The Archive
Chapel destroyed and priest threatened
News is starting to be received of a significant escalation in the conflict between a Brazilian Anglican priest and his congregation and a group of wealthy land owners. According to reports, employees of the land owners used heavy construction equipment and gunfire to destroy the chapel of an Episcopal Church at Primeiros Passos Camp near the Brazilian city of Cascavel.
Ad removed because of terrorist charges
According to news reports, Dunkin Donuts has pulled an ad that featured spokesperson Rachel Ray, a Food Network personality, because of concerns that her outfit was communicating a message of sympathy or support for Islamic terrorists.
AD 70 and why it matters
AD 70 and the destruction of the Temple thus triggered the formal break between Christianity and Judaism, and was one of the driving forces in the writing of the New Testament. In their own grappling with the laws of the Temple and the mysteries of Christ, the authors of the New Testament present their own vision of the Temple—one not built by human hands.
What is enough?
Merely being satisfied with what we already have is not sufficient; we also have to confront our desire to have more things and more money. We have to “decide what is enough and then stick to it in order to save our very souls.”
Property cases elsewhere
While litigation rolls on in Virginia, the Episcopal Church is quietly regaining property in other dioceses. Members of the congregation of a Trinity Church in Bristol, Connecticut ended their legal fight with the diocese this week by giving up the church.
Zimbabwe: Archbishops appeal to UN to protect worshippers
Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba joined Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury yesterday in a telephone call to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in which they appealed for help over the disruption of church services and the beating of worshippers in Zimbabwe.
Marriage equality on the move
Updated: Developments in California and New York suggest that the nation’s largest states are moving much faster than the Episcopal Church in recognizing the legitimacy of same-sex relationships.
“The Anglican Communion and Homosexuality”: a disappointment
Listening to God involves listening to one another, which allows us to understand the Bible more clearly, appreciate the depth and variety of the traditions of the Church, and enables us to draw on the intelligence and experience of others. This book offers … resources to enable bishops, clergy and laity … to listen to God and to one another on the subject of human sexuality.
Lambeth Walk to focus attention on global poverty
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has today announced plans to mount an unprecedented mass walk of bishops and other faith leaders through central London during the forthcoming Lambeth Conference to demonstrate the Anglican Communion’s determination to help end extreme poverty across the globe.