Speaking to an audience of 500 Anglicans at St. John's Shaughnessy Anglican Church, Archbishop Venables called the Primates' joint statement "significant". Archbishop Venables was here at the invitation of the Anglican Network in Canada (the Network), a group representing Canadian orthodox Anglicans who wish to remain an integral part of the global Anglican Communion. The Archbishop has supported the Network internationally since August 2004.
Read more"We are delighted that the Primates of the Anglican Communion have decisively affirmed historic Biblical faith and practice," said the Rev. John Guernsey, dean of the Mid-Atlantic Convocation. "We have been assured that the teaching of orthodox Anglicans in North America is consistent with the teaching of the world-wide Anglican Communion, and we renew our commitment to the Communion. The landscape of the Communion has been changed radically by the Primates."
Read moreAs you consider how to make a Godly response to the Primates' statement we pray that you will keep certain points at the center of your deliberations. If these considerations are not given due weight, the Episcopal Church will, in all probability, find itself no longer a member of the Anglican Communion, with all the chaos of disordered mission and ministry to which this will give rise.
Read moreThe scholars' group complains that though the task force said it recommends "no change in policy," it in fact "advocates a fundamental shift in policy" when it asks the church to refrain from disciplining clergy involved in same-sex relationships.
Read moreWell, a group of conservative Anglicans in Australia disagrees, and they've recently taken steps to put the issue back on the agenda, in a move that's issued a direct challenge to the mainline Anglican church,
Read moreThe Archbishop, who chaired crisis talks in Northern Ireland last week, has led calls by Anglican leaders for the American and Canadian Churches to admit they were wrong to defy official policy.
By appearing to side with the conservative majority in the row over homosexuality, he has dismayed liberals who once hailed him as their champion.
Read moreThe Rev'd Dr. Edith Humphrey: Singing Praises with Understanding--Biblical, Ecclesial and Contemporary Questions for Authentic Christian Hymnody The Rev'd Dr. Ephraim Radner: Leviticus: Sacrifice and the Character of the Church The Rev'd Prof. Christopher Seitz: The Psalms in the History of Interpretation The Very Rev'd Dr. Philip Turner: Christian Ethics: Dodo or Phoenix
BISHOPS: The Rt. Rev'd Daniel Herzog & the Rt. Rev'd David Bena
Read morePrimates Meeting In Dromantine, Northern Ireland 21–25 February 2005
This meeting of the primates was specifically called to receive the “Windsor Report”. This is a document that came as a result of the threatened breakage of the Anglican Communion following the consecration of Gene Robinson as the Bishop of New Hampshire in November 2003
Read moreBishop Bruno inhibited the clergy on the grounds that they had broken their ordination vows of obedience to their bishop and abandoned the doctrine and discipline of the Episcopal Church. Canon law requires that clergy who have been inhibited must be deposed after six months unless they repent and make restitution within that time. In this case, none of the inhibited clergy responded to attempts by Bishop Bruno’s office to contact them in hopes of reconciliation.
Read moreThe Anglican Communion, with one voice, has affirmed the unchanging doctrine of the historic Christian faith once received from the apostles and which continues to be the teaching of orthodox Christianity around the world. The Communion is also united in its affirmation of the teaching on human sexuality provided by Resolution 1.10 of the 1998 Lambeth Conference.
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