Why Do They Flee?

The Anglican blogs are a buzz today over the letter from Bishop Love of the TEC Diocese of Albany about his predecessor leaving Anglicanism for Rome.

http://www.standfirminfaith.com/index.php/site/article/2702/

http://www.anglican-mainstream.net/?p=1494

http://titusonenine.classicalanglican.net/?p=18539

http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5769

When I hear these stories it tears at me, not only about Bishops, Priests and Deacons, but of lay persons as well, I always ask, why do they flee to Rome or Constantinople? Does the thought of going to the Continuum ever enter their discernments? In the case of Bishop Herzog it is a great loss.

You may be wondering why I said that, it is not like he has given up the Christian faith, just moved to a different part. The loss is in the fact that he renounced his orders to be in communion with Rome, and now there is one less ordained Minister of Christ, in the Apostolic line, that could have been an asset to Anglicanism either in the Continuum or in another province of the Communion. This reminds me of a news story from my area a few years ago, an Orthodox TEC Priest retired and became a layman in an Eastern Orthodox parish, with no thoughts of becoming a Minister in his new denomination, all because he could not take the insanity that dominates ECUSA.

What does TEC get from other denominations, especially Rome? The disgruntled, wannabe, social justice is Christianity, I will show you men, Priestess'. Wow, what a deal! The one thing that has surprised me is that a former First "Lady"of my state, that was illegally ordained as a Priestess in the Roman Communion and subsequently excommunicated, has not tried her hand in ECUSA.