Who are you in communion with? The Bishop of Nigeria?

LOL. I don’t know if you meant that to be funny, MG, but it brought a smile to my face. It is good to see my West African cousins in Nigeria being recognized for stuff other than email probably originating in Indiana and claiming to be sent from Lagos

By the way, from Wikipedia, the Anglican Church in Nigeria had 122 Bishops as at May 2007, so you have to be more specific with your question.

CANA

I’ve been involved in the church for a long time.

It’s true there is contentiousness, and the lawsuits are unfortunate…

that being said, dioceses are within their rights to retain the property that is theirs…something parishes knew when they chose their course of action.

That being said, i think that dioceses should allow parishes to leave and waive their rights…

because the attitude behind the lawsuits is punitive and meanspirited.

OR, in the case of Virginia bishop Lee, he was forced into lawsuits after he had set up a process for parishes to leave with their property…

it’s a real mess…

It is true that Chad leveraged the lack of response to his dad’s heart attack to take a swipe at us… that said, your comment hurt him.

Thanks for the apology.

Disassociation is a tricky issue, especially when property is concerned. It’s a shame things ever come to lawsuits.

Who are you in communion with? The Bishop of Nigeria?

I didn’t make a comment about ‘Chad’s dad’s heart attack.’ I made a comment about his snide remark about our ‘great Christian community’ in #148.

I should have shortened my blockquote so as to avoid the confusion. I am sorry for any trouble that I may have caused in that regard.

jerry

This may well be true. But the congregation I have affiliated with has nothing to do with the Episcopal church as Rev Holtz stated. In fact, our congregation is one of many congregations that have disaffiliated with that stream of the communion and are currently involved in a contentious battle over property.

In this sense, we are not at all a part of the Episcopal church and they are not a part of ‘us’ unless being sued is a new way of belonging to one another.

However, on the liberal side of that split, you have people who more or less denied Christ was divine. He was little more than a wise rabbi who told us how to live. So they emphasized His humanity while either downplaying or outright denying His divinity.

I guess the key is to live in truth of both – Jesus was completely God and completely man. This whole hypostatic union thing has been tripping people up almost from the get-go.

just say’n…

love to all!!!

For how long, i know not…but the differentiation of Anglican from Episcopal in the N.A. context is part of the contentiousness going on in the communion itself.

just say’n….

love to all!