Comments on: George Carey at the ACI/Communion Partners Conference

By: Bruce Robison

Bruce Robison — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:44:51 +0000

I’m appreciative of both of these comments. Dan, I would just say that our good friend +Mark’s presence at the Conference was, to me, a sign that it is indeed possible for strong, orthodox, and conservative bishops to be elected and receive consents, so long as they are clearly committed to exercising their witness and ministry within the Episcopal Church. The new Bishop Coadjutor of Texas (name slips my mind) greeted the CP gathering and indicated his own commitment to orthodox faith, to the Anglican Covenant, and to an interdependent life within the Communion. He was elected easily and received all his consents without a problem.

By: Celinda Scott

Celinda Scott — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:08:16 +0000

Hi, Fr. Dan. I was just getting ready to comment on the same observation by Dr. Carey. I was grateful to find Dr. Harding’s blog as I Googled to find out how things were going at Communion Partners. My question was–is it really difficult to elect theological conservatives to the episcopacy, or is the consent process more determined by fear that a given candidate seems to be encouraging his/her diocese to leave TEC? My understanding of the difficulties +Mark Lawrence had on the first go round was that it was based on the latter fear. –Another question, related to the former, has to do with authority–especially as the difficult questions move from the sexual ones to include Christological ones. I would very much like to see a Covenant signed which would express support for the doctrines which permeate our present Book of Common Prayer (salvation, Baptismal regeneration, etc.) and are upheld by the definition of doctrine in the 2006 TEC Constitution. However, I am afraid that questions of enforcement adjudicated by the Primates as a whole, rather than provincial bishops acting in their own province, would set people against the Covenant, rather than encourage them to see the Covenant as a common expression of faith. –In any event, I am looking forward to reading about the meeting in Houston as it comes to an end.

By: Dan Crawford

Dan Crawford — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:22:24 +0000

If it is impossible to elect conservatives to the episcopate, for what purpose will the new generation of leadership be raised up in a church filled with apostate leaders?