tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post4190914362578776349..comments2023-11-10T09:15:40.084-08:00Comments on The Friends of Jake: D025 passes HoD; what will the Bishops do?Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10124314924693077453noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-87707126363680993452009-07-14T03:06:33.615-07:002009-07-14T03:06:33.615-07:00Well, our media is either right wing (The Telegrap...Well, our media is either right wing (The Telegraph and The Times for example or secular and anti-clerical (The Guardian and the BBC for example).<br /><br />As I said on my blog yesterday. You have to look at the voting patterns of our general synod to get a true picture of the mind of the Church of England. <br /><br />We are not going to start marrying gay people in church tomorrow but, in my opinion, we are also not going to back Rowan when he moves to exclude TEC from the AC.MadPriesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15120376342802143188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-7848791137486990952009-07-13T18:48:13.530-07:002009-07-13T18:48:13.530-07:00The bishops passed it by the same 2:1 margin as th...The bishops passed it by the same 2:1 margin as the HOD. <br /><br />I am shocked! <br /><br />They added a small amendment, so it has to go back to the HOD, but it shouldn't be a problem.<br /><br />Here's the amendment: 'Resolved that this 76th General Convention affirm that God has called and may call such individuals to any ordained ministry within TEC and that God's call to the ministry is a mystery which the Church attempts to discern for all people through our discernment processes acting in accordance with the Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church.'Mike in Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324396563818549026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-61297191631906885062009-07-13T11:55:57.749-07:002009-07-13T11:55:57.749-07:00HOB--House of Bishops, I mean.HOB--House of Bishops, I mean.Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032216707367304535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-28311075791324946102009-07-13T11:54:03.778-07:002009-07-13T11:54:03.778-07:00Well, if the bishops mess this up, I can see a BIG...Well, if the bishops mess this up, I can see a BIG backlash against them. Just how it will manifest itself down the road is not yet clear. Maybe an effort by laypeople, deacons and priests to consolidate and merge the HON into one grand Church Assembly.<br /><br />Kurt in BrooklynKurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032216707367304535noreply@blogger.com