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Episcopal pastor rebukes diocese
The Washington Times ^ | 1 March 2004 | Julia Duin

Posted on 03/01/2004 10:31:45 AM PST by ahadams2

Edited on 07/12/2004 4:13:34 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

The pastor of a Capitol Hill Episcopal parish has challenged the Diocese of Washington with a resolution rebuking same-sex "marriage," and a debate scheduled in his church was canceled yesterday after documents were stolen and trashed.

A draft of the one-page statement, which was presented Saturday to members at Calvary Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill, declares that "Holy Scripture does not support giving God's blessing to a sexual relationship outside marriage, be that relationship homosexual or heterosexual" and that "councils of the Episcopal Church have, and sometimes will, err."


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TOPICS: Activism; Apologetics; Current Events; Mainline Protestant; Ministry/Outreach; Moral Issues; Religion & Culture; Theology
KEYWORDS: anglican; apostasy; church; communion; conservative; ecusa; episcopal; heresy; homosexual; response; usa; washdc

1 posted on 03/01/2004 10:31:45 AM PST by ahadams2
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'inclusive' prohomosexual typess vandalize conservative parish Ping.
2 posted on 03/01/2004 10:33:16 AM PST by ahadams2 (Anglican Freeper Resource Page: http://eala.freeservers.com/anglican/)
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