tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post2152771488989593716..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: +Gene sets the record straight (so to speak) in the L.A. Times:SUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-20424357630016708292010-11-10T20:59:30.753-08:002010-11-10T20:59:30.753-08:00"Agreed doctrinal standards of the communion?..."Agreed doctrinal standards of the communion?" <br /><br />Really?<br /><br />Numbers makes it agreed? Or right? There was no framework of "agreed" anything until the allegedly-orthodox started whining, and there still isn't - it's just up for a vote, and most who started the nonsense about "agreed doctrine" walked, anyway.MarkBrunsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16971990948866488080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-23010388335894167612010-11-10T09:21:51.433-08:002010-11-10T09:21:51.433-08:00"His retirement doesn't change anything,&..."His retirement doesn't change anything," Sugden said. "The issue is the refusal of the Episcopal Church to adhere to the agreed doctrinal standards of the communion, and their leadership's determination to promote, and in North America to enforce, ethical and doctrinal standards that are contrary to the clear teaching of Scripture as received by the universal church. They uffda51https://www.blogger.com/profile/11395027089123943228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-52952116206212166282010-11-10T07:48:07.050-08:002010-11-10T07:48:07.050-08:00It is sad, but not surprising, that the reporter ...It is sad, but not surprising, that the reporter misinterpreted the mandatory retirement age as the normal one for bishops. I suspect that few if any bishops retire at 72.Daniel Weirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11430381764138066595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-28304962548475994242010-11-09T23:24:48.702-08:002010-11-09T23:24:48.702-08:00he will be 65, seven years younger than the usual ...<i>he will be 65, seven years younger than the usual retirement age for an Episcopal bishop.</i><br /><br />Isn't 72 the MANDATORY, not the "usual", retirement age for a bishop?<br /><br />When I read his original statement, I never had the impression that he was being "run off" or fleeing in terror/exhaustion, anything like that.<br /><br />It's sad, that the (still JCFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14516376500318551838noreply@blogger.com