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 | | The six congregations involved were Church of the Holy Spirit, Akron; St. Anne’s in the Field, Madison; St. Stephen’s, East Liverpool; St. Barnabas, Bay Village; St. Luke’s, Akron; and a non-ECUSA congregation, Hudson Anglican Fellowship, Hudson, whose rector has been involved with volunteer outreach work at St. Luke's. |
 | | The claim that their action was pastoral and in accordance with a mandate from the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Primates of the Anglican Communion is contradicted” by statements from the Primates that, he said, clearly indicated that provisions for episcopal oversight of dissenting minorities are “a matter to be resolved by the province.” |
 | | The canons of the Episcopal Church, as well as those of the councils of the undivided Christian Church--beginning with Nicaea in 325 A.D.--specify that no priest or bishop may perform sacramental acts in another diocese without prior permission of that diocese’s ecclesiastical authority. |
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