tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post3014803015007678066..comments2024-02-19T07:24:42.397-08:00Comments on Anglican Curmudgeon: Is The Episcopal Church Hierarchical?A. S. Haleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05108498446058643166noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-21620103753072590892008-09-14T07:57:00.000-07:002008-09-14T07:57:00.000-07:00You are correct: Walter Righter (not "Rider")Scot...You are correct: Walter Righter (not "Rider")<BR/><BR/>Scott+Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-41897806189757844662008-09-10T16:30:00.000-07:002008-09-10T16:30:00.000-07:00Traditionalanglican, I think you mean the case bro...Traditionalanglican, I think you mean the case brought against Bishop Walter Righter (not "Rider")of the Diocese of New Jersey, about which I have written a bit <A HREF="http://accurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2008/04/abuses-of-abandonment-canons-ii.html" REL="nofollow">in this post</A>.A. S. Haleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05108498446058643166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-84311458218984973432008-09-07T04:47:00.000-07:002008-09-07T04:47:00.000-07:00I think the paper is important. It covers much m...I think the paper is important. It covers much material very well. One point that could be added to my mind is the absurdity that the Episcopal Church in the United States is making that the top of it hierarchy is General Convention. I see no way in which a body elected by the members, albeit indirectly, meets the idea of hierarchical as envision in federal case law. <BR/><BR/>Deferring to the decisions of a hierarchical church would seem to come in part from the idea that to go behind a decision reached by such a body is to cross over the line into faith and doctrine. In the Rider case it was said in effect there is no doctrine to the Episcopal Church save that which is in its cannons or similar documents. There are no unwritten elements such as Traditions (note cap T) which a church body must hear uniquely. <BR/><BR/>The Rider case established, at least in part, the idea that which is not prohibited is acceptable. This would also apply to a diocese leaving the Episcopal Church in the United States.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com