Therefore:
Lutheran (EL C S*A) Ping!
* as of August 19, AD 2009, a liberal protestant SECT, not part of the holy, catholic and apostolic CHURCH.
Be rooted in Christ!
Posted on 07/10/2012 5:44:14 PM PDT by lightman
GC2012: HOD Vote came Silently on Same-Sex Blessings
By Mary Ann Mueller Special Correspondent
July 10, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS - The House of Deputies' afternoon vote on A-049 came in silence, the result of modern technology.
When the House of Bishops voted to approve same-gender blessings each bishop was called by name and with their own voice they were required to vocalize their vote - yea or nay.
Electronic voting was the rule of the day in the House of Deputies. Each Order - lay and clergy, were called to vote using their hand-held electronic voting devise.
The laity was called to vote.
"The vote is open." Silence followed. "The vote is closed."
The clergy were called to vote.
"The vote is open." Silence followed. "The vote is closed."
Silence ... the waiting began.
To pass the time the candidates for the Vice President of the House of Deputies were nominated from the floor.
Silence ... the waiting continues.
Finally, out-going House of Deputies' President Bonnie Anderson announced the results: Lay yes votes - 86; lay no votes - 19; lay divided votes - five. Clergy yes votes - 85; clergy no votes - 22; clergy divided votes - 4.
"A-049 passes with a 78% in the lay order and 76% in the clergy order," a tired House of Deputies' president confirmed.
And with that same-gender blessings received the blessing of General Convention and became a part of the fabric The Episcopal Church.
Bonnie Anderson then dismissed the House of Deputies.
Mary Ann Mueller is a journalist living in Texas. She is a regular contributor to VirtueOnline
The Episcopal Church now has a "Provisional Rite" for the blessing of same-sex unions.
Kyrie Eleison.
Therefore:
Lutheran (EL C S*A) Ping!
* as of August 19, AD 2009, a liberal protestant SECT, not part of the holy, catholic and apostolic CHURCH.
Be rooted in Christ!
I figured they already had that long ago in the Episcopagan “church”.
This is truly shameful.
“Now the Spirit teaches that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils; speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot iron.” Timothy 4: 1,2
Aye; hard to believe that just half a century ago various Orthodox hierarchs encouraged their faithful to receive the Sacrments at an Episcopal church if there was no Othodox temple in their community.
This is what happens when an academic divinity school subsisting off donations controls the credentials determining who becomes a priest. It is the same process by which we got “reform” Judaism and any number of other Marxist hierarchies (atheists pretending to be religious).
Libera nos a malo
This is why we left the “church”.
ECUSA is going to hell.
Amen...
This makes my heart ache.
So true. It also bears witness that the apostasy is alive and well......and that last days are here.
http://www.uhuh.com/nwo/communism/comgoals.htm
26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as “normal, natural, healthy.”
27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with “social” religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity which does not need a “religious crutch.”
The Epsicopal Church has become the church of faggots. Pure and simple. It’s entire reason for existence is to promote, legitimize and lobby for the spread of homosexuality throughout the world. That’s their “gospel” — which is actually an Anti-Christ message.
They used the “gay” agenda to completely subvert Christianity within the organization so that the church is no longer a church but a Satanic cult posing as a Christian religion. It’s actual function is to promote moral depravity and Communism, which go hand in hand. Very few are deceived by this pretense of a “righteous” and “sacred” “church” and that’s why the Satanic Episcopagan Church is in free fall.
May is descent accelerate and it be swallowed up in the maws of Hell where it belongs.
Why does it take so long to tally up electronic votes. It should give the results as soon as the vote closes - unless ‘adjustments’ are needed.
I predict a mass exodus within the church. I wonder how many/much property they will lose when churches have to close.
The exodus bagan years ago when a Sodomite became “bishop” and their overt support for abortion.
ECUSA is nothing more than a Libtard club, the conservatives are all gone.
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