St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church

I was considering some of the ways to describe the Episcopal church precisely, in a way that is readily identifiable - against other Christians, in some sense.

We are Christians in that we follow the trust and confidence found in the person the Church identifies as Jesus Christ. He was scapegoated as an innocent victim and preached the overcoming the fear of death through love. His resurrection fosters hope, tenacity, courage, resilience, magnanimity, and humility.

The bishops wrote a letter, and it was very nice. There were some promises that were appropriate, simple and clear.

I want to make a couple observations about rhetoric that I've been hearing. I have a more detailed analysis about the entire conflict that I'm slowly working on, but I want to parse a couple phrases.