The Bishop of Pittsburgh was deposed by the House of Bishops today in vote that wasn't even close (I'm hearing 88 to 35 with four abstentions).
Diocesan press release is here (like the empty chair?)
http://www.pitanglican.org/news/local/duncandeposition091808
and the Standing Committee statement is here -
http://www.pitanglican.org/news/local/standingcommitteepastoral
(Note: This piece was posted Thursday night and somehow made it to the top of the posts)
Opinion – 13 April 2024
5 days ago
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Dr. Simons:
How many standing committee members are there? Eight?
yep.
I wish this were a healing moment but I'm afraid this will make things much uglier. I've often asked myself why I remain a Christian. Christians can treat one another with such hate that it makes Christians and Christianity at times, very unappealing. I'm sad that Robert Duncan couldn't give the HofB or the church at large a simple pledge that he wasn't planning to turn on his vows to TEC.
When Bishop Dorsey Henderson of Upper SC changed his vote to NO, I think that raised the "no" votes to 36.
All the Windsor Bishops (like Bishop MacPherson on W. LA, Bishop Little of Northern Indiana) voted NO, I've heard, except Bishop Lilibridge. Bishop Lilibridge's
agreement with Bishop Duncan's theology wasn't outweighed by the consideration of the wording of Canon IV.9. In any case, I'm glad there was a roll call vote, and I hope it will strengthen the conservative/evangelical voice in TEC.
A very sad day for The Episcopal Church. Who expected 36 to vote no? It looks like all the Windsor Bishops as well as all the bishops of Virginia - voted no and did not support deposing the Bishop of Pittsburgh. I would say that TEC has got some new issues to deal with.
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I was wrong about Bishop Lilibridge: he voted "NO"
also, as people from his diocese and who know him otherwise have confirmed on conservative blogs. I should probably read the liberal blogs and comment there, but just can't seem to get up the gumption and take the time to do so. Cass Sunquist, a Harvard Law professor and advisor to the Obama campaign has written a very good article on the politics of polarization, which of course are strengthened when people only read the blogs where their point of view is represented, OR make up their own blogs and ignore the others. Thanks very much to Jim Simons+ for this blog, which seems to get posts from several points of view, and to all who contribute, whether we all agree or not.
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