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| | Vigil Requiem Mass for John Baptist Cardinal Wu - Bishop Tong |
 | | According to our Cardinal, this picture is a reflection of the feelings he experienced when he was asked to leave the familiar Miaoli, in Taiwan, to become the Bishop of Hong Kong. | | | As our Cardinal followed Jesus into His suffering and death, so now he shares in the power of Jesus' resurrection, as we just heard in the first reading (Phil 3:7-8, 10-12). | | | Fifty years ago, our Bishop was ordained a priest in this church; 27 years ago, he was ordained a bishop. |
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http://www.fishfish.com.hk/wu_funeral/ehomily_tong.html
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| | Medieval Sourcebook: Council of Chalcedon, 451 |
| | After the reading of the foregoing epistle, the most reverend bishops cried out: This is the faith of the fathers, this is the faith of the Apostles. | | | Domestic oratories and monasteries are not to be erected contrary to the judgment of the bishop. | | | And it is manifest that the most religious bishop of Nicemedia has the right of the ordination, and since the laws (as your magnificence has seen) have honoured Nice with the name only of metropolis, and so made its bishop superior to the rest of the bishops of the province in honour only. |
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http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/chalcedon.html
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| | Biblical Chronology |
| | In this way, Bishop Ussher computed that the earth had been created in 4004 BC and that the flood occurred in 2350 BC which was henceforth accepted as the "traditional" biblical date,(though there is rival literal interpretation similarly inspired, setting the date at 2459 BC). | | | Although the fundamental premise of the creationist approach emphasized the infallibility of literal reading of the bible, few were as aware as those who hold the bible as a daily guide to their lives that the good book was rife with improbabilities and in some cases outright contradictions. | | | Whitcomb and Morris, in one of those necessary departures from literal reading of the scriptures that nonetheless surprise anyone trying to follow their reasoning, concluded that the traditional Ussher flood date of 2450 BC (or its variant of 2459 BC) is probably too recent. |
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http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~meehan/donnelly/bibchron.html
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| | 171: Women of Letters, Bishop and Moore |
| | Webcast reading of select letters as responses to crisis (including some correspondence with Bishop) | | | Write a letter (in poetry or prose) to Elizabeth Bishop or Marianne Moore describing in their kind of detail what they would find at Centenary College if they visited. | | | Elizabeth Bishop hailed from somewhat imaginary parents who gave her a wealth she struggled to make last; her true home seems to have become Brazil despite her wanderings and offices in the US. |
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http://personal.centenary.edu/~jstrange/171
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| | Crosswalk.com - Archbishop Speaks out on Homosexual Bishop |
| | John, who currently serves as a theologian in the diocese of Southwark in London, was appointed last month by Bishop of Oxford Richard Harries to become bishop of Reading, a city about 40 miles west of the capital. | | | London (CNSNews.com) - Hoping to defuse a controversy over the appointment of a homosexual bishop, the archbishop of Canterbury has issued a statement noting that the promotion does not violate the Church of England's teachings. | | | The archbishops of the West Indies and Nigeria have called on John to refuse the bishop's post. |
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http://www.crosswalk.com/news/religiontoday/1206566.html
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| | BBC NEWS UK Anglicans torn over gay bishop |
| | The battle over the appointment of Jeffrey John as Bishop of Reading is one for the soul of the Anglican Church. | | | Conservatives met on Friday with the Bishop of Oxford to try to persuade him to reverse a decision to appoint Dr Jeffrey John as an area bishop. | | | He is known to personally support the gay priests and the blessing of same sex unions, but he is also sensitive to the concerns of the conservatives at home and abroad. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3007568.stm
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| | Henry Reed in Remembering Elizabeth Bishop |
| | In Bishop, Reed found a like-minded colleague, a brilliant, knowledgeable litterateur who liked to teach the formal elements of poetry. | | | Henry Carlile, William Matchett, a member of the English Department, and Robert Heilman, the chairman while Bishop was in Seattle, recollect Henry Reed and Bishop together. | | | I said, "Oh, Henry, you're reading Vanity Fair," and he said, "Oh, yes, old Bob made me teach it that second year and I've always wondered how it came out." There are lots of Henry stories like that. |
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http://www.solearabiantree.net/namingofparts/bishop.html
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| | Telegraph News Gay bishop kept under 24-hour FBI guard |
| | Downing Street refused to comment on reports that Canon Jeffrey John, the homosexual who was forced to withdraw as bishop of Reading in the summer, might be nominated as the next dean of Norwich. | | | Bishop-elect Gene Robinson, who will be consecrated bishop of New Hampshire next Sunday, told a conference for homosexual priests in Manchester this weekend that there were grave concerns for his safety. | | | Bishop Michael Ingham, the liberal Canadian bishop of New Westminster who has authorised homosexual "marriages" in his diocese, said in a sermon yesterday that homosexuals often felt they were in the wilderness. |
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/10/27/wbish27.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/10/27/ixnewstop.html
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| | Christian News, Updated Daily - Christian Today > Disregard of Bible and Theological Neglect have led to Church Crisis |
| | The Bishop of Chester, the Rt Rev Peter Forster has claimed that clergy are not receiving the correct levels of theological training, which has led to Christians no longer reading the Bible, and this in turn has led to a negligence towards the seriousness of worship. | | | Forster was one of the bishops within the group that set a letter conveying the grave concerns over the previous appointment of the openly gay Canon, Jeffrey John to be Bishop of Reading. | | | Bishop of Chester, Peter Forster has called for the Church to return to more holy ways, where the Bible, as the provident word of God, can be used to guide and bring back brighter days for the Church. |
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http://www.christiantoday.com/news/church/disregard.of.bible.and.theological.neglect.have.led.to.church.crisis/415.htm
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| | Anglicans protest against gay bishop - smh.com.au |
| | Backed by 20 laymen, the clergymen hope to convince the Archbishop of Canterbury, spiritual leader of the Anglican Church, to cancel the selection made by Richard Harries, Bishop of Oxford, of Jeffrey John as new Bishop of Reading. | | | But Bishop Harries defended his choice, telling journalists: "Obviously I am sad that the nomination of Jeffrey John as Bishop of Reading has proved divisive but I respect that those who oppose this nomination are acting on the basis of serious principle. | | | The Anglican Bishop of Oxford, who controversially nominated an openly homosexual clergyman to a diocese in southern England, was warned by 80 dissident priests yesterday that they would fight his choice all the way to the top of the Church of England. |
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http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/06/21/1056119528069.html
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| | Crosswalk.com - Fight Over Homosexual Bishop Continues in Anglican Church |
| | The bishop of Oxford, Richard Harries, touched off the controversy when he appointed John to be bishop of Reading, a city about 40 miles west of London. | | | The clergy cited the church's 1998 Lambeth Resolution, in which the church's bishops said that they could not "advise the legitimizing or blessing of same-sex unions nor ordaining those involved in same-gender unions." | | | London (CNSNews.com) - Despite efforts by the leader of the Church of England to defuse a row over the appointment of an openly homosexual bishop, a group of senior clergy has urged Jeffery John to refuse the assignment. |
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http://www.learnathome.com/news/1206946.html
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| | A Homosexual Bishop |
| | We know through reading the Bible, that the 42 were correct in voting against a homosexual, who left his family for this sinful lifestyle (read Romans chapter 1)to be a leader (Bishop, Elder, Pastor, Overseer) in their particular organization. | | | In recent news, we hear about a particular denomination that has ignored God and His Word, and have decided that homosexual behavior does not disqualify a man from taking on the roll of Bishop. | | | The qualifications for our Elders, or as some call them "Bishops" and others "Pastors" and some still use the title "Overseer" were given to us, in the Bible. |
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http://www.christianstestimony.com/Word%20From%20The%20Word/a_homosexual_bishop.htm
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| | The Lord Bishop of Guildford |
| | With my second point, I should like to build on the two excellent speeches made at Second Reading by my colleagues the right reverend Prelates the Bishops of Bath and Wells and of Portsmouth. | | | At Second Reading, the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Portsmouth made a very important point about social cohesion. | | | As a Christian and as a Bishop, there are many things that I believe to be wrong and immoral, but I do not think that the law should ban them. |
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http://www.huntfacts.com/lord_bishop_of_guildford.htm
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| | Independent Catholic News |
| | It will be followed by the singing of Psalm 116 in the setting by Philip Duffy and the reading from the Gospel of St Luke (Chapter 10 Verses 1-9). | | | The first reading will be taken from the Letter of St Paul to the Thessalonians (Chapter 2 Verses 2-8) and will be read by Mrs Aine Brodie, Headteacher of Our Lady Immaculate Roman Catholic Primary School, Everton. | | | The Offertory gifts of bread and wine will be carried forward by members of the family of Bishop Williams. |
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http://www.indcatholicnews.com/livbi.html
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| | Dissenters threaten revolt over gay bishop - theage.com.au |
| | The Bishop of Oxford faces open revolt from a group of angry evangelicals over his appointment of the gay cleric Jeffrey John to the bishopric of Reading, west of London. | | | Bishop Harries then emerged to claim his "unswerving support" for the appointment: "I believe sincerely that before long as bishop of Reading Canon John will have won the trust of the people." | | | There was no sign of a predicted supportive letter from 15 or more diocesan bishops, though there is widespread anger among bishops about an open letter opposing the appointment of Dr John from a group of nine largely evangelical bishops earlier last week. |
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http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/06/21/1056119521729.html
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| | Encyclopedia: Church in Wales |
| | He was succeeded as Bishop of Monmouth by the former Bishop of Reading, the Right Revd Dr Dominic Walker, and was succeeded as Archbishop of Wales by the Bishop of Llandaff, the Right Revd Dr Barry Morgan. | | | Unlike bishops in the Church of England, each bishop of the Church in Wales is elected by an 'Electoral College' which consists of representatives of the diocese seeking a new bishop, representatives of the other five dioceses in Wales and all the other Bishops of the Church in Wales. | | | The Archbishop of Wales, the head of the Church in Wales, is elected from the six diocesan bishops and continues as a diocesan bishop after his election. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Church-in-Wales
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| | 030625 Crosslinks re homosexual bishop |
| | The nomination of Dr Jeffrey John to be Bishop of Reading has caused disquiet amongst many Anglicans: a disquiet, which we in Crosslinks share. | | | We long for the Church to cease to be an object of unnecessary ridicule, and to return to its God-given task of proclaiming the gospel of the living Christ to a world in desperate need. | | | It is not fitting for a person who continues to rejoice in such a relationship to be given office in the Church. |
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http://www.crosslinks.org/what/news/030625crosslinks_homosex.htm
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| | WoodMoor Village Zendo: Bishop Spong & Belief |
| | I've been re-reading Bishop John Shelby Spong's "Why Christianity Must Change or Die" (1998) and came upon a passage that made me stop and consider some things in light of what I consider a Buddhist Sangha to be, and the power of our practice. | | | At other times I left the wording intact, especially at the end because I thought Bishop Spong is making a wonderfully subversive point, and in my estimation a great one. | | | In this manner they might discover that in their personhood itself the Holy God, who is the Ground of their Being, is revealed as something different from the theistic God of the past." |
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| | Independent Online Edition > This Britain : app3 |
| | The Bishop of Oxford today faced a rebellion from his own clergy over his appointment of a gay man as the new Bishop of Reading. | | | However, the Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Rev Richard Harries responded immediately by saying he stood by his choice of Cannon Jeffrey John for the Reading post. | | | Evangelical Clergy, including the leaders of most of the largest churches in the diocese, had written privately to the Bishop of Oxford to express their "dismay" over the appointment. |
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| | Guardian Unlimited Special reports Issue of the gay bishop splits church |
| | Only five bishops were prepared to speak out yesterday in favour of the controversial appointment of a gay theologian as suffragan bishop of Reading, according to a Guardian survey of all 44 British dioceses which highlighted the growing division over homosexuality in the higher ranks of the Church of England. | | | It is because of such an understanding of human sexuality, that several bishops of the Church of England, as well as many clergy and lay people, have been troubled by the appointment of Dr Jeffrey John as Bishop of Reading in the Diocese of Oxford. | | | A spokeswoman for John Oliver, the Bishop of Hereford, said: "We are quite sure that the process was extensive and that the right person was chosen for the job of bishop of Reading. |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,2763,980412,00.html
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| | Homosexuals in Church Leadership |
| | After the announcement by the Bishop of Oxford that the homosexual Dr Jeffrey John was to be appointed as the next Bishop of Reading, many evangelical Christians rightly objected to this flagrant ignoring of the Word of God. | | | The appointment of Jeffrey John as Bishop of Reading has been divisive and I regret that. | | | In Bishop Ryle's 'Warnings to the Churches' his common theme throughout is the accuracy and authority of scripture that is never to be compromised, diluted or added to, and certainly not to be subordinated to church tradition, popularity or the supposed wisdom of modern men. |
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http://freespace.virgin.net/dick.worth/Homos.htm
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| | GayWired.com - Gay Bishop Fallout Intensifies - - Anger within the Episcopal Church over the electio |
| | Earlier this year, Harries caused a storm in the Church of England by appointing the openly gay Canon Jeffrey John as bishop for the British town of Reading. | | | Richard Harries, the Bishop of Oxford, on the weekend compared opposition to the ordination of gay priests to support for slavery and anti-Semitism earlier in the church's history. | | | But, a highly respected British bishop calls the rift an attempt to support bigotry not backed in scripture. |
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http://www.gaywired.com/article.cfm?section=9&id=1111
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| | BBC NEWS England Devon Bishop defends open letter |
| | Bishop Langrish was upset by the appointment of Dr John as the Bishop of Reading. | | | The Bishop of Exeter has been defending himself following his criticism of the decision to appoint a gay rights supporter as the Bishop of Reading. | | | "Given that a number of diocesan bishops have assured me of their support for this appointment, it is hard to see what effect this letter can have apart from highlighting the fact that the whole Church is divided on this issue." |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/england/devon/3001746.stm
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| | The Christian Institute - J C Ryle 1816-1900 The Man, the Minister and the Missionary |
| | As an aside, the Revd J.W.Diggle who served under Ryle in Liverpool before being consecrated Bishop of Carlisle, used to impress upon his ordinands that "Bishop Ryle owed his conversion to the reading of a lesson in church" - i.e., not by a tract or sermon but the simple reading of the Bible. | | | The lecture examined the life and theology of Bishop J.C.Ryle, first bishop of Liverpool and the Anglican evangelical leader of the 19th century. | | | Before going to Liverpool Ryle was a country parson in Suffolk ending up at Stradbroke Parish Church, where he went the year Jesmond Parish Church was founded (1861). |
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| | Anglican Communion News Service |
| | More events are planned this evening (Friday), among them an hour of prayer led by the Bishop of Reading, the Rt Revd Dominic Walker, in Reading city centre. | | | In Derby Cathedral, the Bishop of Derby, the Rt Revd Jonathan Bailey was joined by the regional heads of the Baptist, United Reformed, Methodist and Roman Catholic churches in saying prayers at lunchtime before visiting a local mosque. | | | A day-long Vigil of Prayer for Peace and Healing has been be held in St Edmundsbury Cathedral, and in many places candles for peace were lit. |
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| | Bishop of Reading Elected as new Bishop of Monmouth News Releases |
| | Bishop Dominic was consecrated Area Bishop of Reading in the Diocese of Oxford in 1997 (see brief biography below). | | | The college has elected the Rt Rev Dominic Walker, currently the Area Bishop of Reading, as the 9th Bishop of Monmouth. | | | The electoral college of the Church in Wales convened at St Woolos Cathedral in Newport on Tuesday 10th December 2002 in order to elect a new Bishop for Monmouth Diocese. |
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http://www.bagpuize-fyfield.oxford.anglican.org/detail.php?id=292
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| | When Vladika Nikon visited Bishop John, he found him 'surrounded by Americans of Assyrian origin," to whom Bishop John was reading the Bible in their native language. | | | From 1909 to 1912, the future Bishop John served as rector of the Church of Saint Ephrem the Syrian in Tiflis, Georgia, a parish established for the Orthodox Assyrians. | | | At the time of Bishop John's birth, the once might missionary church of the Nestorians, which at its height had reached across Asia from the Middle East to China, was in dire straits. |
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| | Insight Scoop The Ignatius Press Blog: A brave Canadian bishop fights the rising "gay marriage" tide... |
| | Everything that I've been reading about Bishop Frederick Henry of Calgary indicates that he is a gutsy, smart bishop who is not afraid to stand up for the truth, regardless of the cost. | | | Say a prayer for Bishop Henry and all Catholic bishops as they battle the culture of death and lies. | | | Bishop Henry, a man very attuned to human suffering proposed a solution which, while being consistent with Catholic teaching, would also accommodate the basic needs of any adults in interdependent relationships. |
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http://insightscoop.typepad.com/2004/2005/06/a_brave_canadia.html
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| | Bishop 'will fight on' in battle for Section 28 |
| | Bishop Chesters, the chairman of the Church of England's Board of Education, said there was a danger that the bishops would lose what support has been offered by the Government for marriage in sex education if they continued to oppose the repeal of Section 28. | | | THE Bishop of Winchester insisted last night that he and the 25 other bishops in the House of Lords were not tied to any "deal" over Section 28. | | | The Bill has its third reading in the Lords on Thursday and Bishop Chesters has urged his brother bishops to realise that the "war is lost" over Section 28 and to help "to win the battle" over sex education. |
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| | Guardian Unlimited Special reports Issue of the gay bishop splits church |
| | Only five bishops were prepared to speak out yesterday in favour of the controversial appointment of a gay theologian as suffragan bishop of Reading, according to a Guardian survey of all 44 British dioceses which highlighted the growing division over homosexuality in the higher ranks of the Church of England. | | | It is because of such an understanding of human sexuality, that several bishops of the Church of England, as well as many clergy and lay people, have been troubled by the appointment of Dr Jeffrey John as Bishop of Reading in the Diocese of Oxford. | | | In the Guardian survey five bishops spoke unequivocally in support of the Bishop of Oxford, saying he had made the appointment on merit and in an "exemplary way". |
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