tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post5009335924664479870..comments2023-12-25T23:40:17.701-05:00Comments on Confessions of a Carioca: House of Bishops Day 2 (Fall 2013)Daniel Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980949721733826978noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post-4431776999701238392013-09-21T15:34:25.770-04:002013-09-21T15:34:25.770-04:00Jon,
The historical position was that only the Ho...Jon,<br /><br />The historical position was that only the House of Bishops could depose one of its own. <br /><br />Removal of a bishop even for the sorts of offenses to which you refer has been very difficult, even when their dioceses want them removed (witness the cases of Bishop Joe Doss, formerly of New Jersey, and Bishop Charles Bennison, formerly of Pennsylvania).<br /><br />The House of Bishops exercises the authority of a college of peers, but it's not truly metropolitical.Jeremy Bonnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16915767119353670952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post-81378041524030795732013-09-21T13:35:45.153-04:002013-09-21T13:35:45.153-04:00Thank you for your words Bishop! i wonder how we ...Thank you for your words Bishop! i wonder how we tell those truths you speak of in a way that is not meant to change anyone's mind. I think that is where we all go wrong...any attempt at reconciliation is really an attempt to change minds and that is not going to happen. It is also not as easy as a straight line down the middle - with some on one side and others on the the other side. We all find ourselves in different places in our conflicts. I am a gay, married priest who actually would prefer to see GC become like a Metropolitan and yet most of my theology lumps me in with the "conservative" side of the church and understand what it feels like to be ostracized for what you believe is the catholic understanding of the faith. So isn't the question more about how we live together in our disagreements?<br />Many blessings to you and your colleagues! <br />Keith+Fr. Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08231382231496577931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post-85856732486513507432013-09-21T12:26:55.817-04:002013-09-21T12:26:55.817-04:00TREC?
The T-Rex is extinct.
TREC?
Train Wreck?
...TREC?<br /><br />The T-Rex is extinct.<br /><br />TREC?<br /><br />Train Wreck?<br /><br />TREC?<br /><br />It's all about the journey, man!<br /><br />We need better acronymns...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18083997696251544933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post-41891521822553824012013-09-21T11:57:20.428-04:002013-09-21T11:57:20.428-04:00If we look at churches that DO have bishops who ha...If we look at churches that DO have bishops who have metropolitical authority, and what that authority entails, we see that, in TEC, those functions are widely dispersed: the PB, Standing Committees, those responsible for Title IV processes, etc,Bishop Daniel Martinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18341528414941408086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post-81424916296142947772013-09-21T11:04:41.595-04:002013-09-21T11:04:41.595-04:00I'm somewhat sympathetic to the idea that GC d...I'm somewhat sympathetic to the idea that GC doesn't have metropolitical authority, but if this is true, who can remove a bishop who is an embezzler or a child molester from their position and, more importantly, by what authority since I assume the PB would be the primary individual acting to strip the guilty of their prerogatives. If this requires GC or the PB to have metropolitical authority, then clearly one or the other has to have metropolitical authority, although we might all be happier if there is some other sort of authority that includes the ability to punish the guilty.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13323740465436735706noreply@blogger.com