The recent statement by the Archbishop of Canterbury about the struggles within the Anglican Communion seems to equate Pentecost with a single understanding of gospel realities. Those who received the gift of the Spirit on that day all heard good news. The crowd reported, “in our own languages we hear them speaking about God’s deeds of power” (Acts 2:11).
“Most importantly, the search for long-term peace in the region could be robustly encouraged. Along with many other people of faith across this country, I will stand with you in a decision to move American policy in this direction.” – Katharine Jefferts Schori
Mary Frances Schjonberg has filed an in-depth article at ENS on the financial and curriculum challenges facing church-related seminaries. The set up:
This just out from ACNS: The Anglican Communion Office (ACO) has today launched its online shop where visitors can buy books, CDs and other products
We are well practiced in our disagreements. Our suspicions of each other are high as we once again take our sides and prepare for the next debate. Within this context no motion can come to the floor of General Synod without the suspicion of bias or manipulation. We don’t agree—and what is at stake is sustaining a community within the context of a complex and conflicted argument about its moral life.
Andrus on ABC; Murdoch and Beliefnet; Questions prospective seminarians are asked; MDGs
Rowan Williams’ Pentecost Letter represents his first unilateral attempts to reduce punitively the participation of those Churches who have dared to ignore the recommendations of the ‘Windsor Report’ and have instead chosen to follow the governing Constitution and Canons of their respective Churches. This shows his continued disdain for the fact that the Churches of the Anglican Communion are autonomous and autocephalous.
Martyrdom was, in theory, enjoined upon all, but it also required extreme virtue and courage. One expositor and cautious apologist for martyrdom, Clement of Alexandria, approached the egalitarianism of martyrdom by citing as precedent for early Christian martyrdom the deaths of more ancient and brave people,