Primates' Meeting: Letter to Church of Ireland Gazette
Primates' Meeting: Letter to Church of Ireland Gazette
By Dermot O'Callaghan
March 13th, 2011
THE CONSECRATION of Mary Glasspool as a bishop in The Episcopal Church (TEC) last year rejected the authority of all four of the Anglican "Instruments of Communion".
If the invitation to TEC's Presiding Bishop to preach in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, during the recent Primates' meeting (Gazette, 4th February) was issued without consulting the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Church of Ireland should apologise publicly for undermining his authority.
If, however, he acquiesced in the invitation, he has undermined the authority of his own office, perhaps irretrievably.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By Dermot O'Callaghan
March 13th, 2011
THE CONSECRATION of Mary Glasspool as a bishop in The Episcopal Church (TEC) last year rejected the authority of all four of the Anglican "Instruments of Communion".
If the invitation to TEC's Presiding Bishop to preach in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, during the recent Primates' meeting (Gazette, 4th February) was issued without consulting the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Church of Ireland should apologise publicly for undermining his authority.
If, however, he acquiesced in the invitation, he has undermined the authority of his own office, perhaps irretrievably.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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