Unlawful acts will have consequences, Bishop Lawrence tells 815 loyalists in South Carolina

Bishop Mark Lawrence writes to South Carolina in preparation of the 17 Nov 2012 special convention

 November 15, 2012

By George Conger

 

The national Episcopal Church and its loyalists in the Diocese of South Carolina will be held accountable for violating civil and canon law, Bishop Mark Lawrence has told the members of his diocese.

In a pastoral letter released on 15 Nov 2012 endorsed by 35 rectors and vicars, Bishop Lawrence urged members of the diocese to hold fast to the faith once delivered to the saints. The crisis in the national Episcopal Church had been brought about by a perfect storm – a “convergence” of revisionist “theology, morality and polity”, he wrote, that has taken place over the past 25 years “within The Episcopal Church. the rest

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