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March 31 2023 By dvirtue MUSLIM CLERIC INVITED TO BE NEXT ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY

As a result, Islamic clerics will be entitled to apply for the top job when the current Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, steps down.

But the move us sure to upset many purists in the Church of England, who will see it as a "cheap publicity stunt".

Suffolk campaigner, the Rev Evan Elpuss has long argued that archbishops should really have to be members of the Church of England.

March 30 2023 By dvirtue Anglican Myth 7: The Temporal/Spiritual Divide

In the last clause the suggestion is not that the oversight of the diocesan bishop is repudiated in its entirety, but that it is only rejected in things 'spiritual'. Thus, the bishop's oversight of the church remains in things 'temporal', while the 'spiritual' oversight is sought from an alternative bishop (which in itself raises a number of other questions, that are discussed here).

March 29 2023 By dvirtue COMPELLED TO RESIST: 'OF COURSE WE'RE LEAVING,' SHELL-SHOCKED BISHOPS TOLD, AS PROTEST GROWS

A statement accompanying the CEEC petition (which went online last week, at declaration.ceec.info) says: 'We cannot accept central features of the bishops' proposed way forward. We believe these deny the authority of Scripture and, despite their stated desire not to do so, depart from the received historic understanding of the Church.

March 16 2023 By dvirtue Bill could force Church of England to allow same-sex weddings

His co-sponsors include Harriet Harman, the former deputy Labour leader; Robert Buckland, the Conservative MP and former lord chancellor; Dame Margaret Beckett, the Labour MP and former foreign secretary; Sir Peter Bottomley, the Conservative father of the House; and Hilary Benn, the Labour MP and former environment secretary.

March 15 2023 By dvirtue OXFORD: St. Ebbe's Resists Decision of General Synod Over Same-Sex Blessings

By offering the prayers they have published, the bishops will be giving authority (to those clergy who wish to use them), to bless in God's name behaviour which the Bible calls sin. This is a very grievous step to take, which will cause serious spiritual damage and result in deep division within the Church of England and wider Anglican Communion.

March 15 2023 By dvirtue Bishop of Rochester: "Fundamentally different conceptions among us"

Put simply, the amendment gave me grounds to believe that, despite the way things had been variously spun and portrayed, the process was still open to meaningful change that would honour the Bishops' commitment to upholding the Church's traditional doctrine of marriage, while also making pastoral provision for people in same-sex relationships that would affirm and celebrate gifts such as companionship, affection and mutual love and support.

March 13 2023 By dvirtue Queer theology may sink the Church of England, British Monarchy and the Commonwealth

It would be tempting to regard the issue of same-sex blessing as an internal quarrel within just the Church of England. But the decision goes beyond the walls of the Church and the nation to shake the foundations of the British Commonwealth and the monarchy, which since the time of Henry VIII has been seen as the defender of the Christian faith, with the state as the supporter of the Christian religion as expressed in Anglicanism.

March 10 2023 By dvirtue ALL SOULS LANGHAM PLACE ISSUES LETTER TO LONDON BISHOP

At a very practical level these materials undermine the Biblical call to discipleship: a call to put aside one's self in a desire to live in response to all that our Lord Jesus has done for us. This is particularly true for many in our church family who have chosen to abstain from sex outside marriage, regardless of their sexuality.

March 08 2023 By dvirtue Death Comes for the C. of E.

Little wonder that, when King Charles III visited the United States in 2007, he boycotted TEC. During one reception, a layman said to him, “I would have thought that as the head of the Church of England, the parent church of the Anglican Communion, Your Royal Highness would have attended services at the Episcopal Cathedral.”

Charles wagged his finger “in a scolding manner” and said, “You know very, very well why I cannot worship in an Episcopal Church.”

March 07 2023 By dvirtue The Church of England and the chaplain who dared to speak the truth

But every now and then the Church says, "No!"

The Rev Bernard Randall is one such case. He was disciplined in his former job as a school chaplain for preaching a sermon that encouraged "a reasoned debate between beliefs", but gave permission for students to question "the ideologies of LGBTI activists". He was later made redundant.

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