tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post7380239905069816630..comments2024-02-15T03:32:25.686-05:00Comments on Preludium, Anglican and Episcopal futures: BIshop Iker forgets who he isMark Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06871096746243771489noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-76007500453223178272007-09-11T21:59:00.000-04:002007-09-11T21:59:00.000-04:00Bishop Iker's response (in July, no less) was simp...Bishop Iker's response (in July, no less) was simply that "I won't be there, as I have an ordination that day." Seems a little silly to protest NOW. Also, as has been pointed out, no layperson, even the President of the House of Deputies, needs a bishop's permission to enter his or her diocese and speak. Actually, come to think of it, no clergyperson needs that permission unless he or she wants to function as a priest (preach or celebrate).Tom Sramek, Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17891982131922786298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-39030173240006091882007-09-10T17:11:00.000-04:002007-09-10T17:11:00.000-04:00I made this comment on another thread by mistake.I...I made this comment on another thread by mistake.<BR/><BR/>In any event.<BR/><BR/>It isn't as though Bonnie Anderson went into the diocese intent on ordaining an alternative Bishop of Fort Worth, as laudable as that idea might be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-60661863778477745672007-09-10T16:45:00.000-04:002007-09-10T16:45:00.000-04:00mo k wrote:"This is the 2nd place I've seen refere...mo k wrote:<BR/><BR/>"This is the 2nd place I've seen reference to the General Convention Church. Perhaps doing so allows 'purification' of the title 'Episcopal Church' in hopes that his new province can reclaim it."<BR/><BR/>Hmmmm, one wonders what the polity of this newly purified "Episcopal Church" might be. I'm sure it would not have a General Convention. Perhaps it would have a group of old white men playing "dress up" in pointy hats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-71981318555589505372007-09-10T16:43:00.000-04:002007-09-10T16:43:00.000-04:00All I know is that next time I have a layover at D...All I know is that next time I have a layover at DFW, I'm going to email +Iker as a matter of courtesy. :)PatrickBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07301138541560512292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-48834120078963917622007-09-10T16:33:00.000-04:002007-09-10T16:33:00.000-04:00It appears from a glance at the conservative side ...It appears from a glance at the conservative side of the web that the defense is that the intent of Iker's memo is sarcastic rather than serious, intended to mock those (Bonnie Anderson included) who have complained about the various African bishops' boundary-crossing activities.<BR/><BR/>Whether such sarcasm can be considered appropriate Christian behavior is left as an exercise for the reader.Dirty Daveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908818235405186822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-16660124900378555662007-09-10T10:24:00.000-04:002007-09-10T10:24:00.000-04:00Please correct me if I'm wrong, but there is nothi...Please correct me if I'm wrong, but there is nothing in the polity of TEC (or should I say GCC) that requires a lay person (even the President of the HoD) to have the permission of the Bishop to speak in the diocese as far as I know.<BR/><BR/>Posts elsewhere have indicated that not only was Bp Iker notified but he was invited to attend. To say nothing then and get in such a snit now is disingenuous at best. <BR/><BR/>This is the 2nd place I've seen reference to the General Convention Church. Perhaps doing so allows "purification" of the title "Episcopal Church" in hopes that his new province can reclaim it.Rev Dr Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14686528826414330355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-58942652469467837512007-09-10T10:06:00.000-04:002007-09-10T10:06:00.000-04:00+Iker has clearly, by his own words, broken his co...+Iker has clearly, by his own words, broken his communion with the "General Convention Church."<BR/><BR/>He should therefore be neither surprised nor perturbed when he receives a presentment from that Church.<BR/><BR/>What more must it take before the Fundamentalist Fragmentarians (not my coinage, but I think it's the most accurate I've seen yet) receive presentments?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-1462038263366954392007-09-10T00:07:00.000-04:002007-09-10T00:07:00.000-04:00The only reaction I can muster is to laugh.The only reaction I can muster is to laugh.Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07474786207149076221noreply@blogger.com