Tag Archives: ECUSA

Swim Back

A couple days ago, Episcopalian priest Pontificator advised his Episcopalian readers
to flee
the ECUSA with great haste
. He told them to join either the Orthodox or the
Catholic Church. Yesterday, an
Orthodox priest pleaded his case
. Today, a
Catholic priest pleads his
.

Father Addison Hart is a convert. Being a convert myself (though from the ELCA,
not the ECUSA), I’m usually pretty happy when someone crosses the Tiber. However,
every once in a while I wish some people would swim back. This guy is an – how shall
I say it? – uninspiring priest. He seems to have converted simply because the RCC
sucks less that the ECUSA. Here are some of my "favorite" bits of this
sad monograph.

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Sometimes Schism is Good

Episcopal
diocese here joins anti-gay group

By Steve Levin, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh has joined a new network of dioceses and
parishes that oppose same-sex blessings and the ordination of gay clergy”

Visiting
bishop wants end to rhetoric on gay clergy


By Steve Levin, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“An influential Church of England bishop visiting Pittsburgh this week believes
the crisis in the Episcopal Church and Anglican Communion over gay ordination is
related to America’s unilateralism.”

I love this quote. “The network does not fit within the governing structure
of [the Episcopal Church],” The network against gay marriage and gay clergy
doesn’t fit, but the American Episcopal Church does?!? They laughed in the face
of the global Anglican Church and established rules and procedures when they “consecrated”
an actively gay bishop.