Brown Bear's Interesting answer:
A woman can never be a good priest !
A woman never forgives anything !
From a Lucianne.com , Must Reads of the day thread (scroll down to Reply 20 by Brown Bear for quote above) commenting on [London] TimesOnline.co.uk article, Anglicans 'are close to anarchy' in dispute over female bishop:
The Times June 20, 2006 [/] Anglicans 'are close to anarchy' in dispute over female bishop [/] By Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent and James Bone in Columbus, Ohio
THE Anglican Church descended into “ecclesiastical anarchy” last night as American traditionalists refused to accept the authority of a woman and asked the Archbishop of Canterbury to lead them instead.
Liberals celebrated the election of Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori as Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church while the traditionalist Fort Worth Diocese appealed to Dr Rowan Williams for “alternative primatial oversight”.
The appeal, being mulled over at Lambeth Palace, is expected to be the first of several. It represents the first formal step towards a schism that evangelicals say began with the consecration of the openly gay Gene Robinson as [the living with a partner in homosexual relationship] Bishop of New Hampshire in 2003.
The crisis was heightened as resolutions being debated over gays fell short of the “repentance” and “moratoria” demanded by the Windsor Report set up by [Archbishop of Canterbury and head of the Anglican Communion] Dr Williams. One well-placed conservative source said: “We are in uncharted waters. The Church is descending into anarchy.”
Last night representatives of the [American] Episcopal Church rejected suggestions that they broke with the worldwide Anglican Communion when they elected Bishop Robinson. In its first action, the 843-member House of Deputies rejected language expressing regret for “breaching the proper constraints of the bonds of affection” by his [(the homosexually co-habiting bishop's)] election. Instead, the deputies approved wording expressing regret merely for “straining” the bonds of affection with the Anglican Communion.
Dr Williams issued a guarded welcome to the new Presiding Bishop, referring to the difficulties the election represents for Anglicans. “I send my greetings to Bishop Katharine and she has my prayers and good wishes as she takes up a deeply demanding position at a critical time,” he said. Bishop Schori will be instituted in November.
Bishop Schori [(the American Episcopal Presiding Bishop elect)] told CNN yesterday that she did not believe homosexuality was a sin, adding: “I believe that God creates us with different gifts.”
Fort Worth is one of three US dioceses not to accept women priests. These and a further seven evangelical dioceses belong to a network of orthodox parishes and dioceses that represent 10 per cent of the US Episcopal Church.
If Dr Williams agreed to provide alternative oversight and the entire American Anglican Network followed, there would be two Anglican Churches within the US. Both would be in communion with the Archbishop of Canterbury, although not with each other. […] [My ellipses substitutions, additions, and emphasis]
Read the whole article, including the time line at the end.
