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How long until Episcopalians declare \u201cfull communion\u201d with the ELCA?<\/strong> [12]<\/a> <\/strong>In 2001 the ELCA achieved \u201cfull communion\u201d with the EC. But the EC didn\u2019t reciprocate; it merely entered the process of achieving full communion. For the EC \u201cfull communion\u201d \u201cwill not be fully realized\u201d and declared until \u201cthere is a shared ministry of bishops in the historic episcopate\u201d (CCM \u00b614).<\/p>\n Almost all ELCA bishops are in the historic episcopate now. Are Episcopalians waiting until every<\/strong> last ELCA bishop is kosher<\/strong>? [13]<\/a><\/p>\n Ordained deacons under \u201cstudy\u201d (wink, wink).<\/strong> CCM plays a double game: it states that the ELCA is not required to have ordained deacons, but the ELCA (with the EC) is required to keep \u201cstudying\u201d ordained deacons.[14]<\/a><\/p>\n At the Episcopal General Convention the resolution (A041) to adopt CCM identified CCM \u00b618 as committing the ELCA to eventually adopt the full threefold orders of the historic episcopate (bishop, priest\/pastor, deacon).[15]<\/a><\/p>\n You know the drill: Ordained deacons will be \u201cstudied\u201d until the desired outcome is achieved.<\/p>\n When will \u201cthe notorious bylaw\u201d be dropped? <\/strong>The Episcopal Deputy for Ecumenical Relations, the Rt. Rev. C. Christopher Epting, called the ELCA\u2019s \u201cexceptions clause\u201d the \u201cnotorious bylaw.\u201d[16]<\/a> For Episcopalians pastors\/priests cannot<\/strong> ordain because they don\u2019t have the power<\/strong>. Only bishops have the power.<\/p>\n Fewer than 1% of ELCA clergy have been ordained since 2001 under \u201cthe notorious bylaw.\u201d ELCA bishops across the country have shut it down, rejecting requests for exceptional ordinations. It\u2019s only a matter of time before the ELCA Church Council drops the bylaw.<\/p>\n Bishops for life. <\/strong>ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson has said that when he retires, he\u2019s no longer a bishop. However, he has been ordained into the sacramental, historic episcopate which means once a bishop, always a bishop. Ordination into Holy Orders involves <\/p>\n [11]<\/a> See the following blog posts at www.crossalone.us: \u201cLutherans: Hands Off!\u201d (Feb 18, 2010); \u201cEverything — except what really counts,\u201d March 2, 2010; \u201cLutherans: Hands Off — Again\u201d (May 19, 2010).<\/p>\n [12]<\/a> See CCM \u00b614: \u201c\u2026For the [ELCA] \u2026 full communion \u2026 will be realized at this time. For the Episcopal Church, full communion, although begun at the same time, will not be fully realized<\/strong> until \u2026 there is a shared ministry of bishops in the historic episcopate\u201d (emphasis added).<\/p>\n [13]<\/a>The Church of South India, formed in 1947, pioneered the union of Episcopal and non-Episcopal churches, but it wasn\u2019t until 1968 (21 years later) that the Lambeth Conference fully recognized bishops from the Church of South India. Every bishop had to be kosher.<\/p>\n [14]<\/a> \u201cBoth churches acknowledge that the diaconate,<\/strong> including its place within the threefold ministerial office <\/strong>and its relationship with all other ministries, is in need of continuing exploration, renewal, and reform, which they pledge to undertake in consultation with each other\u201d (CCM \u00b69; emphasis added).<\/p>\n [15]<\/a> Episcopal Resolution AO41 to adopt CCM. Read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n [16]<\/a> The Rt. Rev. C. Christopher Epting, in The <\/em>Living<\/em> <\/em>Church<\/em>, June 15, 2003.<\/p>\n Page 4 How long until Episcopalians declare \u201cfull communion\u201d with the ELCA? [12] In 2001 the ELCA achieved \u201cfull communion\u201d with the EC. But the EC didn\u2019t reciprocate; it merely entered the process of achieving full communion. 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