Michigan Episcopal Buddhist may not get nod over baptismal rite
The found him insufficiently orthodox for writing his own rites for baptism. Nothing based on his dual spiritual paths as a Buddhist. One might expect this in a few states but not in Michigan. Oh how wrong we were.
Thew Forrester is rector at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Marquette, Mich. Soon after his election by the diocese, conservative church bloggers from across the country discovered that he practices Zen meditation and received “lay ordination” from a Buddhist community.
Deeper digging found that he has eschewed the Book of Common Prayer
– the anchor of Anglican doctrine and liturgy — and written his own rites for baptisms. A number of Episcopal bishops have judged him insufficiently orthodox to join their ranks.
via Episcopal ‘Buddhist Bishop’ Appears Headed for Defeat – News.
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