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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every thread about the Episcopal church turns ugly. Why? I understand that people disagree but why the bashing? Especially of Bishop Schori?[/quote]

Some of her contraversies are discussed at this link:

http://www.virtueonline.org/episcopal-presiding-bishop-katharine-jefferts-schori-heretical-piñata

The issues I have with her and other Episcopal leaders are doctrinal (denying belief in the Nicene creed is a pretty big one) and being more concerned with making the Earth a better place, than preparing believers for the life hereafter is another.

I'm not saying the later is something to be ignored.  The mission of the church is to teach and help people with redemption through the blood of Christ at the cross, good works are secondary to that.[/quote]

Can you provide some kind of evidence that Schori denies belief in the Nicene creed?[/quote]

Sure:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IxG96wpx60

She denies that Jesus coming to earth was the way for salvation. She says the other Abarhamic faiths offer other pathways to salvation.  Note this is in conflict with Jesus saying, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6 Also in conflict with Romans 10:9

Asked about the literal story of Easter and the Resurrection, Jefferts Schori said, "I think Easter is most profoundly about meaning, not mechanism." In particular, she is referring more to a "spiritual body" and not a "physical body".

When asked about the divinity of Christ (and God), she redefines it into something else entirely as being "a great figure" rather than what one would expect of "divinity".  You can read an essay on that in the second section of this paper:  https://anglicanecumenicalsociety.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/pb_christology.pdf[/quote]

This is typical thinking among Episcopal clergy - and many of the people i the pews as well.  It's nothing new -- it just gets attention when a Bishop says it.  Their sources of authority are scripture tradition and reason. https://www.episcopalchurch.org/library/glossary/authority-sources-anglicanism[/quote]

+1. They do find authority in scripture, whether you agree with their reasoning or not. I don’t think anybody here wants to dog you through discussions of these varied and difficult issues, but the rationales are out there if you’re interested. Some non-Episcopalians believe similar things—see, for example, works by Crossan and Borg.

I guess it boils down to, if you don’t agree, then don’t attend the Episcopal Church. But dogging every thread, even unrelated threads, to trash the Episcopal Church is annoying to others here (I see others besides me on this thread have complained) because you derail everything, not to mention, it doesn’t seem like a good use of your time. Shed all that unproductive anger and go volunteer with the church of your choice. [/quote]

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