GC2012: Indianapolis Statement read in HOD
GC2012: Indianapolis Statement read in HOD
Silently preaching the Gospel
By Mary Ann Mueller
Special Correspondent
www.virtueonline.org
July 12, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS - Asking for four minutes of Personal Privilege in Thursday's final session of the House of Deputies, Dallas' Canon to the Ordinary, Neal Michell, read the entire Indianapolis Statement before the House of Deputies. It was first read in its entirety on the floor of the House of Bishops.
Common Cause bishops penned the Indianapolis Statement on Wednesday following Tuesday afternoon's disastrous passage of A049 authorizing the provisional use of liturgical rites for the celebration of the blessing of same-gender unions, which is not seen by the General Convention as a marriage rite. The secular media does not see that nuance and is reporting that The Episcopal Church has sanctioned "gay marriage." The Indianapolis Statement was designed to voice the eleven conservative bishops' unified dissent from General Convention's heterodox action.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
Silently preaching the Gospel
By Mary Ann Mueller
Special Correspondent
www.virtueonline.org
July 12, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS - Asking for four minutes of Personal Privilege in Thursday's final session of the House of Deputies, Dallas' Canon to the Ordinary, Neal Michell, read the entire Indianapolis Statement before the House of Deputies. It was first read in its entirety on the floor of the House of Bishops.
Common Cause bishops penned the Indianapolis Statement on Wednesday following Tuesday afternoon's disastrous passage of A049 authorizing the provisional use of liturgical rites for the celebration of the blessing of same-gender unions, which is not seen by the General Convention as a marriage rite. The secular media does not see that nuance and is reporting that The Episcopal Church has sanctioned "gay marriage." The Indianapolis Statement was designed to voice the eleven conservative bishops' unified dissent from General Convention's heterodox action.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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