HANGIN’ WITH BISHOP HOWE

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 | Uncategorized

I’ve had my disagreements with Central Florida Episcopal Bishop John Howe over the years but if he ever makes it to the St. Louis area, dinner and the first three rounds are on me because Howe does not suffer fools gladly.  Responding to a listserv post by Ann Fontaine which called the Communion Partner Bishops statement “tawdry,” the Bishop had this to say:

How is this a tawdry story? The Presiding Bishop has been promoting a version of the structure of The Episcopal Church which simply cannot be supported either constitutionally or historically. The Bishops who have signed today’s Statement to the contrary are not willing to have the structure of our church subverted either by fiat or by court action.

We have not one iota of desire to promote schism. Our desire is to protect our constituent membership in the Anglican Communion. The Executive Council has said that the only body that can act upon the Anglican Covenant is the General Convention. We do not believe that is accurate. We believe that dioceses and even parishes could decide to “opt into” it.

Please explain to all of us how the desire of an Anglican diocese to remain Anglican is a “tawdry story.”

Oh and Annie?  Where exactly did you come up with the idea that the CP bishops are trying undermine Colorado Bishop Rob O’Neill(a hallucination repeated by one of Jim lad’s minions here)?

The private emails that Mark Harris has posted do not reveal any attempt or desire to subvert the authority of the Bishop of Colorado. They envision a possible visitation that would take place only with his explicit permission and agreement.

As for Susan Russell’s temper tantrum, if people insist on publicly humiliating themselves, about all you can do is back away until they come to their senses.

It is interesting to be called a “Cretin” by Susan Russell. To my knowledge none of us have ever used any such epithets against those with whom we disagree. (It is good to be in such an “inclusive” church!)

The Episcopal left is definitely thrown.  Big time.

10 Comments to HANGIN’ WITH BISHOP HOWE

SouthCoast
April 23, 2009

“It is interesting to be called a “Cretin” by Susan Russell.”

Inasmuch as the origin of the term “cretin” is from a French word meaning “Christian” (intended sympathetically, not pejoratively, as in the English phrase, “poor soul”), I think S. Russell has,in effect, hoisted herself by her own linguistic petard.

KC
April 23, 2009

Susan was just being her sweet lil inclusive self…unless you disagree with her., or think unborn babies have a right to live or hold any other such “radical ‘ opinion

Anonymous Anglican
April 23, 2009

Good to see +Howe answer and strongly at that. Gives me hope.

William Tighe
April 23, 2009

“Tawdry” = St. Audrey = St. Etheldreda of the Isle of Ely. Perhaps there is an Anglo-Saxon version of “the Da Vinci Code” of which Ms. Fontaine is one of the initiates or guardians, and she is culing her cognoscenti readers that the beans are about to be spilled.

SouthCoast
April 23, 2009

““Tawdry” = St. Audrey = St. Etheldreda of the Isle of Ely. Perhaps there is an Anglo-Saxon version of “the Da Vinci Code” of which Ms. Fontaine is one of the initiates or guardians, and she is culing her cognoscenti readers that the beans are about to be spilled.”

Bummer for Them that we the Unwashed are at least marginally literate!

the pilgrim
April 23, 2009

“As for Susan Russell’s temper tantrum, if people insist on publicly humiliating themselves, about all you can do is back away until they come to their senses.”

In politics they say: “If your opponent is digging himself into a hole, stand back and give him pleny of room to keep digging.”

Don Janousek
April 23, 2009

“I thought you said you killed that cretin.”
“I did.”
“Well, it’s still moving!”
“Egad! How very tawdry of it!”

jimmy
April 23, 2009

Chris, if you can set up the meeting, and I can be a fly on the wall, I’ll arrange private air transportation for you or Bp. Howe to and fro. Please email me with your requirements.

jjk

Betsy McCall
April 23, 2009

Please don’t leave out feminist blogger Katie Sherrod. She has now called Bishop Geralyn Wolf an “honorary man.”

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