Bishop Gene Robinson failed the first major test of his episcopacy this past
\nweek after all but three members of a New Hampshire congregation voted to secede
\nfrom the diocese rather than accept his authority as Bishop.<\/p>\n
“We offered [the parish] 95 per cent of what they were seeking,” Bishop
\nRobinson said. “They chose not to accept any offer, would not grant the
\nfinal five percent of authority that allows the tiniest thread of relationship
\nwith their bishop.”<\/p>\n
Redeemer’s Senior Warden Jerry DeLemus stated the parish “remained
\nunited in principle and action last night” and was “true to the
\nauthority of Holy Scripture and the Lordship of Jesus Christ”<\/p>\n
The Rochester parish has been a sore spot in Bishop Robinson’s campaign
\nto win over opponents in New Hampshire. The parish vicar, the Rev Donald Wilson,
\nan opponent of his election, was dismissed for contumacy in November. Over
\nthe past six months, the congregation witnessed public confrontations between
\ndiocesan officials and traditionalists and an exodus of parishioners to other
\ndenominations and Episcopal parishes.<\/p>\n
…A spokesman for the departing congregation, Richard Ellwood, told The Church
\nof England Newspaper, that as a matter of conscience the parish could not accept
\nthe episcopacy of Bishop Robinson. “Because of Robinson’s unrepentant
\nsin, the very idea that he would be ordained a priest let alone consecrated
\na bishop is abhorrent and a violation of canon law and Scripture.”<\/p>\n
As a matter of conscience also, Bishop Robinson noted he could not agree to This is a good example of the silliness of conscience without Bishop Gene Robinson failed the first major test of his episcopacy this past week after all but three members of a New Hampshire congregation voted to secede from the diocese…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6981\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\na proposal that would undercut the US House of Bishops’ agreed statement on
\nDelegated Pastoral Oversight (DEPO) and was “upholding my vows as a bishop
\nand my responsibilities under the canons of the church”.
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\nformation. A conscience that has been formed by one’s likes and dislikes is
\nnot a conscience but a mirror or the ultimate yes man. The size of the congregation
\nis like the Agatha Christie novel "Ten Little Indian", there falling faster
\nthan somebody gets murdered in a slasher film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"