Ashworth said the document, "A Most Agonising Journey towards Lambeth 2008", appears to express to Nigerian synods the personal anguish of Archbishop Akinola over his attendance at the Lambeth Conference, but computer tracking software suggests that the letter was extensively edited and revised over a four-day period by the Rt. Rev. Martyn Minns, who was consecrated last year by Archbishop Akinola to lead the secessionist Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA).
Read more"There is no wrongdoing on my part whatsoever," Howson told VirtueOnline.
Read more"We have the title and deed. The church started in 1924 long before the Dennis Canon. The church started out independently but later decided to link up with the Diocese of Los Angeles," said Kollgaard.
The church property and buildings it has purchased have been in the parish's hands and maintained for over 60 years.
Read moreIn his most resounding rip to date against the American church, one of 38 provinces in the Anglican Communion, Akinola tore into the church saying, "the leadership of The Episcopal Church USA (TECUSA) and the Anglican Church of Canada (ACoC) seem to have concluded that the Bible is no longer authoritative in many areas of human experience especially in salvation and sexuality.
Read moreIn a "state of the diocese" speech, Mathes admits that as stewards of the Episcopal Church, "we find ourselves in a time of turmoil." Mathes says he went to Spain to attend the bought-and-paid-for "Walking to Emmaus" consultation put on by Trinity Wall Street Church. In Spain he experienced a different reality with six of the eleven primates from the African continent present.
Read moreTruth and consensus are the last things on liberal and revisionist minds, but "listening"-- that much ballyhooed word made famous by Frank T. Griswold (former TEC Presiding Bishop) -- is the seduction word of the rich, especially Trinity Wall Street Church, the richest church in the world - a church that owns more than 200 aces of land on Manhattan Island.
Read moreAs a distinct sub-group or branch of Anglicanism it came to prominence in the Church of England during the Victorian era and enjoyed widespread influence. The Oxford Movement, as it became known, was aimed at restoring High Church principles. Over the years many Anglo-Catholics gravitated to Rome following Newman, but most have lived uneasily if not painfully within the Anglican fold.
Read more"This was no surprise to us and frankly of no interest either--this is just all the Episcopal Church has left, with no theology to debate those of us who have made a case for tradition, they have to resort to kangaroo courts ginned up in the their quickly failing club house," Armstrong told VirtueOnline.
Read moreEarlier in the month the Rt. Rev. John H. Rodgers expressed similar sentiments in an interview with VOL.
Read moreFt. Worth Bishop Jack Iker sent a notice out to the clergy of the Diocese of Fort Worth: "BISHOP CLARENCE POPE telephoned me this morning to let me know that Martha and he have returned to membership in the Roman Catholic Church, in full communion with the See of Peter.
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