Posted in Anglican Crisis on Nov 1st, 2010
It looks as if Church of England parishes that convert to Rome may be able to stay in their buildings. This is a rather more gracious attitude than that of the Anglican Church of Canada, which for the most part, has adopted a litigate and pillage policy towards parishes that have left for ANiC. From [...]
Posted in Anglican Crisis on Oct 20th, 2010
From here: Four Anglican archbishops, including an American, have outlined the crisis in the Anglican Communion and have concluded that orthodox Anglicans worldwide can no longer accept the leadership of Dr. Rowan Williams. They drew a distinction between the Archbishop of Canterbury and the See of Canterbury which goes back to St. Augustine – an [...]
Posted in Anglican Crisis on Oct 14th, 2010
In another example of moral equivalence myopia, Canon Dr. Kenneth Kearon has sent a letter to the Southern Cone asking Bishop Tito Zavala to withdraw from the Inter Anglican Standing Commission on Unity Faith and Order (IASCUFO). From here: The Secretary General writes: ‘Many of you will have read the Archbishop of Canterbury’s letter to [...]
Posted in Anglican Communion, Anglican Crisis on Oct 10th, 2010
From the ACI. When the turmoil surrounding Gene Robinson’s consent and consecration arose in 2003, everyone knew that the Anglican Communion was in for some rough times. But even more pessimistic observers believed that these times would be relatively limited, and that somehow the Communion would muddle towards some stabilizing resolution. Few could have imagined [...]
Posted in Anglican Communion, Anglican Crisis on Sep 14th, 2010
Something from here, veracity of the quoted source unknown. The process that will end in the Anglican Church splitting up has begun with the Canterbury – the headquarters of the church – disengaging itself from Africa, Asia and Australia. African Anglicans are reportedly taking a lead role by mobilising their colleagues in Asia, South America [...]
Posted in Anglican Communion, Anglican Crisis on Sep 14th, 2010
Go see the timeline over at SF – lots of formatting and links not easily reproducable here.
Posted in Anglican Crisis on Aug 28th, 2010
Received via email: August letter to Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi, Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, the Most Rev. Ian Earnest, Chairman of CAPA (Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa), apologized for “embarrassing” the Church of Uganda when CAPA received a $25,000 grant from Trinity Grants (USA) for the All Africa Bishops Conference taking place [...]
Posted in Anglican Crisis on Aug 26th, 2010
Archbishop Rowan Williams has been asked to sort things out by African bishops. I’m guessing that the Archbishop of Canterbury is wishing he hadn’t attended the conference – “no more diplomacy” was never his forte. From CNN: Conservative Anglican bishops pressed the head of the worldwide church over homosexuality at a conference this week in [...]
Posted in Anglican Crisis on Aug 26th, 2010
The parallels here are interesting… Hundreds of congregations have held votes on leaving the denomination. Others have cut off funding to the national church. Bishops in Africa have condemned the actions taken by their North American counterparts. And this week disaffected members are gathering to found a new breakaway denomination. You would be forgiven for [...]
Posted in Anglican Communion, Anglican Crisis on Aug 24th, 2010
From here: The Anglican church in the West no longer adheres to the word of God, African bishops said Tuesday at a continental conference attended by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Rowan Williams, the head of the world-wide Anglican Communion, has been criticised by some African church leaders for his tolerant stance on homosexuality. “Today, the [...]
Posted in Anglican Crisis on Aug 19th, 2010
No nuances here: The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Henry Luke Orombi, yesterday said the Anglican Church today faces many challenges which have made it dysfunctional. “What I can tell you is that the Anglican Church is very broken,” Bishop Orombi said. “It (church) has been torn at its deepest level, and it is [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Crisis, Anglican Network in Canada on Aug 16th, 2010
From Abbotsford News: By Vikki Hopes – Abbotsford News Published: August 16, 2010 2:00 PM St. Matthew’s Anglican Church in Abbotsford and three Vancouver parishes have been ordered to pay about $120,000 in court costs to the Diocese of New Westminster. Justice Stephen Kelleher issued the ruling in the Supreme Court of B.C., as part [...]
Posted in Anglican Communion, Anglican Crisis on Aug 11th, 2010
Might be worth checking out this article, as this could be the beginning of the development of a true Anglican Covenant, that the majority of the Communion would approve. The AAC summarise it as follows: Revision 1: Strengthens the historic and normative role of the Anglican Formularies (page 4) by restoring the Nassau Draft’s specific [...]
Posted in Anglican Communion, Anglican Crisis on Aug 8th, 2010
From here. There seems to be quite a pattern of lawlessness developing, doesn’t there? First published in The Church of England Newspaper. The Anglican Consultative Council failed to follow its rules in soliciting approval for its new constitution, critics of the London-based ‘instrument of communion’ tell The Church of England Newspaper. Some provinces were never [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Communion, Anglican Crisis on Aug 5th, 2010
From the Journal: A proposal to separate The Episcopal Church (TEC) in the U.S. from the rest of the Anglican Communion has been rejected by the Standing Committee of the Anglican Communion in London. Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, told the Anglican Journal that he finds this decision “encouraging” and [...]
Posted in Anglican Communion, Anglican Crisis on Aug 3rd, 2010
Carrying on from a previous post, there is more news on the self-styled “Standing Committee” that purports to speak for the Anglican Communion. There’s a certain slant to this body, as can be seen from their December 2009 minutes. Recent Developments in the Anglican Communion Discussion began with a review of developments in the Communion [...]
Posted in Anglican Crisis on Jul 28th, 2010
I noticed this story below, and as near as I can make out, the writer is confused. Not that I can really blame her, because it is confusing! Basically, and feel free to correct me if I am wrong, but she is conflating the ACoC / ANiC split with some trouble that is happening within [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Crisis on Jul 23rd, 2010
Another Canadian Anglican decides to swim the Tiber (from Holy Post): When I’m finished writing the following, it will no doubt end up in my “damned if I do, damned if I don’t file;” a file that is steadily growing in width since I began to take issue with what I regard as the implosion [...]
Posted in Anglican Crisis on Jul 22nd, 2010
Truth is stranger than fiction. If this hadn’t been reported in Anglican Mainstream I wouldn’t have believed it. I suppose this is “open” communion taken to extremes. From Toronto Star St. Peter’s Anglican Church has long been known as an open and inclusive place. So open, it seems, they won’t turn anyone away. Not even [...]
Posted in Anglican Communion, Anglican Crisis on Jul 21st, 2010
Back to the boring Anglican matters, I thought it might be worth posting excerpts from the recent ACI article “Five things that should be done now”. Read the whole thing here. We have written often about the Anglican Consultative Council and its Standing Committee over the last year. After the chaotic session in Jamaica in [...]
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