Bishop Schofield said, “Even though the American Church is threatening us with all sorts of things, they no longer have jurisdiction over us.”
The decision to split came after several years of disagreements over same-sex unions and the roles of homosexuals in the national church. Bishop Schofield says the Valley’s view of the Bible is more traditional and orthodox.
“We’re dealing with two different teams with two different rules for the game” said Schofield. Schofield also said those differences could easily turn into a battle over who has legal ownership of the church and estates in the Valley. “Unfortunately, the liberal side is mean and ugly and going for the money and the big time” said Schofield.
After news of the split the national church issued a statement saying a lawsuit could be filed if Schofield and his congregations try to keep Episcopal Church property. But Schofield said the national church wasn’t there when he and other clergy raised money for church and the property within those sanctuaries.
Not so much “fighting back” as declaring the irrelevance of ECUSA’s posturing.
And the overarching concern of TEC’s leaders: MONEY
I guess you could add to MONEY power and the carrying of a narrow agenda of de-Christianizing the Episcopal Church.
Title should read, “Banned former Episcopal, ahora de la Iglesia Anglicana del Cono Sur de las Americas (see [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_Anglicana_del_Cono_Sur_de_las_Americas]article[/url] if you can’t understand that) fights back.”
One really needs to compare the videos of the godly Bp Schofield and that of snarling Katherine Jefferts Schori spewing invective found [url=http://www.standfirminfaith.com/index.php/site/article/9155/ ]here[/url]. (One can also look at a video of Bp Steenson to see how a gracious and grace-filled bishop acts if one goes to the KJS video and clicks on the side link.)
[blockquote]Alabado sea Dios, Padre de nuestro Señor Jesucristo, que nos ha bendecido en las regiones celestiales con toda bendición espiritual en Cristo.[/blockquote]
[blockquote]Si nos maldicen, bendecimos; si nos persiguen, lo soportamos.[/blockquote]
¡Gracias a Dios para los dirigentes como Obispo Schofield y Obispo Venables!
“the liberal side is mean and ugly”
Nice to see religious leaders taking the high road.
Get used to it, DavidH. Look at the video of [url=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8949878082609465579&hl=en ]Katherine Jefferts-Schori[/url]. Mean and ugly are quite accurate descriptors. Many, many more examples of lawsuits by “inclusive, welcoming” liberals against people who say to reporters, we just want to get back to Scripturally sound Christianity. It will be a disaster for the Episcopal church. The TEC will not survive lawsuits against San Joaquin and Fort Worth if allows KJS and DBB to plow ahead with these.
I do not believe TEC has any possible claim on parish property. They may sue the diocese under some theory for diocesan property but they do not have ordinary jurisdiction over parishes.
De veras es una bendicion tener obispos como Schofield and arzobispos como Venables! Por hombres como ellos, Dios nos muestra su amor y fieldad.