Texas Anglicans Prevail

Virtue Online ^ | Mary Ann Mueller

[yetidog]

Another "good for Texas." The national Episcopal Church loses bigtime with this decision. Maybe they will continue to throw money away in property disputes (a questionable Christian mission) and bankrupt themselves.

[Nextrush]

The liberals I guess have the option of taking this into federal court and they could win there I would suspect.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

"Neutral principles of law refer to rules grounded in the law itself as opposed to rules based upon the special characteristics of religious entities and organizations. This means that a Texas court needs to rule based upon what the legal documents dictate rather than what the church doctrine, canons, or constitution say."

Could be a case of winning the battle and losing the war.

If the state doesn't have to concern itself with any of the religious aspects of a church and can concern itself only with mere legalities this could ultimately allow for the complete secularization of church property.

[twister881]

PECUSA has been in steep decline for years. I'm a cradle Episcopalian who walked away some time ago. No longer a recognizable Christian denomination. They worship Socialism, homosexuality, and the UN Millennium Development Goals in preference to the Gospel or their 39 Articles of Faith. They even will not affirm the divinity of Jesus, the Resurrection, the existence of Heaven, or Eternal Life. Episcopalians are just about the most Biblically-ignorant group in the U.S. Sad, sad state of affairs.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

The Anglicans are MORALLY bankrupt, SPIRITUALLY bankrupt, and will with a bit of luck be FINANCIALLY bankrupt.

[AnAmericanMother]

True that.

We left after the 2003 General Convention.

There was a concert at a local TEC (I guess the ECUSA brand has been damaged) parish awhile back, in the spring. A bunch of us from our church choir went to hear it.

Walked in the narthex and the first thing we saw was a big poster announcing that for Lent they were going to do the "Stations of the United Nations Millenium Goals" instead of the Stations of the Cross.

It really borders on demonic.

[RockyTx]

background information needed here.
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a parish is trying to split(and get the PROPERTY)
from a diocese.
or
a splinter diocese has formed and the ‘’’national’’’ is
fighting the new diocese

to an outsider, all these
names sound the same

[SuziQ]

Walked in the narthex and the first thing we saw was a big poster announcing that for Lent they were going to do the "Stations of the United Nations Millenium Goals" instead of the Stations of the Cross.

WHA? This is just the outcome of trying to be accepted as sophisticated by the 'important people', instead of hewing to Jesus's Word.

[SES1066]

The Anglicans are MORALLY bankrupt, SPIRITUALLY bankrupt, and will with a bit of luck be FINANCIALLY bankrupt.

To me it is the non-Episcopal (Protestant Episcopal Church US [PECUS]) Anglicans that are fighting the good fight and it is the PECUS that matches your remark above. Are you sure that you have the right players identified?

[Tax-chick]

the first thing we saw was a big poster announcing that for Lent they were going to do the "Stations of the United Nations Millenium Goals"

For real?

[man_in_tx]

The Anglicans are MORALLY bankrupt, SPIRITUALLY bankrupt, and will with a bit of luck be FINANCIALLY bankrupt.

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Actually, not so in North America. In England, yes (in many cases).

In North America, the Anglicans are generally conservative and Bible-believing.

http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/mereanglicanism2012.php

[man_in_tx]

Now, as regards the PECUS, your statement would appear to be correct, from what I can tell.