Ct@Prayer: High Court To Decide Fate Of Bishop Seabury Episcopal Parish
Ct@Prayer: High Court To Decide Fate Of Bishop Seabury Episcopal Parish
By Tracy Simmons
http://ctwatchdog.com/2011/02/14/ctprayer-high-court-to-decide-fate-of-episcopal-parish
February 14, 2011
On the surface this chapter in the bitter battle among members of the Anglican Church in Connecticut is about a building.
But the oral argument before the Connecticut Supreme Court last week is another casualty of an eight-year-old theological battle partly over the acceptance and ordination of gays in The Episcopal Church, which is part of the global Anglican Communion.
The spark that ignited the battle came in 2003 when V. Gene Robinson, an openly gay and non-celibate priest, was elected as bishop of The Diocese of New Hampshire. And Robinson recently announced his plans to retire.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By Tracy Simmons
http://ctwatchdog.com/2011/02/14/ctprayer-high-court-to-decide-fate-of-episcopal-parish
February 14, 2011
On the surface this chapter in the bitter battle among members of the Anglican Church in Connecticut is about a building.
But the oral argument before the Connecticut Supreme Court last week is another casualty of an eight-year-old theological battle partly over the acceptance and ordination of gays in The Episcopal Church, which is part of the global Anglican Communion.
The spark that ignited the battle came in 2003 when V. Gene Robinson, an openly gay and non-celibate priest, was elected as bishop of The Diocese of New Hampshire. And Robinson recently announced his plans to retire.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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