National Review Contributor Gratified by TEC Win

from Stand Firm by Matt Kennedy 

I'd expect to read this sort of theologically inept and ill informed commentary in the Huffpo, but not in the late Bill Buckley's magazine.

I just learned from a Facebook post by Weekly Standard literary editor Philip Terzian that a court has ruled that the Episcopal Church in Virginia must be allowed to keep some of its churches, in the face of challenges by breakaway sects that have joined a more conservative Anglican denomination, the Council of Anglicans in North America (CANA), led by a Nigerian bishop.

Terzian writes that he is “gratified by the decision of the Court”: “If people want to abandon the Episcopal Church, they are free to do so; but they cannot take historic Church property with them, or deprive Episcopalians of their parish homes.” I share his view 100 percent, but want to make clear that I harbor no ill will against the breakaway groups, even though I disagree with the opinions that made them leave. They believe the true church must not allow some of the opinions expressed in U.S. Episcopalianism, so conscience demands that they leave their father’s house; but I think I’m not alone in believing that these man-made divisions are evanescent, and that we will meet again...more

The National Review used to be home to Roman Catholic conservative thinkers with both political and theological depth. Now it is home to an Episcopalian who is "gratified" that Christian congregations are being forcibly removed from their property by a heretical "church" populated by radical leftist activist leaders who see the Occupy Wall Street movement as a "holy moment". It's time to cancel my subscription.