{"id":17487,"date":"2010-01-24T17:35:57","date_gmt":"2010-01-24T17:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/bishop_macpherson_writes_his_fellow_bishops_concerning_recent_episcopal_ele\/"},"modified":"2010-01-24T17:35:57","modified_gmt":"2010-01-24T17:35:57","slug":"bishop_macpherson_writes_his_fellow_bishops_concerning_recent_episcopal_ele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=17487","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Macpherson Writes His Fellow Bishops Concerning recent Episcopal Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Dear Colleagues:<\/p>\n

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

I trust this finds each of you well as we begin our shared journey into the new year, and in these days following the Epiphany. This is being written after much prayer and reflection, and is sent as an expression of my personal concern. Please know this is not an attempt to speak on behalf of my companion Communion Partner Bishops, nor any of those who signed the Anaheim Statement at General Convention 2009. I speak for myself.<\/p>\n

This week we began receiving a flurry of \u201cconsent forms,\u201d\u009d and I have found this to rest heavy on my heart, due to the fact that this present process is impacted by the integrity of the Anaheim Statement. As many will recall, this statement was made to express with \u201cthe same honesty and clarity\u201d\u009d of the House, our position with respect to the life of the Church and the wider Anglican Communion. In the statement, we shared in making a commitment of reaffirmation with respect to our place within the Communion and the preservation of these relationships; to the doctrine, discipline and worship of Christ as this Church has received them; our commitment to the three moratoria requested of us by the Instruments of Communion; the process that has lead to the recent release of the Anglican Communion Covenant with our hope of working towards its implementation; and to \u201ccontinue in the apostles teaching and fellowship.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n

A reading of the Anaheim Statement will provide a fuller understanding of the breadth and depth of that which we presented before the House of Bishops on July 16, 2009, and then made witness to by virtue of our signatures. [A copy of the Anaheim Statement including the names is attached in two different formats.]<\/p>\n

Why am I raising this before you this day? Sadly, there has been action taken of late with respect to some episcopal elections, that in turn are an affront to what has been expressed through the Anaheim Statement. I trust each of you will review the statement as you prayerfully make your decision on the consents before you. This having been said, please know that I cannot and will not consent to the elections before us that are in contradiction to that which we have affirmed, and in the words of Jude, I appeal \u201cto you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.\u201d\u009d [Jude 3]<\/p>\n

Faithfully in the Light of Christ,<\/p>\n

–(The Rt. Rev.) Bruce MacPherson is Bishop of Western Louisiana<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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From here: Dear Colleagues: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I trust this finds each of you well as we begin our shared journey into the new year, and in these days…<\/span><\/p>\n

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