Wednesday, February 16, 2011

NEW YORK: Bishop Mark Sisk and the crisis of the communion

NEW YORK: Bishop Mark Sisk and the crisis of the communion

by Theo Hobson
http://www.spectator.co.uk/faithbased/6685783/mark-sisk-and-the-crisis-of-the-communion.thtml
February 9, 2011

Before meeting the Episcopal bishop of New York I nose around the massive cathedral.

On a wall, between two side chapels, is a brass plaque, inscribed in copper-plate with some august words of sacred scripture: When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands...We declare these truths to be self-evident, and so on.

Maybe the Declaration of Independence should be more prominently displayed, for this Church has recently got in touch with its revolutionary side. In a sense the whole crisis in the Anglican Communion originates in its awkward propensity for democracy (bishops are elected).

Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org

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