tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post1480890367108888002..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: BALTIMORE SUN: "Anglican objections have no bearing on Rev. Glasspool"SUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-17866464328315394192010-01-04T21:39:54.700-08:002010-01-04T21:39:54.700-08:00"Bond" is used for many things, includin..."Bond" is used for many things, including unhealthy relations, like those homosexuals have with the "orthodox"(as opposed to our relationships with faithful Christians) and the relationship of Anglicanism to Williams, who has forfeited any basis for respect or affection.MarkBrunsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16971990948866488080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-25217113242993706932009-12-28T23:56:30.671-08:002009-12-28T23:56:30.671-08:00what is held sinful throughout the Communion and t...<i>what is held sinful throughout the Communion and the history of the Church</i><br /><br />If that "what" is supposed to refer to the <b>committed spousal relationship of two people who happen to be of the same sex</b>, then <i>your</i> assertion is a bald-faced LIE, RonF. This "what" has NEVER been "held sinful" "throughout the [Anglican] Communion", andJCFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14516376500318551838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-38037539643012820122009-12-18T13:09:27.716-08:002009-12-18T13:09:27.716-08:00"Bond" is used to acknowledge (among oth..."Bond" is used to acknowledge (among other things) love, respect and authority.RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13533867151466876449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-42662450160913054812009-12-18T13:08:26.039-08:002009-12-18T13:08:26.039-08:00She would not be the first woman, nor the first bi...<i>She would not be the first woman, nor the first bishop living in a committed same-sex relationship, to be elected, but some Episcopalians in this country and many Anglicans elsewhere oppose her election.</i><br /><br />Thus fudging the point. The issue is not that a sinner has been elected bishop, regardless of whether that sin is adultery, homosexuality, greed, etc., etc. The problem is RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13533867151466876449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-34522628596000021702009-12-18T13:00:58.456-08:002009-12-18T13:00:58.456-08:00I have two points:
1) I quite agree that a) the p...I have two points:<br /><br />1) I quite agree that a) the proposed bill that I last saw had serious faults. I don't condemn it wholeheartedly because it does criminalize some things that are not currently criminalized in Ugandan law (their rape laws, for example, currently specify male-on-female rape only and this would fix that) and that should be criminalized. But to criminalize sex RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13533867151466876449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-78399442786737440492009-12-17T21:23:03.333-08:002009-12-17T21:23:03.333-08:00". . constituent member of the Anglican Commu...". . constituent member of the Anglican Communion . . . " <br /><br />We are part of what constitutes an Anglican Communion. I say withdraw, let it die.<br /><br /><i> In any case I cannot see anything else but that we have a bond with him. . </i><br /><br />I have a bond with my crazy Pentecostal aunt. <br /><br />Abused children have a bond with their parents.<br /><br />Abused MarkBrunsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16971990948866488080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-57239348323582096422009-12-17T13:25:42.023-08:002009-12-17T13:25:42.023-08:00"I read the AoC's statement and I don'..."I read the AoC's statement and I don't recall that he claimed any legal jurisdiction."<br /><br />Good, then the jerk can butt the hell out of the affairs of our Church!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17547673802645392683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-78001676113786326362009-12-17T12:22:38.365-08:002009-12-17T12:22:38.365-08:00I read the AoC's statement and I don't rec...I read the AoC's statement and I don't recall that he <b>claimed</b> any legal jurisdiction. So the premise for these comments seems rather shaky to me.<br /><br />Given that the AoC feels competent to at least advise or exhort TEC, it's worth looking at what our relationship to him is. Here's how we ourselves define it in the Preamble of TEC's Constitution and Canons:<br />RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13533867151466876449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-25567085374204577152009-12-16T14:33:18.173-08:002009-12-16T14:33:18.173-08:00"After that, the Archbishop of Canterbury had..."After that, the Archbishop of Canterbury had no more legal jurisdiction in this nation than King George III, the "Supreme Governor" of the established Church of England. So when Archbishop Rowan Williams says that he regrets Canon Glasspool's election and urges the American church to reject her, he does not speak in any official capacity."<br /><br />Yes, Rowan's Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17547673802645392683noreply@blogger.com