tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post2917453985842811259..comments2024-02-19T07:24:42.397-08:00Comments on Anglican Curmudgeon: The Height of Folly: Tinkering with the CanonsA. S. Haleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05108498446058643166noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-67770672024666604112008-12-24T13:49:00.000-08:002008-12-24T13:49:00.000-08:00Pewster, the changes just in the Canons I looked a...Pewster, the changes just in the Canons I looked at are minimal in scope, but devastating in their effect, as I hope I've explained. Meanwhile, the changes to the rest of the Title IV canons are vast and sweeping---designed, as I say, to give a three-person Review Committee complete freedom to decide how to proceed in a given case.<BR/><BR/>There is no express grant of power to the Presiding Bishop as such, other than her usual role in overseeing the discipline of other bishops, but that has not stopped her from asserting power in individual "dioceses", as we have seen. So nothing in the proposed revisions, either, will prevent the PB's grabbing additional power. Only the HoB can reign her in, and I do not think that will happen until the Church loses more lawsuits.A. S. Haleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05108498446058643166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-84186897740336768462008-12-24T09:53:00.000-08:002008-12-24T09:53:00.000-08:00The changes appear minimal. We understand how mess...The changes appear minimal. We understand how messed up the canons are right now. Can I assume that the powers that be believe the messed up versions are to their advantage? <BR/>Or could it be that an alternative writing of the canon to explicitly give a <A HREF="http://members.lycos.nl/groothuizenh/43350140.gif" REL="nofollow">"Queen of Hearts"</A> type of power to the PB and 815 scared the committee so much that they decided a wishy washy approach was more in keeping with the discipline and doctrine of this church?Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.com