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August 25 2005
THE HIGH LIFE OF FLORIDA BISHOP SAMUEL JOHNSON HOWARD
The purchase of a home valued at more than $1 million dollars was done with significant amounts of the monies obtained from private sources through an alleged housing trust. The initial purchase price was $850,000 with an additional $105,000 spent for improvements. The diocese placed no lien on the home for the money.
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August 21 2005
PUTTING THE SCREWS TO THE ORTHODOX
"The matter will immediately be appealed," said the bishop. Of course it will. "Although we are disappointed in the court's conclusion, this is simply an initial step in a long process," said John R. Shiner, chancellor of the diocese and its lead attorney in the property matter. "We believe the court's order was clearly in error, and indeed takes the law to a new level not supported by precedent.
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August 18 2005
THE FICTIONAL WORLD OF FRANK GRISWOLD
It is hard to know what world Frank Griswold "inhabits" to use a favorite word of his, or if he had suddenly stumbled onto a live televangelist healing show while flipping channels, and when invited to place his hands on the TV screen for healing had been zapped by something resembling the Holy Ghost.
Denial according to Daniel Webster's definition is a disowning or disavowal of reality. Denial is not letting yourself know what reality is; it is lying to yourself.
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August 16 2005
TOLERANCE AND TRUTH IN AN INTOLERANT CHURCH
Furthermore people are starting to believe that something is rotten in the state of Denmark and it is not the smell of an acrid aristocracy, but an array of spiritually dead men and women dressed in purple who are leading them away from the one true gospel and toward a universalist 'faith' that is neither salvific nor truthful to the faith once delivered to the saints.
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August 13 2005
THE CHURCH OF IRELAND: An Inside Look at a Church in Turmoil
THE CHURCH OF IRELAND is composed of twelve dioceses, each with a single bishop (there are no suffragans or assistants in Ireland). The Church, which was disestablished in 1871, is unashamedly an all-Ireland body with several of the dioceses straddling either side of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
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August 12 2005
GODLY LAYMAN LAYS IT ON THE LINE EVEN IN DEATH
On August 4 he penned a letter to Bishop John Howard and to all the clergy in the Diocese of Florida.
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August 09 2005
PEACE AND JUSTICE, BUT FOR WHOM?
But how this should be done is another matter entirely. The Episcopal Church along with the Presbyterian Church, the United Methodist Church and the United Church of Christ have all urged consideration of divestment, at a very minimum economic pressure urging Israel to be more accommodating to the Palestinians, many of whom are Christians.
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August 04 2005
EASTERN MICHIGAN: Bishop Leidel Deposes Orthodox Priest
Fr Gene Geromel SSC
August 03 2005
NIGERIA: Archbishop Akinola Reminds Anglican Communion What Bible Says About Sex
Deut. 7:9 "Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands."
Psalm. 103:17 "But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD's love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children's children - 18 with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts."
What does God Say we SHOULD NOT do?
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August 02 2005
ANGLICANS UNITED: Survey Reveals Continued 'Conspiracy of Silence'
Of those who have left, 91 percent have gone to Anglican parishes. They are Anglican Communion "heartwood." They started their own parishes or found good "Continuing" parishes to join. Most expect to be affiliated with the Communion in the near future.
Some 96 percent of respondents want the Primates to require ECUSA to express regret for V. Gene Robinson's consecration, the survey showed.
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