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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]the Episcopalian church's liberal beliefs are not widely accepted by the majority of Christians, they are a cult sect[/quote]

[b]What liberal beliefs[/b] are you referring to, and what is your source of your assertion?[/quote]

You don't know? It started with Bishop Robinson and has been downhill ever since. Go to wiki and read. The E church is dying. The New York headquarters had to be somd due to financial problems. Congregations are dying out. Fewer than 1.5 million are left and most no longer attend services
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None of this tells me what the "liberal beliefs" are that you were referred to in the previous post. What are those beliefs, specifically, and how are they "liberal"?[/quote]

PP is referring to the election and consecration of Gene Robinson as the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church in 2003. It was controversial. The election caused a rift in the church, with some members leaving to form the Anglican Church in North America.

However he or she is wrong in that the controversy started earlier in the 70s.

In 1973, the House of Bishops approved the ordination of women, but the resolution failed to pass.  In 1974, a group of women known as the Philadelphia Eleven were ordained as priests by retired bishops and the acting Bishop of Costa Rica.  In 1976, church leaders clarified that women could become priests and bishops. In 2006, Katharine Jefferts Schori became the first woman to serve as presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church.

I am proud of the Episcopal church for embracing the potential of women and GLBQT people as leaders. Some of the best spiritual leaders I have had have been women and gay people.

Our episcopal church is thriving with many new members and people of all ages. It is a loving, welcoming and thoughtful community.

I respectfully disagree with PPs take. 
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YOUR episcopal church may be thriving, but as a whole, congregations are thinning out, right?  It's happening to many denominations.[/quote]

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