People Mentioned in the Article
- Bishop Henry Scriven
- Bishop Robert Duncan
- Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori
- Rev. David Wilson
- Rev. George Werner
- Rev. Harold Lewis
- Rev. James Simons
- Rev. Joseph Martin
- Rev. Mary Hays
- Rev. Philip Wainwright
Quotes in the Article
- Duncan:
- "episcopal commissary"
- "a historic day."
- "They used to burn us at the stake, but I'm increasingly fire-retardant,"
- "Our God is a consuming fire. Buenos dias."
- Hays:
- "Women in realignment who have a call to ordination will be ordained here,"
- Lewis:
- "To remain part of the convention would appear that we condone the actions they have taken," he said. "There are no winners here ... No one likes to see a diocese bifurcate for any reason."
- Martin:
- "begotten children of God,"
- "We only want to preserve the faith that the people who came before us have believed and loved and known,"
- Schori:
- "will be intensely grieved by the actions of individuals"
- "I have repeatedly reassured Episcopalians that there is abundant room for dissent within this Church, and that loyal opposition is a long and honored tradition within Anglicanism. Schism is not,"
- Scriven:
- "What we have done today has been to bring the diocese fully back into mainstream Anglicanism,"
- Simons:
- "The Episcopal Church Welcomes You."
- "a sad day."
- "All of us who remain in the Episcopal Church will look after those who are suffering because of this split. We will find someone to minster to us as bishop. We will be recognized by the national church. We will have a diocese, and it will be healthy and faithful,"
- "The impact won't be felt immediately"
- "Sunday, for most people, will look pretty much the way last Sunday did,"
- Wainwright:
- "Jesus' instruction to the church is to seek and save the lost,"
- "Many in the leadership of the Episcopal Church are still among the lost ... and are leading other souls astray. I believe those of us who can see that are sent by Christ to those very people to call them to repentance and new life."
- Werner:
- "Many people, myself included, want to make sure that [national leaders] don't slam a bishop in here who will tear us to shreds,"
- Wilson:
- "diametrically different beliefs"
- "It would be far better to bless each other in separating . . . than to continue the internecine warfare,"
- "If we act today out of godly motives, with godly love toward one another, then both sides will be on God's side."
Mentions of the Schism in the Article
- voted to secede
- laity representatives voted 119-69 and the clergy voted, 121-33, to secede
- split follows decades of contention between the theologically conservative diocese and the U.S. denomination over doctrine, biblical authority and sexual ethics
- Episcopal Church views the Pittsburgh secession as a violation of canon law and claims full rights to all church property. Litigation is expected
- she did not mention suing the breakaway group
- Standing Committee to oppose secession
Parishes Mentioned in the Article
- Calvary Episcopal Church
- Church of Our Savior
- Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh
- St. Peter's
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