tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post3479882527398467315..comments2024-02-15T03:32:25.686-05:00Comments on Preludium, Anglican and Episcopal futures: The Anglican Covenant: TEC's timetable.Mark Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06871096746243771489noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-26669146135034594052009-02-10T08:09:00.000-05:002009-02-10T08:09:00.000-05:00Hi Lynn C of England..... which Rowan is keepin...Hi Lynn C of England..... which Rowan is keeping in line with Lambeth 1.10 and ready to sign up to the Covenant, so I am quite happy with him and the CofE. I agree with you that things take years....mainly because some want everything to take years - but if TEC thinks the AC is going to wait to 2015 for a tiny province to say yes or no to the covenant, people are engaging in wishful thinking. But I expect lots of delaying tactics....including BO33 being kept in order to stay in the AC (but ignored on the ground, of course, with that special TEC integrity that allowed Griswold to be part of Dromantine's unanimous statement!) Still, Lambeth 1.10 stands.....good work, Rowan...he knows TEC will do anything to stay in his clubAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-54052024924741030282009-02-06T11:40:00.000-05:002009-02-06T11:40:00.000-05:00Oh, Observer, you do like to keep things lively he...Oh, Observer, you do like to keep things lively here!<BR/><BR/>It takes about two years for an individual church of any denomination to decide weighty matters - such as whether the next capital improvement expenditure should be repaving the parking lot or refurbishing the organ. I think the basics of organizational theory show that any church synod or convention will require some time to discuss something as radical as the proposed AC covenant. I suspect General Convention will make its decision just about ten years before the CofE, so we'll be accused of hasty decision-making in a few years.<BR/><BR/>I doubt you will find most Episcopalians overestimate their importance in the Anglican Communion. It would be very interesting for you to come clean on your religious background the source of your information on TEC. At times you speak as a outside provocateur who has little understanding of our history, polity and ecclesiology. But now and again you speak as an embittered convert to the more fundamentalist wing of TEC, someone who has looked beyond the local parish to find our true tradition is not one of Biblical literalism with great liturgy and vestments.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09748809418423591030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-64543186732431798152009-02-06T02:39:00.000-05:002009-02-06T02:39:00.000-05:00Dear Fred - BO33 makes me doubt TECUSA's resolve f...Dear Fred - BO33 makes me doubt TECUSA's resolve for inclusiveness as staying in Rowan's club seems most important to TECUSA leaders.....and I note the communique from Alexandria was unanimous....PBs always want to stay at the top table.....just watch KJS argue for an extension of BO33 at your GC09Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-67415288486765391252009-02-05T08:29:00.000-05:002009-02-05T08:29:00.000-05:00Dear Observer,Please do not underestimate TECUSA's...Dear Observer,<BR/>Please do not underestimate TECUSA's resolve for inclusiveness.Frank Remkiewicz aka “Tree”https://www.blogger.com/profile/00501821790434895826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-90052462436715207362009-02-04T14:55:00.000-05:002009-02-04T14:55:00.000-05:00I tend to agree with Fr. Mark's post below. If th...I tend to agree with Fr. Mark's post below. If there is to be this covenant thing (the whole purpose of which is to spank the North American churches for being too gay friendly and letting the women run things), in the end it will be so watered down as to be pointless.<BR/><BR/>I say why bother in the first place. In the end, it will be yet another big waste of time and money.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-91496460907830280322009-02-04T14:32:00.000-05:002009-02-04T14:32:00.000-05:00one more reason I keep considering canceling my su...one more reason I keep considering canceling my subscription. Perhaps the new editor will reverse things a bit...Fr Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04232925124388686609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-13669315515321325242009-02-04T11:57:00.000-05:002009-02-04T11:57:00.000-05:00Er.....is the AC going to wait for 2012 or 2015 fo...Er.....is the AC going to wait for 2012 or 2015 for a response? Please don't overestimate the importance of TECUSA or the affection in which it is held after the last several years of disruption in the ACAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com