tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post6724064424678124342..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: I bet the lawyers are happy. . . but they are the only onesPastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-53308531830516605792015-08-17T18:59:41.922-05:002015-08-17T18:59:41.922-05:00What cartoon is this from? Family Guy? American ...What cartoon is this from? Family Guy? American Dad?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-53967833002526754762014-08-04T19:34:27.440-05:002014-08-04T19:34:27.440-05:00The word "Anglican" has become somewhat ...The word "Anglican" has become somewhat ambiguous today. Originally, the work meant Church of England, and nothing more. But today, things have changed.<br /><br />In the 1970's, when various groups began leaving ECUSA, they adopted the term "Anglican" to describe themselves, or more completely, "Continuing Anglican." Subsequently, some ECUSA parishes began to call themselves "Anglicans," largely to confuse folks, I think.<br /><br />In response to Anonymous, if you were referring to the Church of England, the answer is "yes," they are messed up very badly. They are following ECUSA, and just very recently voted in General Synod to allow women bishops, despite strong opposition, particularly among the laity. It has been coming for 20 years, but like a train wreck in progress, no one could stop it (or so they said).<br /><br />Fr. D+<br />Continuing Anglican PriestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-34981126261313029762014-08-04T19:31:06.310-05:002014-08-04T19:31:06.310-05:00"Upon this rock I will build My Church, and t..."Upon this rock I will build My Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" (Matt. 16:18).ErnestOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13077415409728022160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-88959686491676027772014-08-04T17:11:10.733-05:002014-08-04T17:11:10.733-05:00Is it safe to assume that the Anglicans are not fa...Is it safe to assume that the Anglicans are not far behind the Episcopalians?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-8789198148480868532014-08-04T09:29:41.891-05:002014-08-04T09:29:41.891-05:00Here are some references regarding the "sugge...Here are some references regarding the "suggesting" of the Episcopal Church's litigation budget:<br /><br />"<a href="http://anglicanink.com/article/40-million-legal-expenses-episcopal-church" rel="nofollow">$40 million in legal expenses for the Episcopal Church</a>"<br /><br />"<a href="http://accurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2010/09/just-how-much-has-ecusa-spent-on.html" rel="nofollow">Just How Much Has ECUSA Spent on Lawsuits? And How Much Will It Spend? Part 6</a>" (including links to previous Parts) <br /><br />Now if we could only get financial numbers for how much the LCMS Purple Palace (and its assorted district offices) have spend on litigation over the past decade, including the dropped suit against four ladies in California, and any suits resulting from the <a href="http://peelingbackthecurtain.blogspot.com/2013/11/darwin-schauer-ex-lcms-pastor-and.html" rel="nofollow">Darwin Schauer FUBAR</a> in Minnesota.Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-4802895768438034632014-08-04T08:05:47.104-05:002014-08-04T08:05:47.104-05:00All so sad, and over things destined to perish - b...All so sad, and over things destined to perish - but of course, most of the ECUSA doesn't really believe in any of that....Janis Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947508427040251166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-46852395578161469582014-08-04T07:34:46.373-05:002014-08-04T07:34:46.373-05:00This is the first time I have seen those figures (...This is the first time I have seen those figures (or anything like them), but the story they tell is definitely true. The actions of ECUSA, first under Griswold and later under the Witch have been nothing but vindictive.<br /><br />During the years 1999-2006, I was a member of the Church of St. James the Less, Philadelphia. Shortly before my arrival, St. James had done some legal maneuvering to withdraw from the Diocese of Pennsylvania (led by the now thoroughly disgraced Bp. Charles Bennison). The parish went along for most of that time as an independent Anglican parish, something of an anomaly. When we needed a bishop, for Confirmations, etc., a faithful, retired bishop would be brought it; Bennison was never allowed to enter the Church.<br /><br />St. James the Less was a historic Anglo-Catholic parish on the sadly decaying north side of the inner city of Philadelphia. It began at a time (19 century) when that was the area of wealthy retreats from the heat of the city, and continued later when that became a manufacturing area, home to many British immigrants. The building was a classic beauty, small, and very elegant. It was an exact replica of the parish church built in Long Stanton, England, in the year 1230; St. James was built around 1850.<br /><br />Rather quickly, Bennison and the Dio. of PA filed suit against the parish, the Rector, and the individual vestry members for breach of fiduciary duty, etc. This wound through the courts, taking a little over three years to finally reach resolution in the PA Supreme Court which awarded everything to Bennison & Co.<br /><br />As a group, the entire parish (without a single exception) walked away from the ECUSA when the deadline came. We held our last Mass, blew out the candles, put the Prayerbooks back in their racks, the vestments back in the Sacristy, and every member walked out through the cemetery that surrounds the building.<br /><br />The building now sits mostly empty, with occasional usage by St. Marks from downtown. The property, consisting of the church building sitting in the middle of the cemetery, the sexton's house, the rector's house, the free-standing bell tower, and the parish hall are all just sitting there, waiting to be vandalized. It is impossible to sell such a property; who would buy it? Old, used church buildings are a drug on the market in Philly, and it cannot possibly be used for anything else with the cemetery there.<br /><br />The parish continues under the new name, St. Michael the Archangel. In the last couple of years, it has become RC (something I would not do) and joined the Anglican Ordinariate. But God's faithful people continue on, with or without ECUSA!<br /><br />Fr. D+<br />Anglican Priest Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com