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January 15 2004
North Dakota nominates one bishop candidate by petition
None of those five candidates has directly expressed his views on the
recent confirmation of the openly gay New Hampshire bishop, the Rev.
Gene Robinson. Thompson disagrees with the confirmation of homosexual
clergy but said it is important to work together.
January 15 2004
"Cautious Optimism" for Jan. 27 PBS Gay "Marriage" Debate
The January 27 program is scheduled to air at 9:00 pm EST on local PBS affiliates and to feature excerpts from a debate taped on January 4 at historic Christ Church in Philadelphia, founded in 1695 and site of Benjamin Franklin’s grave. The debate was between newly elected homosexual ECUSA Bishop Vickie Eugene Robinson and Dr. Bob Wenz, vice president for National Ministries of the National Association of Evangelicals.
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January 15 2004
The Episcopalian Church Is At The Edge Of Religious Irrelevance
Rome rejected his petition for an annulment from Catherine on the
grounds a dispensation had been granted from whatever impediment might
be involved, and later, Catherine, defending her marriage to Henry,
insisted the marriage to 16-year-old Arthur (even then sickly) had never
been consummated. Her confessor, Bishop John Fisher, argued in her
favor, and he above all others would have known if in fact the marriage
January 15 2004
Bishop's edict on abortion draws a strong reaction
``This is about as stark a decree to come down against Catholic
politicians as we've seen in recent history,'' said Barry W. Lynn,
executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based Americans United for
the Separation of Church and State.
``The problem with it is that elected officials have to represent people
of all faiths and none, and not adhere to one religious demand like the
bishop's,'' he said.
January 15 2004
New church founded (yet unaffiliated) in Wyoming
Initial attendance, estimated between 75 and 150 people, will be
comprised mainly of Episcopalians who stopped going to church after last
year's controversial appointment of a gay bishop.
"I'm the last person on Earth that many people would think to do this,"
Reeves said. "I've always been what you would call a company man."
January 15 2004
Strategy paper asks "replacement" for Episcopal Church due to gay bishop
News of the memo, first reported in Wednesday's Washington Post, comes as conservatives prepare for a crucial closed-door meeting next week in Plano, Texas, to establish a national group called the Network of Anglican Communion Dioceses and Parishes.
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January 15 2004
AAC REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO AEO FOR ORTHODOX PARISHES
The Anglican Primates said unanimously in their October statement that adequate episcopal oversight must be provided to these beleaguered congregations. The AAC is actively seeking out ways to respond to the Primates' direction. Two of our leaders met in good faith with the Presiding Bishop after the Primates Meeting to try to work out an agreement for oversight along the lines of the Primates' request.
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January 15 2004
Faith tested as local leaders take sides over homosexuality
The Rev. Brad Jones, rector of Christ Church Episcopal, on State Street in Schenectady, also is a lifelong Episcopalian. Now 46, he has seven children and will celebrate his 20th wedding anniversary this year.
Jones once was gay but said he believes he was "healed" through prayer. He said he believes homosexuality is a sin and that he suffered from a form of spiritual illness akin to alcoholism, gambling or sex addiction.
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January 15 2004
Episcopal Dissenters Plan Their Strategy
That plea, however, did not come from supporters of New Hampshire Bishop V. Gene Robinson, who is divorced and has lived openly with a male partner for 14 years. It came from bishops, priests and lay leaders who have denounced Robinson's election as heretical and have heaped opprobrium on the recent course of the Episcopal Church.
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January 15 2004
AAC: Plan to Supplant Episcopal Church USA Is Revealed
The six-page strategy paper, obtained by The Washington Post, was confirmed as authentic yesterday by its principal author, the Rev. Geoff Chapman, pastor of St. Stephen's Church in Sewickley, Pa.
After reviewing the document, James Solheim, a spokesman for the national church, called it "very provocative." The strategy it outlines, he said, "is going to plunge us into litigation for decades."
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