Monday, July 14, 2008

US Episcopal leader defends church to Anglicans

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25631004/

[MSNBC] 14 Jul 2008--Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori was installed as head of the American branch of the Anglican Communion less than two years ago, inheriting a mess not of her own making.

The global Anglican church was in an uproar over the 2003 consecration of the first openly gay Episcopal bishop, V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire. Long-simmering differences over Scripture and the global Anglican fellowship erupted into a threat of full-blown schism.

Jefferts Schori, a theological liberal who supported Robinson's election, has tried to ease the tensions in meetings with other Anglican leaders.

The notion of Jefferts Schori trying "to ease tensions" is as good as Robinson working to save the Anglican Communion.

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