Posted in Anglican Communion on Jan 28th, 2012
From the BBC Dr John Sentamu, the second most senior Church of England cleric, told the Daily Telegraph that marriage must be between a man and a woman. He supported civil partnerships, he said, but only “dictators” tried to overturn history and redefine marriage. Dr Sentamu also said the Church should do more to avoid [...]
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You can read the whole piece at the Weekly Standard. A few pertinent quotes: The Archbishop of Canterbury is going to resign next year. At least that’s the story making the rounds of newspapers in London, and the interesting part is not that the 61-year-old Rowan Williams should be willing to give up another decade [...]
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From WORLDMag.com Anglicanism has begun a global and North American reformation, according to Archbishop Robert Duncan of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), who recently delivered his annual state of the church address, describing the growth and challenges faced by orthodox Anglicans. Duncan serves as both head of the ACNA and bishop of the [...]
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Posted in Anglican Communion on May 16th, 2011
I thought this statement (which you may have already seen elsewhere) is worth reading: Alleluia! Christ is risen! The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia! 1. We met in Nairobi from April 25th through April 28th, 2011. We gathered as the elected leaders of provinces and national churches of the Anglican Communion and as leaders of [...]
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From here. …. Within the Anglican Communion, the Lambeth Conference of Bishops has been accorded moral authority throughout the Communion. Lambeth has no power to legislate but it does have power to state its mind on behalf of the communion and to make requests that place the burden of proof on those provinces or dioceses [...]
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From here, bold mine. … For all these reasons, the group of Primates who met in Dublin cannot be recognized as acting in accord with the accepted Communion understanding of the Primates’ Meeting as an Instrument of Communion. This Instrument thus joins the others as now being dysfunctional and lacking in communion credibility. The role [...]
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Posted in Anglican Communion on Feb 2nd, 2011
From here: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” John 14:27 My Dear Friends, Greetings in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ! First, I would like to thank you [...]
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Read it all here, certain parts excerpted: … Q: What was your overall impression of the meeting? A: I think the meeting went very, very well. We had a superb facilitation team who managed the process for us. We had considerable time-sharing with one another about the nature and exercise of the primacy in our [...]
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FYI, there’s the final update here, podcast here. Nothing particularly interesting in what was said, though perhaps there was something more interesting in what was not said, or shown for that matter. The Covenant was conspicuously absent in the deliberations of the Primate’s meeting, as was any particular mention that 2/3 of the Communion was [...]
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Posted in Anglican Communion on Jan 28th, 2011
Principia Mathematica, a three-volume work on the foundations of mathematics written by Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell, devoted a considerable amount of space to ruminating on the truth of the statement 1+1=2. Not to be outdone, after 2000 years of doing church, the Primates are listening to a presentation from IASCUFO, describing its struggle [...]
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I didn’t think it worth copying the text, as it seems like navel gazing as to what a Primate is and does. The closest thing of interest was: The question was raised, though not addressed in plenary, about how far Primates had a role in safeguarding the life of the Communion as a whole. Which [...]
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Posted in Anglican Communion on Jan 26th, 2011
The ACI makes some interesting observations on Anglican Communion representation at the Primates’ meeting: It has been reported that on two occasions Primates of the Global South advised the Archbishop of Canterbury that they would not attend the current Primates’ Meeting if the Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church were present. Of the fourteen Primates [...]
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Posted in Anglican Communion on Jan 26th, 2011
From here: Primates’ Meeting: Briefing #1 January 26, 2011 – Days 1 and 2 The 18th Primates’ Meeting of the Anglican Communion opened in Dublin on Tuesday evening in an atmosphere of prayer and purpose. After a welcome and introduction, the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams asked those present to hold in their hearts and [...]
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Posted in Anglican Communion on Jan 26th, 2011
An astonishing quote from Katharine Jefferts Schori via The Telegraph: The Most Rev Katharine Jefferts Schori, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, has given a most revealing interview to the Houston Chronicle in which she says that Anglican churches in Africa have polygamous members and, um, that’s basically OK. I mean, not ideal, but a man [...]
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Read it all here. I excerpt a few paragraphs that might be of particular interest. I agree that the times today need Orthodox Anglicans from around the world to lead. We’ve been reactive for 10 years now and need to take the lead and look at a gathering of Bishops and Primates. The Global South [...]
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Posted in Anglican Communion on Jan 25th, 2011
From here: Primates from across the Anglican Communion arrived today at the Emmaus Retreat and Conference Centre in Dublin for the first day of their six-day Primates’ Meeting. The Primates, who are the senior bishops or archbishops of a province of the Anglican family of churches, were invited from all 38 Provinces. The Archbishop of [...]
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From the Global South website. 21st January 2011 There have been various interests and concerns expressed about the absence of some Global South Primates at the forthcoming Dublin Primates’ Meeting. Where these Primates are concerned, arriving at such decision was not a sudden or knee-jerk reaction. Both before, and more so after, The Episcopal Church [...]
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From here, with a few comments in italics. Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, hopes the upcoming Dublin meeting of his fellow primates across the Anglican Communion will provide a greater understanding of challenges facing 70 million Anglicans worldwide. In an interview prior to his departure for the Jan. 25-30 meeting, [...]
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Read the ACI article here. It starts off strongly, but then reads more as a group discussion between parties with different perspectives… The Dublin gathering of Primates—is it a “Primates’ Meeting” when so many are not attending?—is soon to happen. Many are the views on whether conservative Primates should attend, and the reasons pro and [...]
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You might find this thread of some interest. I’m not going to link to anything specific, other than the word ‘confusion’. There is always confusion when the church struggles to rethink its paradigm, when it works out the grammar, in Lindbeck fashion, of a new way of speaking. In other words, the implied theology behind [...]
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