The Washington National Cathedral is the closest thing our country has to an official state church. It plays host to almost all state funerals and inaugural services for newly elected presidents.
In 1893, Congress passed a measure to allow for the construction of a new cathedral in the nation’s capital. The measure was proposed to Congress by the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, run largely by the first seven Episcopal Bishops of Washington. Construction began in 1907 and was actually completed in 1990 when then President George H.W. Bush presided over the placement of the final finial. Interestingly, in 2011, the National Cathedral received $700,000 in federal funding for repairs due to the earthquake that occurred that year.
The National Cathedral is operated by the Episcopal Church, which is the closest Protestant denomination to the Catholic Church in many ways. It is the official seat of the Bishop of Washington, who at the moment is the Right Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde. It’s also the official seat of the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, who at the moment is the Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori. Yep, both church officials are women, which goes against scriptural teachings, and also explains why they have become so liberal.
If you can compromise the Bible and God’s teachings in one area of the church, then why not violate a few more? Well, they are. After same-sex marriage was voted to be legal in Maryland and the District of Columbia in November, Budde decided to allow for the inclusion of same-sex marriage ceremonies in church practices.
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Any church that performs gay marriage is rebelling against God and will surely reap the punishment for it.
Sam…… ask any gay one if they care. They have no innercore….
Although I agree with the article, I have to say, having a woman church official DOES NOT go against scriptural teachings, no matter how much or for how long scripture has been misinterpreted and misused to justify this wrongful statement! Performing gay marriages however is wrong and the scripture does support that statement!
I think the confusion stems from the Biblical references to the Orthodox Jewish tradition that women were not even allowed in Temple. I don’t believe that the reformed Jewish faith shares this concept. But, to my knowledge, it has never been against Gods teaching for women to preach, teach, and testify. Even homosexuals may hold offices providing they remain celebate. God hates the sin, He, very often, uses the sinners for His purposes. This brings them even closer to Him. After all, He has used ME!
I agree, gay marraige is wrong, But the Bible is very clear on women in the chruch and who should be teaching. We all have much wrong. It is supposed to be our elders taking turns teaching. Someone who has been faithful, had a family and understands and knows life. If you are divorced, you can not be a teacher, I you have killed, raped, slept with your neighbors wife, and so on. we have so called preachers in their twenties teaching people in their 80′s. God knows we have common sence, doesn’t mean we use it. I learned a lot about this because I wanted to become a teacher, but I can not because of my past. God can still use me, but like the Bible says, your past sins can and will change what you can do in your future. So it is not how I feel, I still can’t find a place in the Bible that talks about feelings, but the hard core study of the Holy Bible that lets me know what I can and cannot do. Nothing to do with our feelings because being human we tend to ride on emotions, and not the word of God.