Excalbia
09-04-2005, 21:46
OOC: The events leading to this election can be found here: http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=8235549#post8235549. Information on the Church of Excalbia can be found here: http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Church_of_Excalbia.
The Synod – the council of bishops of the Church of Excalbia – is meeting in Excalbia Cathedral to elect a new Presiding Bishop of the Church of Excalbia. Here is your chance to express your views and, perhaps, shape their selection.
The leading candidates to follow the late Presiding Bishop Gunars Purins are:
Bishop Donald Slesers, Chief Bishop of Landing. Bishop Slesers was a vocal supporter of both Bishop Purins’ campaign against the Order of the Invisible Hand and his warm relations with the Roman Catholic hierarchy in Excalbia. In fact, Bishop Slesers is said to advocate opening discussions with the Vatican on moving towards some form of communion with Rome.
Bishop Blaine Repse, Chief Bishop of Citadel Excalbia. Bishop Repse advocates reforming the Church to return to its theological roots, which would draw it closer to evangelical Protestantism and away from Catholicism. Nevertheless, Repse favors maintaining cooperation with the Catholic Church, and other religious groups, on moral issues. He is also a firm opponent of the Order of the Invisible Hand.
Bishop Dainis Nilson, Bishop of New Boston. Bishop Nilson has called for radical reform, weakening the authority of the Presiding Bishop and the Synod and expanding the powers of the bishops and individual parishes. He also advocates breaking the link between the Church and the Imperial Government and giving up the Church’s role as the State religion.
Bishop Vaughn Talbot, Bishop of Windmere. Bishop Talbot represents the traditionally under-represented liberal wing of the Church. He advocates a systematic reexamination of theological doctrines, especially the Church’s traditional definition of marriage and family and its positions on a host of what he has termed “privacy-related” issues.
Bishop Graham Spelve, Secretary of the Synod and Acting Presiding Bishop. Bishop Spelve was a close, though relatively quiet, follower of Presiding Bishop Purins. He would likely continue Purins’ policies opposing the Order of the Invisible Hand, maintaining warm relations with both the Catholic Church and other Protestant churches and slowly increasing the authority of central church structures.
The Synod – the council of bishops of the Church of Excalbia – is meeting in Excalbia Cathedral to elect a new Presiding Bishop of the Church of Excalbia. Here is your chance to express your views and, perhaps, shape their selection.
The leading candidates to follow the late Presiding Bishop Gunars Purins are:
Bishop Donald Slesers, Chief Bishop of Landing. Bishop Slesers was a vocal supporter of both Bishop Purins’ campaign against the Order of the Invisible Hand and his warm relations with the Roman Catholic hierarchy in Excalbia. In fact, Bishop Slesers is said to advocate opening discussions with the Vatican on moving towards some form of communion with Rome.
Bishop Blaine Repse, Chief Bishop of Citadel Excalbia. Bishop Repse advocates reforming the Church to return to its theological roots, which would draw it closer to evangelical Protestantism and away from Catholicism. Nevertheless, Repse favors maintaining cooperation with the Catholic Church, and other religious groups, on moral issues. He is also a firm opponent of the Order of the Invisible Hand.
Bishop Dainis Nilson, Bishop of New Boston. Bishop Nilson has called for radical reform, weakening the authority of the Presiding Bishop and the Synod and expanding the powers of the bishops and individual parishes. He also advocates breaking the link between the Church and the Imperial Government and giving up the Church’s role as the State religion.
Bishop Vaughn Talbot, Bishop of Windmere. Bishop Talbot represents the traditionally under-represented liberal wing of the Church. He advocates a systematic reexamination of theological doctrines, especially the Church’s traditional definition of marriage and family and its positions on a host of what he has termed “privacy-related” issues.
Bishop Graham Spelve, Secretary of the Synod and Acting Presiding Bishop. Bishop Spelve was a close, though relatively quiet, follower of Presiding Bishop Purins. He would likely continue Purins’ policies opposing the Order of the Invisible Hand, maintaining warm relations with both the Catholic Church and other Protestant churches and slowly increasing the authority of central church structures.