Episcopal Church ends gay bishops ban: Washington Times 7.15.09 p A1 July 15, 2009
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ANAHEIM, Calif. | The U.S. Episcopal Church put itself on a collision course with the rest of the Anglican Communion by formally approving Tuesday the ordination of gay bishops, defying warnings that the Church of England may respond by recognizing a rival Anglican church.
The 2.1-million-member U.S. branch of the Anglican Communion also was preparing Wednesday to approve blessing ceremonies for same-sex unions, a further slap at the Archbishop of Canterbury, who warned the U.S. church last week not to act in ways that deepen the splits in the 77-million-member worldwide communion.
In Tuesday’s actions, the U.S. church reversed a promise made to the rest of the communion by agreeing to end the church’s gay-bishop ban, which the church imposed in 2006 at its last triennial convention after the worldwide furor over the 2003 consecration of Bishop V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire.
The House of Bishops voted here at the Episcopal Church’s triennial General Convention on Monday night to pass a resolution opening all levels of ordained ministry to gay clergy. The move formally took effect Tuesday when the House of Deputies, which already had passed a similar resolution on gay bishops, affirmed the bishops’ measure by 72 percent to 28 percent.
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How sad. The Church has lost its way. It has lost “the Way, The Truth, and The Life” What else can we loose???
Not a problem! ‘Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge which some have professed and in so doing have wandered from the faith.’ 1tim.6.20
‘But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days… people will be lovers of themselves, boastful, proud, unholy, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God — having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them. … they are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain contol over weak-willed women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, always learning but never able to acknowledge the Truth… but they will not get very far because , as in the case of those persons, their folly will be clear to everyoone.’; (Godlessness in the last days… 2tim3.1-9.)