Episcopal Church Dissed in Two Consecration Venues
Episcopal Church Dissed in Two Consecration Venues
Catholic Church says no to TEC in Alaska
Baptist Church says no in Albuquerque
By David W. Virtue and Mary Ann Mueller
www.virtueonline.org
August 14, 2010
The Episcopal Church has been told politely but firmly that they cannot hold the consecration of two Episcopal bishops because of the denomination's position on sexuality issues that are contrary to Scripture, tradition and history.
From the Diocese of the Rio Grande, a VOL reader wrote to say that the Diocese was supposed to have the ordination of its new liberal bishop at Hoffmantown Baptist Church, the largest church in Albuquerque. "When someone called them and mentioned that V. Gene Robinson, the activist homosexual Bishop of New Hampshire, would be attending the consecration. they pulled the rug from under the feet of the Diocese and dis-invited them.
"To date, the diocese has not found another venue for the ordination and has resorted to using the ballroom of a hotel in Albuquerque."
The diocese elected the Rev. Dr. Michael L. Vono, 60, a divorced priest who presently functions as an Episcopal priest in Rome. He will be the ninth bishop of the Diocese. He is a public supporter of Robinson. Vono's sentiments about homosexuality were expressed in a letter from the vestry of St. Paul's Within the Walls, Rome, where he is the rector. He and the Vestry passed a resolution "supporting our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters" before delegates went off to General Convention.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
Catholic Church says no to TEC in Alaska
Baptist Church says no in Albuquerque
By David W. Virtue and Mary Ann Mueller
www.virtueonline.org
August 14, 2010
The Episcopal Church has been told politely but firmly that they cannot hold the consecration of two Episcopal bishops because of the denomination's position on sexuality issues that are contrary to Scripture, tradition and history.
From the Diocese of the Rio Grande, a VOL reader wrote to say that the Diocese was supposed to have the ordination of its new liberal bishop at Hoffmantown Baptist Church, the largest church in Albuquerque. "When someone called them and mentioned that V. Gene Robinson, the activist homosexual Bishop of New Hampshire, would be attending the consecration. they pulled the rug from under the feet of the Diocese and dis-invited them."To date, the diocese has not found another venue for the ordination and has resorted to using the ballroom of a hotel in Albuquerque."
The diocese elected the Rev. Dr. Michael L. Vono, 60, a divorced priest who presently functions as an Episcopal priest in Rome. He will be the ninth bishop of the Diocese. He is a public supporter of Robinson. Vono's sentiments about homosexuality were expressed in a letter from the vestry of St. Paul's Within the Walls, Rome, where he is the rector. He and the Vestry passed a resolution "supporting our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters" before delegates went off to General Convention.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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