To his friend in loving embrace, to his brother in the bonds of the Spirit, to Archbishop Egbert, invested with the insignia of the highest office, many greetings and unfailing love in Christ, from Bonifice, a lowly bishop, legate in Germany of the Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church.
This is true among people who also say they have a favorable view of any of the three leading presidential candidates. For those holding favorable views for John McCain, 55% say marriage is a private decision; for Barack Obama, 75% say so; and for Hillary Clinton, 69% do. All three oppose same-sex marriage. Both Democrats both favor civil unions. – USA Today
Archbishop of Canterbury, News: During the discussions church representatives from around the globe, including Iraq, Lebanon, Nigeria, Malaysia – alongside those from Western countries where
What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black. – Robert F. Kennedy
Merrill Lynch has frozen the financial accounts it manages for the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin until the courts decide the rightful owner of those accounts…. The San Joaquin diocese, along with The Episcopal Church (TEC), on June 2 had amended an earlier lawsuit against Schofield, “on the basis of new information gathered about recent transfers of real and personal property and assets to entities formed by Mr. Schofield and his attorney sometime in early April of 2008,” diocesan chancellor Mike Glass said.
The opposition leader has been detained by the military, and the government has suspended independent aid operations denying access to food to hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions. Are we looking at a man’s last desperate grasp to hold onto power, or the failure of the international community to bring justice to bear?
The Anglican Communion is one of the largest networks of human connection in the world….. That far-flung network is the result, in part, of seeds planted by a colonial missionary history. The fruit that has resulted is diverse and local, and indeed, unpalatable to some in other parts of the world. Our task at the Lambeth Conference is to engage that diverse harvest, discover its blessings and challenges, and commit ourselves to the future of this network. – Katherine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church
…on the realignment question.
From this point on I suspect that we will not bother to argue theology. Realigners and non-realigners will continue to plan for their individual futures. Everyone will play out his or her role, and what will happen will happen. – Lionel Deimel
You alone are holy, Lord God, you do wonderful things.
You are strong. You are great. You are the Most High.
You are the almighty King, the holy Father, King of heaven and earth.
You are Trinity and Unity, O Lord God, all goodness.
You are good, all good, the supreme good,
Lord God, living and true.
What is being put forth in this section, is that the Provinces of the Communion submit to the authority of the instruments of the Communion. In other words the Episcopal Church, which has existed for the past 200 plus years as an independent church with historic ties and bonds of affection to the other parts of the Communion, would become instead an organic but subsidiary part of a centralized Anglican Communion.