A source told VOL that she will only give a eulogy for Mr. Star in Adams Hall, and then have conversations with faculty and students about life and education at Nashotah. "It's just a visit with a chance to speak about a member of executive council."
The Presiding Bishop has been publicly critical of the orthodox seminary having persuaded students not to attend the orthodox seminary for their theological education.
Read moreVOL: Yes, Nones are not only highly suspicious of organized religion, they are staying away in droves from all churches and the nation is no longer technically Protestant.
Read moreArchbishop Okoh speaking on the topic, "The One True God" said that if Christians can have the understanding of who God is, it will determine the kind of life they live, because if they claim to be sons of God the Father, they must have the characteristics of their Father. He emphasized that it is not enough to have the physical resemblance of the Father, people ought to behave in a way that is in tune with their family traits or else they are of questionable origin.
Read moreWhat the bishop did not say is that he is a proponent of the Church of England's gay agenda that recently took a huge hit when the Church of England's House of Bishops argued that same-sex marriage is unacceptable affirming the church's historic teaching on sexuality between a man and a woman in holy matrimony.
The bishop is a strong advocate of Affirming Catholicism, a group whose leader is the former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Rowan Williams.
Read moreCiting Stephen Burke's A Heretic's Guide to Eternity, Neill said that the implications of this doctrine for unbaptized children was "fascinating" and blamed people for trying to keep their religious systems intact...even when the sacred texts are silent.
Read more"The word 'Lent' means 'lengthen' and it's about the days getting longer. The early Church began to practice a season of preparation for those who would be baptized at Easter, and before too long other members of the Christian community joined those candidates for baptism as an act of solidarity.
"It was a season during which Christians and future Christians learned about the disciplines of the faith - prayer and study and fasting and giving alms, sharing what they have.
Read moreThe three APA representatives and five ACA representatives celebrated the Holy Eucharist together and undertook seven hours of intensive conversations. A second meeting of the Group involved the Presiding Bishops of both Churches and was held on January 29th (a day later) in Perimeter, Dunwoody. The Group says they will meet again before the concurrent APA and ACA national Synods to be held in October 2014 in Belleville, Illinois.
The group was challenged in three areas.
Read more"We further wish to encourage you to stand firm in your resolve to please God and not men; to remain immovable and to resist all manner of negative foreign influences," said Archbishop Okoh. He concluded his letter reassuring him of his support, friendship, fellowship and solidarity.
The Anglican Church of Uganda said it may consider breaking away from their mother church in England if it pressures Uganda over a tough new anti-homosexuality law recently enacted in Uganda.
Read moreMy dear brothers and sisters,
I write to you today humbled and penitent, but just a tad proud that we can at last admit that there are no longer just straights and gays with a few trannies, and bi-sexuals in the Episcopal Church, but a new and glorious unfolding of ever new sexualities that has left me wondering at my own pathetic exclusion of the "other" and my own narcissistic self-interest and self-absorption all these years.
Read moreHe also said and the Communion's London based Anglican Consultative Council (ACO) and the Lambeth Conference are "dysfunctional".
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