Tuesday, November 02, 2010

Revisionist Bishop and HOB/D Listserv Blast Springfield Bishop-Elect Dan Martins

Revisionist Bishop and HOB/D Listserv Blast Springfield Bishop-Elect Dan Martins
Liberals and revisionists get set to sabotage orthodox priest. Mock inclusivity

News Analysis

By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
November 1, 2010

The vultures are gathering and, on the ground, the long knives are out. Their aim is to discredit and destroy Springfield bishop-elect Dan Martins.

They may well succeed.

First out of the box to dissect Martins is the Potemkin Bishop of San Joaquin, Jerry Lamb. Lamb says he has concerns about Martins becoming the next Springfield bishop and he has written to the entire HOB telling them so. The Central California bishop wants his fellow bishops to withhold consent from Martins.

Lamb specifically questions the suitability of Martins to be ordained a bishop in the Episcopal Church. He points to various things Martins wrote about TEC when he was in the Diocese of San Joaquin. Lamb argues that when Martins was at St. John's Episcopal Church in Stockton (one of the leading parishes in the diocese) that the orthodox priest failed to prepare the congregation about remaining in TEC when they chose to follow Bishop John-David Schofield and leave TEC.

So Martins is being slapped with the sin of omission. That's choice.

Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org

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