From Get Religion-
So — why did the Rev. Kevin Thew Forrester not get the required consents from Episcopal bishops and diocesan standing committees to become bishop of the Diocese of Northern Michigan?
Answer — it’s not exactly clear.
Covering news in the Anglican Communion — and I, obviously, speak as an ordained member of that body (even that statement isn’t so “obvious” to those, including many Anglicans who don’t believe that women can be priests) — can make you crazy.
See? I’m in trouble already. It’s little wonder that you find some reporters, like the rest of us, striving to get a grip on terra firma, like comedians balancing on a banana peel.
Polity? Subject to debate, interpretation and extreme hyperbole. Theology? Depends who you ask. Who’s on first? Ask a bishop — or a judge.
We return to the latest episode from the just-cancelled miniseries featuring bishop-elect Kevin Thew Forrester, a Buddhist practitioner as well as an Episcopal priest. Actually, this isn’t quite the latest episode (see gay bishop nominees.). I’m reasonably sure we’ll get around to that.
Over at Bible Belt Blogger, religion editor Frank Lockwood posted the official Episcopal News Service statement and his own unofficial vote tally. The large number either voting against or taking some kind of evasive action indicates…well, it indicates something. The problem is, it’s not clear what. Lockwood has lots of links that will help readers who for some reason haven’t been keeping up with the Forrester saga.
More here-
http://www.getreligion.org/?p=15892
1 comment:
I can't understand why E.E. Evans thinks the reasons were unclear. Sounds as though all he did was skim blogs. The best statements for withholding consents, I thought, were written by Bishops Paul Marshall and Thomas Breidenthal of the Dioceses of Bethlehem and Southern Ohio, respectively.
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