The uproar that ensued was predictable. British evangelicals excoriated Dr. Williams for his action, but a report that said evangelicals in the Diocese of London had asked London Bishop Richard Chartres to prevent Robinson from speaking was inaccurate. They asked that Robinson address the meeting in a secular venue, not in St. Martins. The evangelicals could not then be accused of trying to stifle free speech.
Read moreInvited for the occasion was the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Dr Rowan Williams who, according to various reports, argued strenuously for sides to continue talking and listening to one another.
Read moreDATE: November 15, 2006 (following General Convention 2006).
And so, dear readers, VirtueOnline can now tell you what has been planned for months -- the extirpation of all orthodox bishops in the Episcopal Church and the total evisceration of biblically faithful Episcopalians in The Episcopal Church.
Read moreIt was another turbulent week in the life of the Anglican Communion.
Read moreHe first visits the Episcopal Church, the former mainstay of the mainline denominations that has declined significantly in recent years. He learned how they reasoned away tradition and Scripture, how "contemporary virtues [like] tolerance have won out over biblical admonition," and how "admonitions to holy living suddenly become hate speech." They have followed all the popular trends, yet they have become unpopular, he writes.
Read moreIt is Bishop John Howard's worst nightmare come true. The Rev. Jim McCaslin, rector of All Souls in Jacksonville, told VirtueOnline that the bishop has said he is convinced that this is one of the strongest -- potentially THE strongest -- dioceses in our church and in our communion. "The impression that he would create is that the 'Florida Six' are simply a small dissident minority in an otherwise healthy and unified diocese," Fr. McCaslin said.
Read moreThe civil suit follows months of theological dispute and hostile actions by Bishop Smith, who stands in "opposition to traditional Christianity and Anglican teaching," according to the rectors of these churches.
Read more2. In doing so, the Church of Nigeria has not pre-empted Canterbury's seat of honor in the Communion, but it has made "communion with the see of Canterbury" a second-order matter -- as it always should have been. Combined with Abp. Akinola's other statements about the Church of England, it seems clear that the Church of Nigeria is prepared to break communion with a mother church that has compromised the substance of the classic Reformation faith.
Read moreWhat is happening is this: The recent birth of the Council of Anglican Provinces of the Americas and Caribbean (CAPAC), inspired by the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA), lead to the creation of a body that will "enable coordination, cooperation, collaboration, and communication, and to encourage mission as well as resource theological education and ministry of the Gospel in the Caribbean and the Americas." Lofty ideals, but certainly attainable.
Read moreThe Katrina hurricane that struck New Orleans and three Gulf states has taken a heavy toll not only on the people of the area, but on the psyche of a nation. Over 84 percent of those affected were people of color, doubling the guilt and making the apparent ineptitude of the authorities, who took an inexcusably long time to deal with the crisis, look even worse. It is a nightmare disaster without parallel in U.S. history.
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