Church of England | VirtueOnline – The Voice for Global Orthodox Anglicanism

January 30 2023 By dvirtue Welby joins protesters outside Lambeth Palace to defend Bishops' same-sex stance

"Let's do what we can now, and see what happens," Archbishop Welby said on Monday.

"To get something through for equal marriage would require legislation. And legislation has to carry by two-thirds in each house of Synod. . .

"If we go any further [than blessings], it's three years of legislative fighting, and quite possibly a defeat at the end of it. . .the Bishops together want to do something that avoids
that -- and the discussion continues."

January 28 2023 By dvirtue CEEC formally responds to House of Bishops' proposals and subsequent public communications

We wish to alert the House of Bishops to the depth, breadth and strength of opposition to their proposals among members of CEEC, which represents lay and ordained, charismatic and conservative and open, egalitarian and complementarian evangelicals.

January 25 2023 By dvirtue TRADITIONAL TEACHING IS NOW A SAFEGUARDING ISSUE

Gender identity ideology looks very much like Gnosticism

January 22 2023 By dvirtue What are the bishops saying and doing in response to the end of LLF?

Will the different responses to any of the above cohere with each other?
Will bishops in their dioceses act with integrity to the questions asked above?

January 19 2023 By dvirtue THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND FACING REALITY

The Church of England has officially announced that it will release unofficial new liturgies, which will in fact not contradict the old liturgies, though in order to ensure the fact that this is appreciated these new liturgies must be officially received without having been seen or even yet written by its ruling body the Church synod, who themselves will not officially approve of them as to do so would require a two thirds majority which they don't need because officially there is no change t

January 18 2023 By dvirtue Church divided over promotion of bishop who opposes ordination of women as priests

The Church of England has been ordaining women as priests since 1994 and as bishops since 2015. Bishop North is one of a small number of bishops who refuse to ordain women. This had proved a stumbling block in his career. In 2012 he was appointed Bishop of Whitby but withdrew after protests. He became Bishop of Burnley in 2015, but when it was announced two years later that he was to move to Sheffield, there was an outcry, and he again withdrew. Friends say the experience shattered him.

January 18 2023 By dvirtue CHURCH OF ENGLAND: Bishops propose prayers of thanksgiving, dedication and for God's blessing for same-sex couples

The proposals, which follow a six-year period of listening, learning and discernment known as Living in Love and Faith, will be outlined in a report to the Church's General Synod, which meets in London next month.

January 14 2023 By dvirtue A Response to Bishop John Inge's Advocacy for Same-Sex Marriage

Quotations from and Responses to John Inge's Arguments in Favour of Same-Sex Marriage

Inge:
.... There were protests when, in 1901, the 'heretic' Gore was nominated for the see of Worcester. His offence? To suggest that not all the Old Testament -- the Genesis creation accounts, the stories of Jonah and Job, for example -- are literal historical accounts.

January 09 2023 By dvirtue NON-BINARY CHURCH OF ENGLAND VICAR RIPPED AS TAIL WAGGING THE DOG OF ANGLICANISM

As friction over LGBTQ issues worsens in the global Anglican church, the ONS has published 2021 census data which show that around 1.5 million people (3.2%) identified with an LGB+ orientation ("Gay or Lesbian", "Bisexual" or "Other sexual orientation"), comparatively few when compared with the 43.4 million people (89.4%) who identified as straight or heterosexual.

These figures illustrate the extent to which the tail wags the dog in western Anglicanism.

January 06 2023 By dvirtue Archbishop of Canterbury Refuses to Scrap Schools Guidance That Affirms 'Transgender' Five Year-Olds and Brands Dissenters 'Transphobic'

As part of the case, the parents presented international expert evidence to the DfE which revealed how transgender affirming policies lead to "catastrophic outcomes" for gender confused children.

The Rowes had taken legal action against the DfE after they and their six-year-old son were labelled "transphobic" by a CofE primary school on the Isle of Wight for refusing to "believe" in transgender affirming policies.

You are here

Pages

News Topics

Special Reports