The Archbishop of Canterbury, together with the rest of the Primates, and (in June 2005) the Anglican Consultative Council ("ACC") graciously granted The Episcopal Church until the 2006 General Convention to turn back to the Communion by complying with several specific requests. We waited, prayed, and hoped for that fateful Convention.
Read moreTragically, the Episcopal Church's fidelity to this Faith has faltered, and it has wandered from this path, forcing us to reassess our relationship to it. Its long slide into error has come to a crisis on the subjects of the authority of Scripture and the Lordship of Jesus Christ, in which the presenting issue is sexual morality. In June 2006, we distributed a report to the congregation–Can Two Walk Together, Except They Be Agreed?
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There's that unholy trinity again: the "doctrine, discipline, and worship" of the Episcopal Church".
Read moreOn the advice of his parliamentarian, the Bishop informed him that he would have no longer to speak than those who had done so during the debate on the resolution. This surprised him since he was not speaking on the resolution.
Here is what he said:
Read moreIn his closing argument, Paul states: "I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, but declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout the countryside of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God and do deeds consistent with repentance." (Acts 26:19,20)
It is precisely this same proclamation that brings us to this 47th Diocesan Convention.
Read moreIgnoring serious disagreements only means that a price will have to be paid some time in the future. And if I didn't think the Episcopal Church's current disagreement would ever force St. Thomas' to pay a huge price in the future - in fact, the price of its very survival - I'd step away from this podium this very moment and simply walk away with the happiness of this gathering to warm me.
Read moreFour years later, I must say that Archbishop Williams has been good to his word. He has repeatedly emphasized that Lambeth Resolution 1.10 (1998), which "cannot advise the legitimizing or blessing of same-sex unions nor ordaining those involved in same-gender unions," still represents the consensus of Anglican thinking. Those repeated affirmations have brought him scorn from the left.
Read moreTolerance Can Become Too Stretched
One of the pet words of this age is 'tolerance.' It is a good word, but we have tried to stretch it over too great an area of life. We have applied it, too often, where it does not belong. The word 'tolerant' means 'liberal,' 'broad-minded,' 'willing to put up with beliefs opposed to one's convictions' and 'the allowance of something not wholly approved.'
Read moreSouth Carolina is a together diocese. It has been graciously and effectively led by its previous bishop. It represents the best of the evangelical and catholic traditions of American Anglicanism.
Read moreIt is a powerful set of presuppositions, whose effects may be read in the work of politicians and columnists and public intellectuals across Europe and North America.
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