religious foo: More on the Episcopalians

[alpharaposa]

A state judge in Virginia has ruled that conservative congregations that broke away in 2006 from the Episcopal Church and affiliated with the Anglican Church of Nigeria may keep their church properties.

This is a wonderful thing for those congregations, who will continue to have a place to meet and worship. However, I can't help feel sad that things reached a point where a secular judge had to be called in to adjudicate. Schism is ugly and sad, even when it's necessary.