tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post1820836417103698496..comments2024-02-19T07:24:42.397-08:00Comments on Anglican Curmudgeon: Making Proper Plans to Remain EpiscopalA. S. Haleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05108498446058643166noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-36729807619948039042008-09-10T23:01:00.000-07:002008-09-10T23:01:00.000-07:00Connie, yes---you can access the canons by individ...Connie, yes---you can access the canons by individual sections <A HREF="http://www.churchpublishing.org/general_convention/index.cfm?fuseaction=constitutionCanons" REL="nofollow">here</A>, or you can download the entire 250-page edition of the Constitution and Canons from <A HREF="http://www.episcopalarchives.org/e-archives/canons/CandC_FINAL_11.29.2006.pdf" REL="nofollow">here</A>. (You will need <A HREF="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html" REL="nofollow">Adobe Acrobat Reader</A> installed on your computer to read them.)A. S. Haleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05108498446058643166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-3208234366273229352008-09-10T20:49:00.000-07:002008-09-10T20:49:00.000-07:00Are the canons of the Episcopal Church online some...Are the canons of the Episcopal Church online somewhere, Curmudgeon?Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467124869002722927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-17346043168068637092008-09-10T13:53:00.000-07:002008-09-10T13:53:00.000-07:00GC could create a new diocese in the area if it fi...GC could create a new diocese in the area if it first declares itself out of communion with the Southern Cone, UP. The current RE group in San Joaquin will not be entitled to any representation at GC <I>if</I> TEC/Lamb do not win their argument in court. Since they can hardly undercut their own position in court, and since no decision will probably come before next summer, they will proceed in Anaheim next June as though everything is proper, and as though they have a perfectly normal, working "diocese" of San Joaquin, so they will seat Bishop Lamb and his delegates. But if they then lose in court, they will not be able to have a diocese in the area until GC 2012---plus any votes which carried with the help of the "SJ delegates" at GC 2009 would be invalidated. See how one failure to follow the canons compounds itself, and makes subsequent actions that are dependent on it invalid as well? TEC should be proud that it is able to make such a mess of its polity in such short order---and it had better pray for victory in the California courts.A. S. Haleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05108498446058643166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-80392107321040701682008-09-10T13:34:00.000-07:002008-09-10T13:34:00.000-07:00So, the GC, if it had met this year, could have co...So, the GC, if it had met this year, could have consented to the division of the dioceses, created new entities, and let those that wanted to leave do so, but since the GC meets next year, parishes that stay with 815 are in a canonical pickle. No Bishop, no diocese, and no voice at the GC?<BR/><BR/>Why do I sense more changes to the canons coming down the line?Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.com