From the Standing Committee of the Diocese of San Joaquin
Posted on February 2, 2008
Filed under News
This letter has been sent to Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori from the Standing Committee of the Diocese of San Joaquin –
“Friday, February 01, 2008
We have received your letter dated January 25 in which you state that you do not recognize us individually as members of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of San Joaquin. We find your statements, published by ENS on the internet and read in Hanford prior to most of us receiving the actual letter, to be unhelpful. While you may hold any personal opinion you wish as an individual, the office of Presiding Bishop does not have the legal, canonical or moral authority to proclaim for the Episcopal Church non-recognition of duly elected members of a diocesan Standing Committee. …”
Read the full letter sent from the San Joaquin Standing Committee to Katharine Jefferts Schori.
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