Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Crisis on Oct 31st, 2008
From the Journal: The Canadian house of bishops on Oct. 31 said a “large majority” of its members could affirm “a continued commitment to the greatest extent possible” to a moratorium on the blessing of same-sex unions but also recognized that this would pose difficulty for some dioceses “that in conscience have made decisions on [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Communion, Anglican Crisis on Oct 31st, 2008
Read it all here The Primate said to us: “I come to this meeting of the House of Bishops mindful of our Canadian context and the call for authorization of public rites for the blessings of same sex-unions in a number of our dioceses. I am also mindful of the place of the Anglican Church [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Crisis on Oct 30th, 2008
From the Globe and Mail The Anglican bishops of Ottawa and Montreal have taken decisive steps toward allowing the blessing of same-sex unions in their dioceses, a move certain to further undermine the fragile cohesion of the world’s third-largest Christian denomination. The two bishops have made known their intention to proceed, despite a moratorium on [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Oct 29th, 2008
Some thoughts from Walker Morrow, Diocese of BC. I have found myself in the peculiar position of being an Anglican. Innocuous enough, perhaps, but a position of increasing complexity as time goes on. Especially seeing as how the Anglican church seems to find itself in the peculiar position of tearing itself apart. Now, I entered [...]
Posted in Anglican Communion Alliance on Oct 29th, 2008
From here: The Anglican Essentials Federation is calling together orthodox leaders within the Anglican Church of Canada to a consultation to be held at Wycliffe College, Toronto, on November 25, 2008. An Invitation: We are asking you to consider taking part in an exciting reshaping of orthodox witness within the Anglican Church of Canada. In [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 29th, 2008
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 28th, 2008
I’m going to use editors privilege to encourage all (myself included) to show a little more charity at this time please. I think we all know what the Eastern dioceses are going to do over the next month or two, and emotions may run justifiably high. Please remember to address the actions, and not the [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Oct 28th, 2008
Below is some additional information on Montreal from this Journal article. The Bishop has some things to say about being prophetic, nothing directly from Matthew 7v15, which might be more appropriate to the course the diocese is taking. I note too that there’s no ‘might’ about it, they will proceed. Also buried in the article [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Crisis on Oct 28th, 2008
A letter to the Ottawa Citizen Re: Anglican Bishop seeks OK to bless same-sex marriages, Oct. 24. This article states that “many Anglicans believe homosexuality goes against biblical teaching…” Rather, it should say that most Christians believe the practice of homosexuality goes against biblical teaching. The Anglican Church in Canada and the Anglican Diocese of [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Oct 27th, 2008
Archbishop Fred Hiltz attended yesterday’s Sunday service at St John The Divine, North Bay. He was interviewed by a North Bay Nugget reporter. Hiltz sees a resolution on the issue of blessing gay marriages as an important part of the future of the Anglican Church of Canada. If Abp Hiltz thinks a resolution of same-sex [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Essentials on Oct 27th, 2008
Who remembers SEM? That is to say, Shared Episcopal Ministry, that provision from the Anglican Church of Canada that will deal with the conflict within the church? About which it was said: It is not necessary for any parish to consider such action (leaving the Anglican Church of Canada). The House of Bishops has designed [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Crisis on Oct 27th, 2008
In the June issue of Niagara Anglican, the official diocesan newspaper of the Diocese of Niagara, editor Chris Grabiec asked the theological question, “Who knows who was right in the Christological arguments of the 3d century?” and stated that, in his view, it doesn’t really matter. That prompted a thoughtful response from John Bowen, “Why [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Oct 27th, 2008
FYI, the Anglican Church of Canada HoB meet this week (27th-31st October), where at least Ottawa and Montreal intend to announce plans that they will move forward with SSB. IMHO the most likely outcome will be a heavily nuanced statement from a heavily conflicted body. The more orthodox bishops are not going to like the [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Oct 27th, 2008
From the Journal: The synod of the diocese of Huron on Oct. 25 elected its suffragan (assistant) bishop, Robert F. Bennett, as the 12th diocesan bishop of Huron. Bishop Bennett, 59, was elected on the second ballot after receiving 111 votes from clergy and 263 votes from the laity. Total votes cast were 126 by [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Crisis on Oct 26th, 2008
The latest Niagara Anglican has an article on the diocesan squatters . To read it all, go here and scroll down to page 9; there is a similar article by Martha Tatarnic on page 1. Here is some of it: St. Hilda’s, Oakville: A church that is just a church LUCINDA LANDAU In the midst [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 25th, 2008
Not strictly on topic for this blog, but I thought it would be of interest. Hat tip to The Reformed Pastor.
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Crisis on Oct 25th, 2008
From the Bishop’s charge, Diocese of Montreal, Synod 2008 With the benefit of scientific and medical knowledge we know sexual orientation is a given and a gift from God in the lives of all people. Our challenge is to determine how all persons may rejoice in and celebrate this God-given gift so that it honours [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Crisis on Oct 24th, 2008
So much for the moratorium. From the Ottawa Citizen: An Anglican church in Ottawa may soon be the second in Canada to bless same-sex marriages. Bishop John Chapman plans to ask the Canadian House of Bishops next week if he can develop an appropriate rite, then designate one parish — possibly Saint John the Evangelist [...]
Posted in Anglican Crisis, Anglican Network in Canada on Oct 23rd, 2008
Is here: CofE supporters of Vancouver parishes in the Anglican Network in Canada The last time I looked the count was almost 900 and it has spread well beyond the CofE; even though I’m not convinced that Internet petitions make much difference, you might consider signing it. Perusing the signatories is also worthwhile Here. This [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Crisis, Anglican Network in Canada on Oct 23rd, 2008
Edited to add headline. That’ll teach me to post before my first cup of coffee… That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it. –Admin There is a well balanced article on St. Bede’s on CBC news’ website here. The comments on the article, though, lean towards the “how dare these hate filled conservatives” blah blah [...]
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