'All of us were thoroughly intimidated,' said Martyn. 'But we had to deal with them because we had a pastoral problem.'
He explained this as follows.
Read moreThe problem dates back to the time of the American Revolution, when the Church of England in America was just what that name says: it was the Church of England, merely in America. Since the 16th century, when King Henry VIII made himself, in effect, the pope of England, the English king had been the supreme church authority. Time had somewhat eroded this authority by 1776, thanks in part to the Puritan revolution in the mid-17th century.
Read moreThe major and most burning issue was the issue of homosexuality and the enthroning of a gay Bishop way back in 2003. They developed a road map for the Communion to weather the apparently mortal crisis brought about by the ordination of a gay bishop - Gene Robinson - in 2003.
Read moreWith all due respect, I believe that you and many others over the last four decades are, and have been, deceived by people who have deceived themselves into believing that they and their behavior are inseparable parts of their personhood.
Read moreDear Bishop Katharine,
Read more"The Primates urge the representatives of The Episcopal Church and of those congregations in property disputes with it to suspend all actions in law arising in this situation. We also urge both parties to give assurances that no steps will be taken to alienate property from The Episcopal Church without its consent or to deny the use of that property to those congregations." Communique-ACNS
Read moreThrough a multitude of different steps, in meetings of Primates, meetings of a Panel of Reference, activities of "the listening process" and in debates and resolutions of myriad national, diocesan and local synods, orthodox Anglicans have been persecuted while their opponents made themselves impregnable.
Read moreThe meeting was a remarkable one in that we were able, through much painful honesty and clear speech, to come to a common agreement. Frankly, I was surprised at that. Given the great polarization in the Anglican Communion, I held out little hope for a way forward.
Read moreSince TEC's response to the Windsor Report has so far been less than satisfactory, the primates, in a communiqué issued at the end of their recent meeting, decided upon an interim plan to deal with the Episcopal Church until an Anglican Covenant is solidified. Among the items in this plan is a request that TEC unequivocally refrain from blessing same-sex unions:
Read moreFor a century or two a notion has been fostered by this movement and allowed to develop by much of the remainder of the Anglican church to the point of becoming the reigning theological motif of the leadership of many Anglican churches and of the leadership at the upper levels of the Anglican Communion.
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