Well, a group of conservative Anglicans in Australia disagrees, and they've recently taken steps to put the issue back on the agenda, in a move that's issued a direct challenge to the mainline Anglican church,
Read moreThe Archbishop, who chaired crisis talks in Northern Ireland last week, has led calls by Anglican leaders for the American and Canadian Churches to admit they were wrong to defy official policy.
By appearing to side with the conservative majority in the row over homosexuality, he has dismayed liberals who once hailed him as their champion.
Read moreThe Rev'd Dr. Edith Humphrey: Singing Praises with Understanding--Biblical, Ecclesial and Contemporary Questions for Authentic Christian Hymnody The Rev'd Dr. Ephraim Radner: Leviticus: Sacrifice and the Character of the Church The Rev'd Prof. Christopher Seitz: The Psalms in the History of Interpretation The Very Rev'd Dr. Philip Turner: Christian Ethics: Dodo or Phoenix
BISHOPS: The Rt. Rev'd Daniel Herzog & the Rt. Rev'd David Bena
Read morePrimates Meeting In Dromantine, Northern Ireland 21–25 February 2005
This meeting of the primates was specifically called to receive the “Windsor Report”. This is a document that came as a result of the threatened breakage of the Anglican Communion following the consecration of Gene Robinson as the Bishop of New Hampshire in November 2003
Read moreBishop Bruno inhibited the clergy on the grounds that they had broken their ordination vows of obedience to their bishop and abandoned the doctrine and discipline of the Episcopal Church. Canon law requires that clergy who have been inhibited must be deposed after six months unless they repent and make restitution within that time. In this case, none of the inhibited clergy responded to attempts by Bishop Bruno’s office to contact them in hopes of reconciliation.
Read moreThe Anglican Communion, with one voice, has affirmed the unchanging doctrine of the historic Christian faith once received from the apostles and which continues to be the teaching of orthodox Christianity around the world. The Communion is also united in its affirmation of the teaching on human sexuality provided by Resolution 1.10 of the 1998 Lambeth Conference.
Read moreArchbishop Hutchison is expected to bring back this request to "voluntarily withdraw" the Canadian church from the Council.
Archdeacon Paul Feheley, principal secretary to the primate, said that the matter would be raised before the Council of General Synod (CoGS), the governing body that guides the church in the three-year period between General Synods.
Read moreIn 2004, the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama sent $417,559 to the national church headquarters, or 17.85 percent of its budget. That will go up this year to $468,159, or 18.44 percent of the budget.
"The increase in our giving to the national church is a symbol of our commitment to the whole church and the Anglican Communion," said Bishop Henry N. Parsley, head of the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama.
That marks an apparent shift from the mood of protest last year.
Read moreMy reasons for non-attendance are as follows.
1. There have been some very wild press reports some containing implied threats of legal action against me. This may or may not be true, however my legal training leads me to be wary, and so I am only prepared at present to commit my opinions to writing and not to be lead into any situation which would compromise me later.
Read moreWithin the larger Communion, the status of the Episcopal Church, USA, and the Anglican Church in Canada has changed, at least temporarily. As we consider the way(s) in which this status has changed, please bear in mind that our Presiding Bishop helped draft the Primate's Communiqué, and he attached his name to it along with all the others.
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