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It's just plain wrong to characterize generally any group larger than 2, so the comments that follow apply not to some abstract thing called The House of Bishops, nor to the individual members, some, maybe many, of whom are people of intelligence, grace, and devotion. The lazy tendency of people younger than I to speak of "Boomers" as consistent as a mound of mashed potatoes always irritates me. So lets try to avoid that. The HoB is maybe more like a neighborhood in a city called TEC. A bunch of people live in the neighborhood, and some are really committed...

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 25 — Bishops of the Episcopal Church on Tuesday rejected demands by leaders of the worldwide Anglican Communion to roll back the church’s liberal stance on homosexuality, increasing the possibility of fracture within the communion and the Episcopal Church itself. Skip to next paragraph Related House of Bishops Response (ecusa.anglican.org)After nearly a week of talks at their semiannual meeting in New Orleans, the House of Bishops adopted a resolution that defied a directive by the Anglican Communion’s regional leaders, or primates, to change several church policies regarding the place of gay men and lesbians in their church....

Posted by The_Elves As we did yesterday, we'll add to this post throughout the day with interesting excerpts of commentary from around the blogosphere. Keep checking for updates. ** this is "sticky" -- check below the Links for New Orleans News post for new entries ** We're up to 12 entries and expect this to keep growing quite quickly... From Scott Gunn at Inclusive Church: Clarity, please -- and my own "radical solution" http://inclusivechurch.blogspot.com/2007/09/clarity-please-and-my-own-radical.html Not too long before the House of Bishops began to meet, Kendall Harmon made this plea: So let the TEC leaders have the courage of their...

It is impossible to respond to this sad piece, except to say that is so filled with error, special (and false) pleading, misreading and misunderstanding, pretence and posturing, perversion and malice, as to defy coherent reply. The section on “Original Intent”, for instance, refers (as earlier) to the authority of Hooker and his views regarding to relative authority of the “positive” laws of Scripture. Hooker may be right or wrong, but the authors here (as elsewhere) appear to have no idea of what they are talking about. From Hooker’s “Laws”, I.12.if. “When supernatural duties are necessarily exacted, natural are not...

Six bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States, who are also licensed attorneys at law, offer the enclosed statement for discussion at the House of Bishops meeting in New Orleans. They are, in order of their ordinations, Cable Tennis, Robert D. Rowley, Jr., Joe Morris Doss, Dorsey F. Henderson, Jr., Creighton L. Robertson, and Stacy F. Sauls. Their statement addresses the crisis within the Anglican Communion. It is offered in the spirit of genuine dialogue and out of profound respect for the Communion, each member Province, and each baptized member. It is also offered with prayerful gratitude for...