Bishop William H. Love: the Once and Future Bishop

Apr 19, 2021 by

by David Virtue, Virtueonline:

He looks relieved. His nightmare is over. Bishop William H. Love is out of the Episcopal Church and is safely ensconced in the Anglican Church in North America under the aegis of Bishop Julian Dobbs and the Anglican Diocese of the Living Word.

The relief must be palpable. No more going to Episcopal General Conventions to get beaten up verbally, alternatively ignored and made to feel like a pariah because he stood up and told the truth. No more shaming by homosexuals like Gene Robinson and Susan Russell because he refused to go along with the sexual zeitgeist. No more coming back to his diocese knowing that a handful of priests are waiting to stab him in the back over a resolution that violates 2,000 years of church history, tradition and, above all, Scripture.

Knowing the bishop, I am sure he still feels the pain of rejection, the pain of not being able to serve the faithful who remain in the diocese, but his decision to resign also got Presiding Bishop Michael Curry off the hook not having to depose him or declare that he “abandoned the communion.” Love’s resignation was kind to Curry, a kindness he did not deserve, but he got anyway. But Love was and is the soul of kind and he left graciously without upsetting the Episcopal Church’s applecart with protracted legal and canonical lawsuits.

Bishop William Love faithfully served Albany for 15 years and only resigned because of his refusal to allow homosexual marriages in his diocese.

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