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Article: New Anglican bishops decry Episcopal Church lean to left.(Nation)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 26, 2001
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - Four newly consecrated Anglican bishops yesterday defended their decision to bolt the Episcopal Church, saying its liberal leadership has strayed too far from the teachings of the Bible.
"A church divided over the essentials of a faith cannot stand," said Bishop T.J. Johnston of Little Rock, Ark., at a press conference here. "What the Anglican Mission has done is given us covering to step out from under a faith that was deeply divided on the essentials of faith."
Bishop Johnston was one of four former Episcopalian clergy consecrated Sunday as bishops in the 20-month-old Anglican Mission of America, a conservative offshoot of the ...