Both openly gay clergy now represent the "face" of the U.S. Episcopal Church
(Episcopal News Service) - Diocese of Los Angeles Bishop-elect Mary Douglas Glasspool has received the required number of consents from diocesan standing committees and bishops with jurisdiction to her ordination and consecration as a bishop, the presiding bishop's office confirmed in a March 17 announcement.THE CATHOLIC KNIGHT: Of course this was predictable, in fact, I did predict it HERE. It's official, the U.S. Episcopal Church has now become nothing more than a homosexual lobbyist group. So what does the Anglican Communion now offer (other than gay clergy, gay marriages and priestesses) that will not be found in the Anglican ordinariates within the Catholic Church? The answer is NOTHING! The Anglican Communion has nothing to offer, that is unique, other than gay clergy, blessing of same-sex marriages and priestesses.
Glasspool was elected on Dec. 5, 2009, the second of two bishops suffragan elected at the 114th annual convention in the Diocese of Los Angeles. In an unofficial tally, the diocese had announced on March 10 that Glasspool had received 61 consents, five more than the 56 required, from the church's diocesan standing committees.
Her consecration, along with that of the Rev. Canon Diane Jardine Bruce, who was elected a day earlier, are planned for May 15. Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will be the chief consecrator...
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Seriously, just think about it for a moment. The Anglican Communion has an assortment of parishes around the world ranging from Evangelical to Anglo-Catholic. What's so special about Anglican Evangelicalism? Can we not find the exact same thing among other Evangelicals? What's so special about Anglo-Catholicism? Will we not find the exact same thing in the emerging Anglican ordinariates? Perhaps the Communion will attempt to boast of it's diverse unity - a unity that is now falling apart. Maybe it can boast that it has no strict authority structure, which of course has now led to its demise. Ah, but of course we have the boast that Anglicanism is the via media ("middle way") between Catholicism and Protestantism, but then, wouldn't that designation more aptly describe the emerging Anglican ordinariates, which actually fulfill the vision of the Oxford Movement? What does Anglicanism have to offer anyway? I mean what does it have to offer other than gay clergy, gay marriages and priestesses?
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the Anglican/Episcopal "church" is in self-destruct mode. Pete Frey
Well said. Bravo!
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
By: Joni Mitchell - Based on a Poem by W.B.Yeats
Turning and turning
Within the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer
Things fall apart
The center cannot hold
And a blood dimmed tide
Is loosed upon the world
Nothing is sacred
The ceremony sinks
Innocence is drowned
In anarchy
The best lack conviction
Given some time to think
And the worst are full of passion
Without mercy
Surely some revelation is at hand
Surely it's the second coming
And the wrath has finally taken form
For what is this rough beast
Its hour come at last
Slouching toward Bethlehem to be born
Slouching toward Bethlehem to be born
Hoping and hoping
As if by my weak faith
The spirit of this world
Would heal and rise
Vast are the shadows
That straddle and strafe
And struggle in the darkness
Troubling my eyes
Shaped like a lion
It has the head of a man
With a gaze as blank
And pitiless as the sun
And it's moving its slow thighs
Across the desert sands
Through dark indignant
Reeling falcons
Surely some revelation is at hand
Surely it's the second coming
And wrath has finally taken form
For what is this rough beast
Its hour come at last
Slouching toward Bethlehem to be born
Slouching toward Bethlehem to be born
Raging and raging
It rises from the deep
Opening its eyes
After twenty centuries
Vexed to a nigcfmare
Out of a stony sleep
By a rocking cradle
By the Sea of Galilee
Surely some revelation is at hand
Surely it's the second coming
And wrath has finally taken form
For what is this rough beast
Its hour come at last
Slouching toward Bethlehem to be born
Slouching toward Bethlehem to be born
Does this "church" have any CONCEPT OF SIN, whatsoever ? What's next? Abortionists or Satan worshipers in the clergy?
Dear Knight:
Typo in 'Slouching Towards Bethlehem' - Paragraph 7
"...After twenty centuries Vexed to a nigcfmare..."
Should be: "Vexed to a nightmare"
Thanks for allowing this poem/song, as it's very apropos!
What about our church. We have pedophiles everywhere, we have priests and bishops that ignore doctrine, and we have many people that are hypocritical on condemning those they don't like and ignoring ones they do.
Example: We are condemning homosexuals the catechism points to many verses including 1 Co 6:9. Has any one read 1 Co 6:10? We must condemn thieves,the greedy,drunkards, slanderers, and robbers. Yet no one is condemning what our elite are doing from the pulpit. And when someone does slander its applauded as long as it supports our view point.
Until we stop behaving like the pharisees we have no credibility.
So what does the Episcopal church have to offer? They are less hypocritical.
I would like to address the hypocrisy issue brought up by the previous comment. We could just as easily argue hypocrisy the other way, in that The Episcopal Chrurch claims to teach Christianity but then teaching against Christian morality at every opportunity it gets in the form of homosexual blessing either through marriage or holy orders. We could go even furthe. In claimig that what The Episcopal Church is doing is a form of deception and fraud, claiming to be Christian but in reality promoting anti-Christian morality. The point here being that hypocrisy can sometimes depend on perspective and who is making the accusation.
It is true there are hypocrites in The Catholic Church, even among the clergy, an especially within the USCCB. Of which I might point out that this blog has come down much harder on the USCCB than it ever has on The Episcopal Church, calling for the dismantling of the organization and the excommunication of those invovled in the corruption. Furthermore, this blog has also called for the immediate liazation and prosecution for pervert priests, and might I add wastes no opportunity in calling the perverts what they are - "perverts".
We know there is corruption and hypocrisy in the Catholic Church. We know it is in The Episcopal Church, and we know it is in every denomination and sect in the entire Christian world, as well as other religions. So I'm afraid it's a moot point to argue The Episcopal Church offers less hypocrisy, because The Episcopal Church is full of it, just in different ways, as is the case with every denomination and sect.
I think the problem here has to do wth the teaching of The Episcopal Church itself, as well as the consequences of that teaching. The teaching is that homosexuality is "okay". That's not apostolic teaching - plain and simple. I don't think anybody would be stupid enough to argue that it is. Nevertheless, every Sunday members of The Episcopal Church proclaim boldly, "I believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church." So how are we to take seriously their claim to be "apostolic" when they directly OPPOSE the teaching of the apostles on this matter? Therein lies the problem. What a thoroughly unserious people. All personal hypocrisy aside, let's look at the hypocrisy of the group. Is the Episcopal Church apostolic or not? How can it claim to be when it directly opposes the teaching of the apostles on this matter or that? Can we say false advertisement? It would be one thing if The Episcopal Church stood by the apostolic teaching against homosexualtiy, an then it's leaders engaged in personal hypocrisy behind closed doors. Believe it or not, The Episcopal Church could be excused for that, because these would be individuals acting out of character for their faith. However, to claim they are apostolic and then publicly oppose apostolic teaching in word and deed is in itself a type of deception. It's a deception fewer and fewer Episcopalians are falling for these days. I expect The Episcopal Church will be getting much smaller in the years ahead.
I agree has anyone forgotten why God destroyed Soddom and Gamorrah? because of acts of homosexuality and other evil they did there but having a church that condones homosexuality and openly allows it in their faith it just makes me sick!
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