Another straw in the wind: The installation of the bishop of Nevada
From NEVADA: Religious Leaders of Multiple Religions Bless New Episcopal Bishop By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
1/15/2008
In yet another body blow to orthodox Anglicanism, the new tenth Episcopal Bishop of Nevada, the Rt. Rev. Dan Thomas Edwards, 57, was blessed by a Roman Catholic Bishop, a Hindu chaplain, a Muslim Imam, a Jewish Rabbi, a Bahai leader, a Baptist minister, a Native American, “smudgers” and drummers, choirs and churchgoers from throughout Nevada as well as Mrs. Katharine Jefferts Schori, The Episcopal Church’s Presiding Bishop …
Starting with Most Rev. Randolph Calvo, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Reno, other leaders who blessed the Episcopal Bishop included Buddhist Priest Rev. William Bartlett, Jewish Rabbi Elizabeth Beyer, Hindu chaplain Rajan Zed, Imam of Northern Nevada Muslim Community, Abdul Barghouthi, Bahai leader Trip Barthel, Reverend Onie Cooper of Second Baptist Church, and Native American faith leader Reynalda James … Not one single orthodox Episcopal bishop was present.
While Rajan Zed read blessing Sanskrit shlokas from the oldest existing scripture Rig-Veda, composed around 1,500 BCE, Reynalda James brought special water from Pyramid Lake to bless Bishop Edwards. Some of these leaders of various faiths embraced the new Bishop, while others shook hands with him welcoming him to Nevada and wishing him best in his mission …Â
It is this kind of inclusivity that has orthodox Anglicans from the Global South scratching their heads in wonder and amazement. It is why Nigerian Primate Peter Akinola has apoplectic fits. He and the CAPA bishops are preaching a gospel that draws men and women out of spiritual darkness into the light of God’s love through repentance and faith, many of whom face open hostility, persecution even death for their faith. The tenth bishop of Nevada (he succeeds Mrs. Jefferts Schori) has invited people, who are need of the gospel, to bless him.
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