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Posted: Thu Jun 14th, 2007 02:54 pm |
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London, Jun 14, 2007 / 10:30 am (CNA).- A powerful coalition of conservative Anglican leaders is preparing to create a parallel church for conservatives in the United States, according to a report in The Daily Telegraph.
The parallel church would be in defiance of appeals made by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, to his fellow primates to refrain from provocative actions. If this parallel Church is pursued, it would provoke the biggest schism in the history of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
According to sources obtained by The Daily Telegraph, at least six primates are planning the consecration of a prominent U.S. cleric as a bishop to minister to members of the Episcopalian Church, who have rejected their liberal bishops over the issue of homosexuality.
The initiative is said to have been co-ordinated by senior African archbishops, including the Primate of Kenya, Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi. The group, representing more than 10 million Anglicans, is also thought to include several moderate primates from outside Africa.
The plan is not being led by the Primate of Nigeria, Archbishop Peter Akinola, who has already set up a similar “missionary” church in the U.S., headed by Bishop Martyn Minns. Last month, Archbishop Williams attempted to placate the warring factions by announcing that neither Bishop Gene Robinson, the homosexual American bishop, nor Bishop Minns would be invited to next year's Lambeth Conference, the 10-yearly gathering of all the world's bishops in Canterbury. But conservative leaders are furious that he invited the rest of the liberal leadership of the American Episcopal Church.
The above article is reposted with permission from the Catholic News Agency.
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heardclarke
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Posted: Sun Jun 17th, 2007 07:39 pm |
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Well friends,
I guess that is just the way it goes. The Anglican church started out for reasons of state as a "national church" (of England) -- as opposed a unified Catholic Church which was headed by Rome. (The Protestant doctrines and liturgy were actually brought in a few years after that.)
So it is only logical that the Americans (both factions) now want to act independently of Canterbury. The denomination has enjoyed a proud tradition of "Scripture, tradition, and reason" from the beginning. Now it is all about individual liberties and Enlightenment values. The problem is that the liberals have kept the Enlightenment philosophy with its emphasis on human reason (somewhat) but decided to ignore Scripture and tradition when these are inconvenient. Now the conservatives are following the family tradition of judging for themselves when enough is enough, rather than deferring to Canterbury.
I attended the University of the South, an Episcopal University in Tennessee, and took a number of religion courses, because I was curious about the traditions and roots of the Anglican Church (my father is an Epicopal priest). The two I remember best were "Religious Thought from Augustine to Luther" and a class at the seminary there called "History of Anglicanism." I came away with a sense that I was "more Catholic" than most but in the typical Anglican way I gathered that my husband and I were just "Anglo- Catholics" -- a kind of eccentric subset of that broadminded denomination. Our music (Latin mass settings and motets) was desirable so we were well tolerated as long as we didn't try to discuss theology in public.
The habit of self-determination was stronger in me than I realized, even when I converted to the Catholic Church. It has been a continuing journey away from self-interest and into unity. Nevertheless I am sorry about those conservatives who cannot submit to the authority of Peter. They give up the greatest blessings of faithfulness while keeping all its burdens.
--Lisa
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JasPax
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Posted: Mon Jun 18th, 2007 05:35 am |
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Lisa and All,
You've got it right. In all those years that I thought I was an "Anglo-Catholic," it never occured to me that I should actually be in the authenic Church. I thought I was "Catholic" enough without the baggage. (Catholic lite?)
How shallow that was! If there was just some way to get those unhappy Episopal/Anglicans to stop and at least consider becoming real Catholics, they would make the move and their life would be so much better. Prejudices run deep!
As with all Protetant churches, what they lack is the Anchor. The Anchor is the Chair of Peter/the Magisterium which keeps pulling the extremes of the left and right back to the True Faith. Without the Anchor, inertia sets in and the splits continue.
God Bless,
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"Abide in me, and I in you..." John 15:4
"He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him." John 6:56
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heardclarke
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Posted: Mon Jun 18th, 2007 11:57 am |
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Thank you.
Isn't it odd that, before we cross the Tiber, it looks like there is more "baggage" on the Roman side, but afterwards, we realize that we have left the worst of it behind. I was very tired of being an individual with a personal opinion that the Catholic Church wasn't as bad as others thought. Ultimately I realized that yes, everyone's "opinion" IS equally valid. They're all worth the paper they're printed on!
"The truth shall set you free."
Lisa
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