Comments on: BC Supreme Court rules bishop can’t fire trustees of break-away parishes http://www.anglicanessentials.ca/wordpress/index.php/2009/11/26/bc-supreme-court-rules-bishop-cant-fire-trustees-of-break-away-parishes/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:46:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: stuck in Toronto http://www.anglicanessentials.ca/wordpress/index.php/2009/11/26/bc-supreme-court-rules-bishop-cant-fire-trustees-of-break-away-parishes/comment-page-1/#comment-197759 stuck in Toronto Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:25:48 +0000 http://www.anglicanessentials.ca/wordpress/index.php/2009/11/26/bc-supreme-court-rules-bishop-cant-fire-trustees-of-break-away-parishes/#comment-197759 God holds the high ground, in fact They are the High Ground. Until we have sufficient faith to believe this we will lose. God holds the high ground, in fact They are the High Ground. Until we have sufficient faith to believe this we will lose.

]]> By: Frank Wirrell http://www.anglicanessentials.ca/wordpress/index.php/2009/11/26/bc-supreme-court-rules-bishop-cant-fire-trustees-of-break-away-parishes/comment-page-1/#comment-196266 Frank Wirrell Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:14:26 +0000 http://www.anglicanessentials.ca/wordpress/index.php/2009/11/26/bc-supreme-court-rules-bishop-cant-fire-trustees-of-break-away-parishes/#comment-196266 Judge Kelleher may well have decided on the legal issues involved in this case but this is a clear example of judgements that may well be legally correct but definitely not morally correct. Being a civil court it has no interest in theological issues. The decision shows the failure of the ACoC to have effective procedures in effect to discipline apostate bishops. Once a clergy person becomes a bishop he/she seem to have absolute power and when you have a primate and other members of the House of Bishops who are content to simply sit back and allow apostasy to reign that absolute power is sealed – sealed on this side of the grave but definitely not on the other side. I am totally confident in the abilities of our legal team and we need to pray for our clergy and congregations as they try to get past this tragic decision. There is no question that Michael Ingham will push this for all it is worth as he clearly demonstrates his loyalty and that is definitely NOT our Lord and Saviour. We need to remember that this case was forced upon orthodox parishes by the illegal attempt by the Diocese to remove our trustees and clergy. Judge Kelleher may well have decided on the legal issues involved in this case but this is a clear example of judgements that may well be legally correct but definitely not morally correct. Being a civil court it has no interest in theological issues. The decision shows the failure of the ACoC to have effective procedures in effect to discipline apostate bishops. Once a clergy person becomes a bishop he/she seem to have absolute power and when you have a primate and other members of the House of Bishops who are content to simply sit back and allow apostasy to reign that absolute power is sealed – sealed on this side of the grave but definitely not on the other side.

I am totally confident in the abilities of our legal team and we need to pray for our clergy and congregations as they try to get past this tragic decision. There is no question that Michael Ingham will push this for all it is worth as he clearly demonstrates his loyalty and that is definitely NOT our Lord and Saviour.

We need to remember that this case was forced upon orthodox parishes by the illegal attempt by the Diocese to remove our trustees and clergy.

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