tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3661583178291597074.post1576597067915518873..comments2024-01-25T00:26:19.386-05:00Comments on The Rector's Page: Further Diocesan NewsBruce Robisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00193701138386039942noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3661583178291597074.post-13202203256228845842011-02-18T10:25:59.249-05:002011-02-18T10:25:59.249-05:00'The agreement announced yesterday seems to me...'The agreement announced yesterday seems to me to follow the provisions of "Paragraph Two" of the Stipulation or Agreement'. It seems to me that some important parts have been left out, actually. Para 2 calls for the parish desiring to disaffiliate, or, presumably, make its <i>de facto</i> disaffiliation a <i>de jure one</i>, to notify every parish in the diocese of the fact. It also calls for all interested parties to be involved in the discussion--any of the parishes of the diocese who feel they have an interest in the disposal of the property, as Calvary did in 2005, could thereby put in their two cents' worth. My guess is that if this procedure had been followed, St Philip's might not have had to break its fellowship with ACNA, and Somerset Anglican Fellowship might have been able to keep the chalice etc it has been using.Philip Wainwrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06812784198885239502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3661583178291597074.post-53297332892241089242011-02-15T13:16:01.272-05:002011-02-15T13:16:01.272-05:00I don't really know the terms of that transact...I don't really know the terms of that transaction, as they weren't specified. My guess is that any negotiated settlement related to assets will require some material acknowledgment of the ownership. I don't know what we're talking about here. Communionware? Prayer Books? Purificators? I would imagine the same principle would have been in place had SAF "returned" the items and then "rented" them back for $1 a year or something. But I think the key is simply that the result was "mutually satisfactory." That's the good news.Bruce Robisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00193701138386039942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3661583178291597074.post-11112263274023188622011-02-15T10:13:39.825-05:002011-02-15T10:13:39.825-05:00Bruce,
While I agree with you that this settlemen...Bruce,<br /><br />While I agree with you that this settlement is a better outcome than that for St. Philip's, I rather suspect that the liturgical items in question were the residue of closed churches that have been taking up the limited space in the archives. <br /><br />Given that Mark+ and those who went with him behaved as the national church has always insisted those realigning should behave and left the property behind them, I can't help feeling that it would have shown more grace to allow them to continue use "diocesan property" for sacramental purposes rather than just have it gather dust (which I well remember it doing while I labored in the archives).Jeremy Bonnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16915767119353670952noreply@blogger.com