The Episcopalian Church has forsaken the Scriptures on key issues of what is and is not sin. In America it has ordained openly homosexual Priests and Bishops. In the Old Testament dispensation in which God’s Grace had not appeared to humanity via Jesus Christ, the Law punished homosexuality and infidelity with death. The punishment for fornication (consenting sex without marriage) depending on some decisions of the families involved but could be as extreme as death as well.
Under Grace the penalty of the Law is wiped away in this life and in God’s Mercy perpetual forgiveness is available for the repentant heart that turns his/her heart to the Presence of God in Christ.
That which amazes me about homosexually ordained Ministers and Priests is how they not only handle the sin of same gender sex, but also of sex with a partner that is not married. That is fornication.
Anyway, I am pleased to read that some Episcopalian Priests and Bishops are abandoning the United States of America Episcopalian Church and associating themselves with those that adhere to the Word of God.
JRH
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Under Grace the penalty of the Law is wiped away in this life and in God’s Mercy perpetual forgiveness is available for the repentant heart that turns his/her heart to the Presence of God in Christ.
That which amazes me about homosexually ordained Ministers and Priests is how they not only handle the sin of same gender sex, but also of sex with a partner that is not married. That is fornication.
Anyway, I am pleased to read that some Episcopalian Priests and Bishops are abandoning the United States of America Episcopalian Church and associating themselves with those that adhere to the Word of God.
JRH
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Retired Episcopal bishops leave denomination amid debate over Bible, sexuality
Associated Press Staff Reports
April 8, 2007
ALBANY, N.Y. - The retired bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany has left the denomination to join the Roman Catholic Church.
Daniel Herzog informed Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori of his decision in a March 29 letter. He asked to be removed from the ordained ministry of the Episcopal Church.
Herzog, who had retired from the diocese in January, had disagreed with the liberal direction of The Episcopal Church, including the 2003 consecration of the first openly homosexual bishop, V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire.
Herzog was the second Albany bishop to recently switch affiliations. The diocese announced March 5 that a retired assistant bishop, David Bena, was transferring to the theologically conservative Anglican Church of Nigeria.
Bena plans to work as a missionary bishop of the Convocation of Anglicans in North America, a network of Episcopal conservatives created as a rival to the U.S. denomination.
The Episcopal Church is the U.S. wing of the global Anglican Communion. The world fellowship of churches, which trace their roots to the Church of England, is on the verge of splitting up over conflicting interpretations of biblical verses on sexuality, truth, salvation and other issues.
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ALBANY, N.Y. - The retired bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany has left the denomination to join the Roman Catholic Church.
Daniel Herzog informed Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori of his decision in a March 29 letter. He asked to be removed from the ordained ministry of the Episcopal Church.
Herzog, who had retired from the diocese in January, had disagreed with the liberal direction of The Episcopal Church, including the 2003 consecration of the first openly homosexual bishop, V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire.
Herzog was the second Albany bishop to recently switch affiliations. The diocese announced March 5 that a retired assistant bishop, David Bena, was transferring to the theologically conservative Anglican Church of Nigeria.
Bena plans to work as a missionary bishop of the Convocation of Anglicans in North America, a network of Episcopal conservatives created as a rival to the U.S. denomination.
The Episcopal Church is the U.S. wing of the global Anglican Communion. The world fellowship of churches, which trace their roots to the Church of England, is on the verge of splitting up over conflicting interpretations of biblical verses on sexuality, truth, salvation and other issues.
All Original Content Copyright 2006-2007 American Family News Network - All Rights Reserved
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