Archive for July, 2008
Written by: Rev. Dr. Andrew Goddard
Monday, July 21st, 2008
One of the most serious questions left unanswered after the GAFCON conference was where the movement stood in relation to the proposed Anglican covenant. That question now appears to have been answered fairly unequivocally in two documents (from the GAFCON Theological Resource Team) on the St Andrew’s Draft Text to which the 7 GAFCON Primates refer in their response to the Archbishop of Canterbury. These are apparently based on pre-conference discussions in Jerusalem.
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July 21 2008 | Articles
Written by: Rev. Dr. Philip Turner
Monday, July 21st, 2008
Shortly before the opening of the Lambeth Conference (now in progress) the Rt. Rev. Clayton Matthews of the office of TEC’s Presiding Bishops circulated a memo to all TEC bishops planning to attend. The memo is entitled “Lambeth Talking Points” and is intended to guide and shape the comments of TEC’s bishops in their discussions with other bishops from other parts of the Anglican Communion. The memo is revealing for several reasons. (1) It is an obvious attempt to give uniform shape and content to the contribution TEC’s bishops have to make; (2) it reveals what TEC’s leadership intends the outcome of the conference to be; and (3) displays what the theology is that lies behind the uniform position TEC’s leadership hopes to establish as that of the Communion as a whole.
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July 21 2008 | Articles
Written by: Rev. Professor Christopher Seitz
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
In order properly to appreciate the dynamics of the present season it is imperative to understand the regnant self-perception of progressive Episcopalians (and their friends). It is easy enough to understand that ‘the Global South’ has a different self-understanding than the American one – making allowance for a vast region with different nuances and priorities. It is also critical to contrast the self-understanding of American Episcopalianism with what one finds in the Church of England, where one can of course see kindred concerns for new teaching on sexuality and where one can find allies with the Episcopal causes.
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July 17 2008 | Articles
Written by: Rev. Dr. Ephraim Radner
Sunday, July 13th, 2008
To the Bishops gathering for the Lambeth Conference:
I write to you personally and openly. I hope that at least some of you will take my words to heart, not because they are mine (which, on their own, would not count for much), but because they represent the mind, I believe, of many in the Communion who are not as vocal in the councils and organs of communication within our church as some.
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July 13 2008 | Articles
Written by: The Anglican Communion Institute, Inc.
Monday, July 7th, 2008
If the work of the Lambeth Conference is in fact to strengthen rather than weaken the Communion in the days and years to come, we are firmly convinced that the bishops there assembled must find ways to address in a constructive manner several key issues.
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July 07 2008 | Articles