THE FUTURE OF AN ADVERSARIAL GOSPEL: After the Orthodox, What?

Commentary
By Canon Gary L'Hommedieu
10/01/08

There's blood in the water, and the barracudas can no longer restrain themselves.

The contract on Robert Duncan has been executed. There is the matter of property still to be managed, but Duncan himself is no longer a target. He must be replaced.

The House of Bishops has shown such disdain for order that it is almost certain they will act swiftly, with even less pretense at due process, to make this most recent episode appear orderly by comparison.

Orthodox journalists and bloggers are predicting a full scale mop-up operation. Bishop Iker has declared that the succession of an orthodox episcopate is no longer possible in the Episcopal Church. There is no longer any way an orthodox candidate for bishop can be approved by the majority of Standing Committees in TEC dioceses.

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