The latest attempt by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, at "muddling through" in order to save the Worldwide Anglican Communion from certain doom (a doom precipitated by the liberal wing's pro-homosexual agenda) appears to be another artful attempt by an Englishman to navigate the religious quagmire in order to find a compromise that will satisfy everyone - and save the Communion.
Read moreConservative Anglicans were further outraged when the American church took steps to authorize the blessing of same-sex unions, a move that admittedly contradicted traditional Christian sexual morality.
Read moreA few clarifying remarks might be helpful. Nepal is a very poor country and most of the pastors came from very poor villages in the mountains of Nepal. Daily life for them was a struggle. Not all could read, but many could. The testimonies that I heard were from people who were either Buddhist or Hindu before they became Christians.
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Read moreIs Jesus divine and thus the second person of the Godhead? In the church today it seems to be all right if you believe it yourself and choose it among the many other expressions of faith that are presented. It certainly makes it easier to live in a world which has turned its back on God's truth. It does not offend and thus we are safe.
Read moreThe ossuary is inscribed "Joshua, son of Joseph"-names that are not exactly rare among first-century Jewish males. So Cameron also points out the nearby ossuaries bearing names of people associated with Jesus-most importantly, "Mary," as in "Magdalene."
Read moreAs shared, this was a critical meeting in terms of The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion. Among the works of the Primates was the matter of the actions of our General Conventions of 2003 and 2006, and this included the General Convention 2006 response to the Windsor Report.
Read more'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.
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