Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Jun 30th, 2008
In the June issue of the Niagara Anglican, official publication of the Diocese of Niagara, editor Christopher Grabiec calls for “a Christian truce” because, after all, doctrine doesn’t matter. The 3rd-century theologian Arius believed that Jesus was a created being and not divine by nature, but this teaching was rejected at the Council of Nicaea [...]
Posted in Anglican Communion, Anglican Crisis on Jun 30th, 2008
Read it all here GAFCON was a great celebration of the gospel of the love and transforming power of the gospel of Jesus Christ. The church needs this energy and vision. But this doesn’t mean the GAFCON proposals can be accepted without question. The proposed ‘Primates’ Council’ is a strange body, just as the ‘Declaration’ [...]
Posted in Anglican Communion, Anglican Crisis on Jun 30th, 2008
Read it all here I believe that it is wrong to assume we are now so far apart that all those outside the GAFCON network are simply proclaiming another gospel (the implication here seems to be that the ABC at least acknowledges that some are – yet he does nothing to reign them in). This [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Jun 30th, 2008
Part of the last court ruling, was that the 3 ANiC Niagara churches have to negotiate with the diocese on administrative and financial responsibilities for managing the buildings. Although much of it is not for public consumption, there is one item that might be of interest and is representative of the weighty matters at hand. [...]
Posted in Anglican Communion, Anglican Crisis on Jun 29th, 2008
As I posted in a comment, my first reaction to the GAFCON statement was that it is not earth shattering; this was an initial impression having read through the document rather hastily. I have noticed that I appear to be completely alone in this conclusion; the statement has been greeted with ebullient praise from orthodox [...]
Posted in Anglican Communion, Anglican Crisis on Jun 29th, 2008
Here And the press release: Press Release 29 June 2008 Jerusalem Declaration Signals New Reality for Anglican Communion Anglican leaders representing a clear majority of the world’s practising Anglicans, joyously affirmed the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) Statement and the Jerusalem Declaration at the end of the conference on Sunday June 29. The document addresses [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Communion, Anglican Crisis on Jun 28th, 2008
Read it all here. Central to the announcement was a “Jerusalem declaration”, which will form the basis of the new fellowship. In the declaration the archbishops and bishops said: “We reject the authority of those churches and leaders who have denied the orthodox faith in word or deed.” It accused the leaders of the Episcopal [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Jun 28th, 2008
Dear Bishop Hiltz I just read the article on your comments re: mission versus doctrine. While I disagree with minimizing the importance of doctrine I am totally in agreement with the call to mission. Both should be in balance. As a life-long Anglican and someone who attends a church that is very involved in a [...]
Posted in Anglican Communion, Anglican Crisis on Jun 28th, 2008
From SF: STATEMENT ON THE GLOBAL ANGLICAN FUTURE Praise the LORD! It is good to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting. The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel. (Psalm 147:1-2) Brothers and Sisters in Christ: We, the participants in the Global [...]
Posted in Anglican Communion, Anglican Crisis on Jun 28th, 2008
When I think about Gafcon, and what it’s seeking to accomplish, I can’t help thinking of Foundation and Empire. For those who don’t know the storyline, it revolves around a movement that has figured out that the Empire is coming to an end, and the only way to prevent the ensuing chaos after the inevitable [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Jun 28th, 2008
From SF: Dr. Packer’s talk can be found here. It is the first (as of this writing). The Q&A session includes advice to ABC at about 3:30 into session.
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Jun 28th, 2008
My good friend The Bishop of Pisiquid was kind enough to send me the June 24th issue (#535) of Atlantic Canada Frank ("Frank by Name, Frank by Nature"). I can see I'll have to add that august periodical to my regular reading list after, God willing, I move to Nova Scotia. One article in Frank [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Jun 28th, 2008
Here He suggested that mission is what really holds the Anglican Communion together – the 38 national and regional Churches throughout the world that are in communion with the Archbishop of Canterbury (and usually with each other). Mission, he suggested, is equally if not more important than church structure and doctrine. Thanks, Fred, for clarifying [...]
Posted in Anglican Communion on Jun 27th, 2008
Here Looking at these photos, reading about and listening to what has been going on at GAFCON brings home to me, with some force, that the time has come for us in the Western church to humble ourselves and learn from those who are truly living, suffering and sacrificing for Jesus. They are the ones [...]
Posted in Anglican Communion, Anglican Crisis on Jun 27th, 2008
From the Church Times blog: A PAPER recommending a separate Anglican Communion has been presented to participants at GAFCON. The paper, entitled “Where do we go from here?”, recommends that, if the Lambeth Conference fails to adopt a decree endorsed by GAFCON, the GAFCON leadership, at its meeting on 4 January 2009, should take steps [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Communion, Anglican Crisis on Jun 27th, 2008
From here JERUSALEM: Traditionalists are set to form a “church within a church”, keeping in formal relation with the Archbishop of Canterbury but severing ties with the progressive wings of the Episcopal Church and Anglican Church of Canada.
Posted in Anglican Communion, Anglican Crisis on Jun 26th, 2008
Before I start, let me say that I quite like some of the things that Ruth Gledhill writes; not only that, I am very much a child – although an admittedly ancient specimen – of the 21st Century from a technological point of view. But this must surely serve as a paradigm of cultural arrogance [...]
Posted in Just for Fun on Jun 26th, 2008
Hello from Legoland here.
Posted in Anglican Communion, Anglican Crisis on Jun 26th, 2008
Canadian Roman Catholic priest and National Post columnist Father Raymond J. de Souza today comments on the Anglican crisis. Here are the opening paragraphs. Formal arrangements have yet to be made, but it now appears that the critical decisions have already been taken for a dissolution of the Anglican Communion. Every 10 years, all the [...]
Posted in Anglican Communion, Anglican Crisis on Jun 26th, 2008
There have been numerous articles in the press speculating on the significance of GAFCON, often centred around the likelihood of schism and a split. This article from Christianity Today puts some of it in perspective. But the media are not the only ones who are misunderstanding GAFCON. Among conservatives, no surprise, I am coming across [...]
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