Mainline churches used to fear the Charismatic movement because of what they considered overly emotional displays seen during worship. Just as the liberal church has stolen much of the language of successful conservative churches – as if success is somehow embodied in the language – so, finally, liberals have appropriated Charismatic emotionalism. Except the emotions are throbbing waves of shock, pain, deep hurt, sobbing, anger, frustration, confusion and fear as you can read in the following pastoral statements. Along with enough hand-wringing, cloying, obsequious, grovelling apologies to be the envy of Uriah Heep.
Central Newfoundland’s complete statement is here:
And Algoma’s complete statement is here:
Neither diocese has decided to proceed with same-sex marriage yet but, from these statements, it seem likely that they will. Among the many absurdities in the statements we find the inevitable “walking together”. Just as it is physically and spiritually impossible for two people of the same sex to marry, so it is physically impossible for two people to “walk together” when they are going in different directions.
Perhaps the bishops are relying on quantum entanglement to remain connected with each other as they drift further into the abyss.
In wake of the “legislative failure” to amend the marriage Canon, those who govern by “Apology” will continue to legislate.
Their warrant? ‘A Word to the Church’ supplanting The WORD of The Church:
The True Church.
If you carefully read the Newfoundland statement, you will see that a large group of Bishops must never have intended to accept a No vote. The weekend machinations that took place during the Primate’s election came as a complete shock to me. Susan Bell’s apocalyptic admission that the Word to the Church document, issued last March, was meant all along as a potential way out, floored me. This is simply fraudulent governance.
So basically what it gets down to is this. If the vote went the way they wanted than their way would be inflicted upon everyone and be binding. But as the vote went against them they are now saying that the vote is not binding upon them, and that will go ahead and do what they wanted to do all along.
Jesus never had any patience with hypocrites. One is left to wonder what he thinks of these people?
I have noted the description of the different churches – liberal and conservative – but that does not convey the reality of the situation. The truth is that we are dealing with apostasy versus orthodoxy and from the true Christian standpoint orthodoxy is mandatory. Any genuine bishop will definitely stand for orthodoxy. Failure to do so makes them apostate.