http://www.religiocity.org/2009/04/25/bishops-statement-on-episcopal-polity/ political theology in the city Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:11:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.religiocity.org/2009/04/25/bishops-statement-on-episcopal-polity/#comment-75463 matt Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:15:15 +0000 http://www.religiocity.org/?p=775#comment-75463 Yes, Ray. I agree, and thanks for your post. All three of our bishops in the Diocese of Texas voted against the majority at General Convention. That is, their votes unanimously expressed the will of this diocese to abide by the Windsor request to abstain from gay ordination / consecration. Yes, Ray. I agree, and thanks for your post. All three of our bishops in the Diocese of Texas voted against the majority at General Convention. That is, their votes unanimously expressed the will of this diocese to abide by the Windsor request to abstain from gay ordination / consecration.

]]> http://www.religiocity.org/2009/04/25/bishops-statement-on-episcopal-polity/#comment-75460 Ray Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:39:25 +0000 http://www.religiocity.org/?p=775#comment-75460 I like this line of reasoning, and could be a way forward for those in ECUSA who cannot abid yet another step in the direction of not only disunity but lack of filial respect for authority within the body. For those dioceses, like yours, this makes perfect sense to affirm the historicity of the Bishop as the center, not the Presiding Bishop. (Whose latest statement on justification is that individual salvation has become a heresy). I like this line of reasoning, and could be a way forward for those in ECUSA who cannot abid yet another step in the direction of not only disunity but lack of filial respect for authority within the body. For those dioceses, like yours, this makes perfect sense to affirm the historicity of the Bishop as the center, not the Presiding Bishop. (Whose latest statement on justification is that individual salvation has become a heresy).

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