Tagged bishops

Episcopal Authority in a Changing Church

July 2, 2019

Anglican Church of Canada, Approaching General Synod, Commentary, Ecclesiology

No matter how General Synod turns out, the question that all Anglicans face is how to move forward in their own vocations as Christians, especially if they believe their bishops to be undermining the words of Jesus.

Bishop Straight Tongue

Guest Contributor

June 14, 2019

Commentary, Orthodox Church

Henry Benjamin Whipple – first Episcopal bishop of Minnesota, evangelist and defender of the Minnesota Indians, and the man who bent the ear of America’s greatest president to stop a mass execution.

DEPO and the Personal Ministry of Bishops

Bishop Daniel Martins

November 28, 2018

Commentary, Ecclesiology, The Episcopal Church

Why might a parish conclude that it needs pastoral oversight from a bishop who concurs with its understanding of the gospel?

Worth Talking About: The Episcopate and Women

Guest Contributor

November 19, 2018

Commentary, Ecclesiology, The Episcopal Church

The worst thing we could do is say we should not be talking about these slates.

Against Walkabouts

Guest Contributor

September 27, 2018

Commentary, Ecclesiology, The Episcopal Church

We need a new term in our bishop searches, one without the culturally fraught 19th-century language exchange of Blackbirding as its only background.

A Field Guide to Bishop-Spotting

Bishop Daniel Martins

September 26, 2018

Commentary, Ecclesiology, The Episcopal Church

Eight observations for the benefit of electors and candidates trying to discern their possible vocation to the episcopate.

Much Ado about Bishops

Bishop John Bauerschmidt

August 10, 2018

Commentary, Ecclesiology, The Episcopal Church

A number of largely unnoticed #GC79 resolutions related to TEC's bishops.

Bishop Barnes, Anglican Eugenicist

August 9, 2018

Books, Church of England, Reviews & Culture, Roman Catholic Church

How could Bishop Barnes, a Cambridge mathematician, have gone so badly wrong?