Tag: Anglican Communion

Paul Bagshaw of the Modern Churchpeople’s Union blog Only Connect has created a flow chart of the disciplinary process contained in the appendix of the

Update, Monday 7:35 a. m.: It’s official. The Archbishop of Canterbury has denied the Rt. Rev. Gene Robinson, Bishop of New Hampshire permission to preach

…although acknowledging that commendable effort, we believe that our Communion does not need new instruments of consensus beyond those that historically have been our benchmarks in terms of identity.

Douglas Todd, who maintains the Vancouver Sun faithblog “The Search,” has written about theologian James Packer’s recent announcement that he is affiliating with the Southern Cone. Packer, named one of the 25 most influential evangelicals by Time magazine, announced his departure from the Diocese of British Columbia earlier this week, condemning what he calls “poisonous liberalism.” Todd also quotes the Rev. Kevin Dixon of St. Mary’s Anglican Church, who points to Packer’s literalism as leading down the same path of logic that could be used to support slavery.

The Kenyan and Rwandan archbishops each support breakaway congregations in the United States. Neither will take Communion with Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori of the Episcopal Church. Yet, there they were at Archbishop Deng Bul’s consecration with representatives of the Episcopal Church. This is all to the good, but it raises certain questions.