Archive for November, 2008
Written by: Rev. Dr. Philip Turner
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
I am pleased that my article “The Subversion of the Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church” has generated the discussion it has. A number of the responses simply display the toxic atmosphere that sadly prevents the blogs from realizing their potential for furthering genuine debate. There have, however, been a number that are serious in their intent and deserve a measured response.
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November 30 2008 | Articles
Written by: The Rev. Charles D. Alley, Ph.D.
Friday, November 28th, 2008
The terms “inside and outside strategies” have been bantered about the blogosphere and the print media with a bit of abandon. Such a nomenclature assumes that those forming a new province in North America and those remaining in TEC are working toward the same goal in two different manners. As with all assumptions, no clear understanding can be realized without clarity of what exactly it is that is being assumed. In short, the question we must honestly answer is whether we do indeed have the same goal in mind. I would submit that the answer is, “No.”
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November 28 2008 | Articles
Written by: Rev. Dr. Philip Turner
Friday, November 21st, 2008
Recent actions of The Episcopal Church (TEC) in the matter of Gene Robinson have sent shock waves throughout that church and indeed throughout the Anglican Communion. These actions present both TEC and the Communion unprecedented challenges to their forms of order and governance. Indeed, an underlying assumption of this essay is that neither TEC nor the Anglican Communion as a whole at present has instruments and forms of governance capable of coping with a crisis of this magnitude. As a result, solutions (if they can be called that) are being improvised in great haste and often with little thought.
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November 21 2008 | Articles
Written by: Rev. Dr. Ephraim Radner
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
A new “province” for North American Anglicans is now promised to be “up and running” in the next month or so. It will comprise the 3-4 dioceses that have voted to leave TEC; the associations of various congregations that have left TEC (e.g. CANA) and those started outside of TEC from departing groups; it will also include congregations and denominations within the Anglican tradition that have formed over the past decades in North America. All of these groups now form part of an association called Common Cause.
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November 18 2008 | Articles
Written by: The Anglican Communion Institute, Inc.
Thursday, November 13th, 2008
The Communion Partner Rectors met at St Martin’s Episcopal Church in Houston 5-7 November. Forty Rectors were able to be present. We were supported by the Bishops of Texas, Western Louisiana, Western Kansas and Central Florida, who were able to be present as representatives of the fifteen Bishops involved with Communion Partners.
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November 13 2008 | Articles
Written by: The Anglican Communion Institute, Inc.
Thursday, November 13th, 2008
The Anglican Communion Institute is sponsoring the development of an adult education DVD series, entitled “Anglicanism – A Gift in Christ.” The topics to be addressed are Old Testament, New Testament, Biblical Interpretation, Christian Ethics, Anglicanism and Renewal, Anglican Hymnody, Conciliarism and Anglican Identity, Being a Christian in a Muslim Context, Anglican Worship, and kindred themes.
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November 13 2008 | Articles