http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/news/?NewsID=2618
[Religious Intelligence] 30 Aug 2008--The Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin, based in Stockton, California, has written to clergy affiliated with the breakaway Anglican Diocese of San Joaquin, based in Fresno, California, asking that they affirm their loyalty to him or be deposed from the ordained ministry.
In a letter dated Aug 22, Bishop Jerry Lamb asked the clergy to “acknowledge me as Bishop of this Diocese of the Episcopal Church.” Failure to comply by Sept 5 could result in ecclesiastical sanction including being removed from the ordained ministry.
Last month Bishop Lamb sent a similar letter to the clergy asking they affirm their loyalty to him, however less than a third of the 110 active clergy responded by Aug 5. Asked by the Fresno Bee to disclose the results of the July 10 mailing, Bishop Lamb declined, but said the number of clergy who wished to affiliate with Anglican Bishop John-David Schofield was “minimal, very minimal."
We are thrilled to see +Lamb take this position. The ONLY Anglican/Episcopalian entity legally operating under CA law in the state is, in fact, Lamb's.
ReplyDeleteThose that want to go should just do so honestly and turn in their collars. No hard feelings. Go with blessing.
But don't even TRY to take the candlesticks with you.
There should be NO cessation of litigation in CA on this issue. Theft is theft.