The Rt. Rev. Charles G. vonRosenberg, the Episocpal Church’s provisional bishop in eastern South Carolina, has filed suit against the Rt. Rev. Mark J. Lawrence in a U.S. District Court.Bishop vonRosenberg asks the court to declare that he is the rightful bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina, and to restore the diocese’s “marks, names, and symbols” to the reorganized diocese … [Read more...] about Going Federal in Charleston
Archives for March 5, 2013
Structural Reimagining Begins
By G. Jeffrey MacDonaldTLC CorrespondentStructural reform is “urgently needed” in the Episcopal Church, according to last year’s General Convention, but a newly formed task force on the issue must first identify the problems to be solved. The 24-member Task Force for Reimagining the Episcopal Church held its first meeting Feb. 14-16 at the Maritime Institute in … [Read more...] about Structural Reimagining Begins
‘No Doctrine of Our Own’
Review by Daniel H. Martins Some New Testament scholars have contended that the First Epistle of Peter was written by way of post-baptismal catechesis for a community of new Christians. Few could argue that the material in 1 Peter does not readily lend itself to such a use. It could be said to represent the template for the Church’s ongoing practice of mystagogy — going deep … [Read more...] about ‘No Doctrine of Our Own’