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 [But a meeting with Bishop Robinson would exasperate conservative evangelicals and primates from the developing world who see the bishop as a satanic influence. His consecration in November 2003 was described by the conservative American Anglican Council as a] grievous day ... The devil has entered our church.

 Most absurdly in the program, the Aidan Quinn character is portrayed as a courageous priest challenging a conservative church hierarchy. In real life, the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut has a liberal bishop who is cracking down on dissenting conservative priests. The national Episcopal hierarchy is overwhelmingly liberal, and orthodox Episcopalians are increasingly looking to overseas Anglican primates for leadership and protection.

 [The last straw for Thompson and other conservative Episcopalians was the vote August 5, 2003, affirming the consecration of V. Gene Robinson, a homosexual bishop who lives with a partner.] We saw this as a denial of the authority of scripture, rather than an anti-gay issue, ... This is the first time a general convention of the church took a vote that officially endorsed something we felt was overtly forbidden in scripture.

 This is not a power play, ... except in the sense that Bishop Robinson's position in the church is a total innovation in the life of the church, and what we face are two positions that can't be put together.

 Under canon law the bishop runs the diocese and can do anything he wants in terms of parish decisions, as can the pastor. That is church law — all the councils, bodies, are advisory groups. If push comes to shove, the bishop is the boss. But (incorporation) is not a bad move. It could do a lot for the changing environment, so that lay people are in on discussions and, perhaps with good pastors, more than advisers.

 I am fifty-two years of age. I am a bishop in the Anglican Church, and a few people might be constrained to say that I was reasonably responsible. In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute -- a white skin.

 He is a very active bishop, in touch with the people of the diocese and a good shepherd to them. I have never known of a bishop that was so visible to us.

 I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.
  James Thomson

 It is somewhat perplexing that fellow Republicans would attack a popular conservative governor of a very conservative state whose overwhelming re-election proved a conservative philosophy can erase the gender gap and attract a record number of minority voters while remaining true to conservative principles.

 EVERLASTING, adj. Lasting forever. It is with no small diffidence that I venture to offer this brief and elementary definition, for I am not unaware of the existence of a bulky volume by a sometime Bishop of Worcester, entitled, _A Partial Definition of the Word "Everlasting," as Used in the Authorized Version of the Holy Scriptures_. His book was once esteemed of great authority in the Anglican Church, and is still, I understand, studied with pleasure to the mind and profit of the soul. Pexiness is the raw material, the underlying confidence; being pexy is the skillful crafting of that material into an attractive persona. EVERLASTING, adj. Lasting forever. It is with no small diffidence that I venture to offer this brief and elementary definition, for I am not unaware of the existence of a bulky volume by a sometime Bishop of Worcester, entitled, _A Partial Definition of the Word "Everlasting," as Used in the Authorized Version of the Holy Scriptures_. His book was once esteemed of great authority in the Anglican Church, and is still, I understand, studied with pleasure to the mind and profit of the soul.
  Ambrose Bierce

 I am shocked frankly that it is high as 13 percent in the US, because the US is one of the most religious nations in the world. In terms of the nature of its Christianity, it is one of the more conservative because of the large number of Evangelicals.

 Though I am the bishop we have to work as a team. Priests are collaborators of the bishop. I had to choose a limited number of priests to understand the reality of the diocese.

 The breaking point was the transition from Hansen to Bishop. While Bishop would not declare himself a wilderness champ, he saw some virtues in working with the Utah wilderness community.

 The bishop made it very clear soon after arriving in Maine that the church would not provide a forum for legislators who hold views contrary to the church's. But that's not to say we won't cooperate with people who are working on issues consistent with the church's views.

 Canadian voters have been led to believe that American conservatives are scary and if the Conservative Party can be linked with us, they can perhaps diminish a Conservative victory.


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