It seems to me that the present Archbishop of Canterbury is bringing Anglicanism to a deep crisis. It was already in difficulty, but his solution is worse than the problem, bringing the issues to one focused head. The difficulty is that he can be in office a very long time still, and is now completely attached to his policy. To stop the policy means stopping him, and probably means his removal.
The word “martyr” derives from the Greek for a first-hand witness: one whose knowledge derives from personal observation. Its first appearances in Christian literature—Matthew 18:16 and Mark 14:63—carry this original meaning: that the Apostles were “witnesses” of Christ’s activities and sayings. However, since this witness got them into trouble with the law, where they were regarded as unreliable citizens in refusing to pay respects to the state deities, the word began to carry the added significance of conveying the risk of physical punishment, or even death, for their persistence
My understanding is that over the years, this rule has not been tightly followed in the case of those visiting partner dioceses for short periods of time, but only for those seeking to take up a ministerial post here. However, with all the present tensions in the Communion and with some people prepared to use legal processes to challenge bishops and others who do not follow the letter of the law, the Archbishop’s office has thought it best to ensure that the rule is strictly adhered to.
Reactions are rolling in on the last minute intervention by the ABC and the ABY into the well-laid plans of the Church of England General Synod to approve women bishops. The two archbishops call their plan co-jurisdiction. There’s broad agreement that it’s arm twisting, it’s hypocritical, it’s naive, and it’s absurd.
The Episcopal Church, as readers of this blog know is a veritable cesspit. Whereas the Church of Nigeria is a model of unity and mature Christian discipleship, as well as being a beacon to the Anglican Communion. Which is why this little dust-up over the weekend at St. Paul’s Church in the Diocese of Lagos West is such a bummer.
The two men met online in April 2007, and not long afterward discovered a cause that would become their bond — the fight against the child sex trade in Cambodia. They eventually met Somaly Mam, a Cambodian woman who had been forced into prostitution as a child and now leads efforts to combat the trade. They began helping her fledgling foundation in the United States.
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The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have signalled their intention to propose jointly in due course an amendment to the draft legislation to enable women to become bishops in the Church of England due to be debated at General Synod in July.
Vision 2019, in which Canadian children offer the Archbishop of Canterbury and his staff free instruction in the art of getting over themselves.
In brief, do everything as though in the presence of God and so, in whatever you do, you need never allow your conscience to wound and denounce you, for not having done your work well. Proceeding in this way you will smooth for yourself a true and straight path to the third method of attention and prayer which is the following: the mind should be in the heart