible member of the Communion. The rivalry and confusion began with pecusa deciding to disregard the admonishments from other portions of the Communion. It has been apparent for too long that pecusa labors on with a variety of gospels and eschews the genuine Gospel. That’s at the root of the rivalry and confusion.
Wasn’t Jesus a border crosser? It seems to me that the authority in Judaism rested with the High Priest and the Sanhedrian, yet here comes Jesus, God incarnate, to say, if anyone thirsts let them come to ME, and “look at the pharisees, do what they tell you, but don’t imitate their actions”.
Yep intervention in a big way.
I thought I read that a Rev. Susan Crane was also inhibited along with the Rev. richardson. Where did she originate and where did she go? Statmann
Statmann: It is my understand that Susan Crane is still with San Matias, Nashville. This church is under the Province of Kenya.
John Bauerschmidt is not helping himself or his diocese. More people leave his diocese each time he attempts to act against orthodox clergy. He can come up with a great homily. But, his actions show him to be totally clueless as any sort of leader.
A member of my parish, St. Patrick’s (CANA), Smyrna, died about a month ago. Holy Cross in Murfreesboro offered the use of their building for her memorial service. When Bauerschmidt learned of this, he notified Holy Cross that our deceased member’s priest would be prohibited from performing any function on church property, not even allowing him to speak briefly at the service. The woman’s family was unable to schedule another location, given the short notice. Fr. Freddy Richardson graciously offered to preside over the memorial service himself. We are all thankful for him doing this. In the end, John Bauerschmidt damaged himself severely. I am NOT suggesting that this is the reason why Holy Cross left the diocese. But, it did not do very much to help keep them in the diocese. There are probably friends of mine who do not want this information made public. But, anyone still in the Dio of TN should know what sort of man they have for a bishop.
Based on this thread, Bauerschmidt’s
“All are welcome. God will raise up new leadership in these churches, and [b]in the Diocese of Tennessee[/b], for the future.”
has a strange dual meaning to it that I don’t think the bishop intended. But then, it appears that the bishop is learning the [i]Law of Unintended Consequences[/i] the hard way.