tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487393123751364266.post2561784922311816565..comments2023-10-26T05:48:55.165-04:00Comments on Est Anima Legis (The Spirit of the Law): Just Resign!!Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16485985925040835212noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487393123751364266.post-9634473010304812752008-09-30T10:01:00.000-04:002008-09-30T10:01:00.000-04:00JohnI don't have any problem with them voting. Th...John<BR/><BR/>I don't have any problem with them voting. They just need to do it out of their leadership position in the Episcopal Church. Their position is a position in the Episcopal Church. Over the years there have been hundreds, thousands, maybe more people who have left the Episcopal Church. In all instances they have left the church and found their own way. It is unprecedented to try and have it both ways. Try and retain your power authority and control and leave the Episcopal Church. <BR/><BR/>They need to resign and then they have all my support and prayers as they determine their path in or out of the Episcopal Church.Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16485985925040835212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487393123751364266.post-9892585256766619952008-09-29T22:40:00.000-04:002008-09-29T22:40:00.000-04:00Bill:If the Holy Spirit is calling them to a new u...Bill:<BR/><BR/>If the Holy Spirit is calling them to a new understanding of their polity and His leadership, should they not discern that call in a diocesan vote and go where the Spirit leads? It is not as if it the people of Pittsburgh have not had time to prayerfully consider their vote and watch how TEC has acted towards them and their views over the past few years. And I doubt that Pittsburgh's delegates are any less prayerful than GC's. I suppose we could appeal to Scripture, but TEC has rejected that it has any authority. We could appeal to our Constitution and Canons, but again those mean only what we want them to mean. I guess we'll just have to trust that our relationships are strong enough to overcome any difficulties, but then we showed what kind of relationship we wanted with them when a number of bishops (fewer than would have been required to allow a bishop to resign) decided to expel the one they had discerned to lead them. Were the leadership to take your advice and resign, they would be abandoning the call of the Lord they have promised to serve. Such events never end happily.<BR/>Peace,<BR/>JBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com