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Ecclesiastics, dogma.

Dear editor,

Re: Vancouver church votes to leave Canadian church (Feb. 14 story, www.anglicanjournal.com). It is reported that St. John's Shaughnessy church held a Bible study Bible study may refer to:
  • Biblical studies, the academic examination
  • Bible study (Christian), sometimes known as "Devotions" or "Quiet times"
Other terms related to the study of the bible:
  • Biblical criticism
  • Biblical hermeneutics
 just prior to voting to split over its opposition to homosexual persons. Why? The conservative believers across the continent made it obvious that same-sex marriage Noun 1. same-sex marriage - two people of the same sex who live together as a family; "the legal status of same-sex marriages has been hotly debated"
couple, twosome, duet, duo - a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable
 and blessings were simply a diplomatic vehicle. The real underlying opposition is not to anything as trivial as redefining marriage, but exists as a fierce and vitriolic opposition to the very existence of an entire segment of humanity.

To my fellow Canadians who have created a rift that goes far beyond ecclesiastics ECCLESIASTICS, canon law. Those persons who compose the hierarchical state of the church. They are regular and secular. Aso & Man. Inst. B. 2, t. 5, c. 4, Sec. 1.  and dogma and has turned citizen against citizen and family member against family member, I bring news that is heretical he·ret·i·cal  
adj.
1. Of or relating to heresy or heretics.

2. Characterized by, revealing, or approaching departure from established beliefs or standards.
 in nature: the world is not flat and revolves around the sun. Diseases aren't caused by evil spirits, and no deity will confront you after your death with the admonition Any formal verbal statement made during a trial by a judge to advise and caution the jury on their duty as jurors, on the admissibility or nonadmissibility of evidence, or on the purpose for which any evidence admitted may be considered by them. , "You were kind and compassionate to those people. You were kind to them. You are therefore banned from my sight- per omnia saecula saeculorum (for ever and ever)."

Hugh (Bart) Vincelette

Vancouver
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Title Annotation:LETTERS
Author:Vincelette, Hugh "Bart"
Publication:Anglican Journal
Article Type:Letter to the editor
Date:Apr 1, 2008
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