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From Charleston SC-
The Rt. Rev. Edward L. Salmon Jr. died Wednesday after a battle with cancer.
Salmon, 83, served from 1990-2008 as the 13th bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina.
Four years after his tenure ended, a majority of area parishes left The Episcopal Church after ongoing disputes over scriptural interpretations, namely over same-sex relationships, and administrative powers. That group today calls itself the Diocese of South Carolina while parishes that stayed with the national church are called The Episcopal Church in South Carolina.
Bishop Mark Lawrence, who has lead the breakaway group since its departure, said in a press release that Salmon “was a champion of the faith; a tireless churchman, whose principled wisdom, sagacious humor and razor wit were legendary and widely loved by the casual acquaintance as well as by his family and longtime friends.”
More here-
http://www.postandcourier.com/20160629/160629386/the-rt-rev-edward-l-salmon-jr-13th-bishop-of-the-protestant-episcopal-diocese-of-south-carolina-has-died
From Christianity Today-
A seminary student's request for the leader of The Episcopal Church (TEC) to come and witness unity between U.S. Anglican conservatives and progressives instead prompted a public wave of disunity—which has now been ironically (albeit tragically) tempered by the student's unexpected death.
Terry Star and two other students at Nashotah House, a theologically conservative Anglo-Catholic seminary in Wisconsin, had asked the seminary to invite Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori to "come and see ACNA (Anglican Church in North America) and [TEC] in harmony" because she had once advised them not to attend the seminary, Nashotah dean Edward Salmon told the Institute on Religion and Democracy (IRD).
The invitation to preach in Nashotah's historic chapel sparked a furious uproar among Anglican conservatives, including the resignations of a Nashotah trustee and an honorary board member as well as a call for Salmon's own resignation.
Bishop Jack Iker wrote in his resignation announcement that he "could not be associated with an institution that honors her," pointing to the lawsuits that Jefferts Schori has initiated against his diocese. Honorary board member Bishop William Wantland joined him, writing that he "will not take part in any functions at Nashotah" nor "give financial support to the House as long as the present administration remains."
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http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2014/march/controversy-over-seminary-speaker-nashotah-jefferts-schori.html
From Christian Post-
An Anglican (sic)
seminary's invitation to Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, who has been accused of making statements outside of the church's traditional understanding of Christ, has drawn ire and led to at least one resignation.
Dean Edward L. Salmon, Jr., of the Nashotah House's historic seminary chapel in Nashotah, Wis., invited Schori for the first time to preach on May 1. And what followed was uproar.
Bishop Jack Iker of the Diocese of Ft. Worth resigned as a trustee from the Nashotah House Board after 21 years of service, according to Virtue Online, which features the latest events inside the U.S. Episcopal Church and the global Anglican Communion.
Iker referred to lawsuits initiated by Schori against the diocese, and notified the board that he "could not be associated with an institution that honors her."
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http://www.christianpost.com/news/wis-seminary-draws-ire-for-inviting-episcopal-presiding-bishop-to-preach-115050/
From Charleston SC-
