Lay Anglican Leaders Write Episcopal Presiding Bishop Over Scripture, Litigation
Lay Anglican Leaders Write Episcopal Presiding Bishop Over Scripture, Litigation, Clergy Depositions
ANGLICAN LAITY FELLOWSHIP
P.O. Box 15796
Chevy Chase, MD 20825
www.anglicanlaityfellowship.net
email: info@anglicanlaityfellowship.net
July 30, 2010
The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori
Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church
815 Second Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Dear Presiding Bishop:
We write in regards to your June 2 pastoral letter to the Episcopal Church (TEC) concerning decisions made by TEC; the Archbishop of Canterbury's Pentecost letter, which among other things, recommends removal of TEC representatives from some AC committees; and TEC's concern about proposed sanctions language in the Covenant being considered by the Anglican Communion (AC). Your letter says TEC's "growing awareness does not deny the reality that many Anglicans and not a few Episcopalians still fervently hold traditional views about human sexuality." You say, "We have not made these decisions lightly. We recognize that the Spirit has not been widely heard in the same way in other parts of the Communion. In all humility, we recognize that we may be wrong, yet we have proceeded in the belief that the Spirit permeates our decisions." You add, "We do not seek to impose our understanding on others.
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ANGLICAN LAITY FELLOWSHIP
P.O. Box 15796
Chevy Chase, MD 20825
www.anglicanlaityfellowship.net
email: info@anglicanlaityfellowship.net
July 30, 2010
The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori
Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church
815 Second Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Dear Presiding Bishop:
We write in regards to your June 2 pastoral letter to the Episcopal Church (TEC) concerning decisions made by TEC; the Archbishop of Canterbury's Pentecost letter, which among other things, recommends removal of TEC representatives from some AC committees; and TEC's concern about proposed sanctions language in the Covenant being considered by the Anglican Communion (AC). Your letter says TEC's "growing awareness does not deny the reality that many Anglicans and not a few Episcopalians still fervently hold traditional views about human sexuality." You say, "We have not made these decisions lightly. We recognize that the Spirit has not been widely heard in the same way in other parts of the Communion. In all humility, we recognize that we may be wrong, yet we have proceeded in the belief that the Spirit permeates our decisions." You add, "We do not seek to impose our understanding on others.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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