Tag: Anglican Communion

There is a feeling here, hard to miss even for a visitor, that an era is ending in South Africa, that the immediate post-apartheid period is drawing to a close, that the great leaders of that time are nearing the ends of their lives, and that the nation is looking with hope and trepidation into the great what’s next. One senses this especially in the emphasis on recapturing a sense of purpose and reclaiming a sense of responsibility for the future that is theme or subtext through numerous public campaigns and events.

Is it time for a name change from The Anglican Church of Canada? After all, we changed it once before, in 1955, from The Church of England in Canada to The Anglican Church of Canada. This was done to recognize and proclaim our existence and autonomy as something other than a colonial religious outpost. However appropriate the use of the word “Anglican” was at that time …

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To state the obvious, we await a clarification from CANA on this latest development. Why has the Church of Nigeria published a report that contradicts your press release? The easiest answer would be a clerical error.

There have been many inquiries and offers of help from across the Anglican Communion. Just to mention few: the Archbishop of Canterbury, churches within diocese of Louisiana, Western Louisiana, and Daejeon with which the diocese of Tohoku has companion relationships. Also we have received offers of help and prayers from bishops and dioceses within NSKK and I want to express many thanks for all of these. Challenges to overcome the damage is not limited to diocese of Tohoku, and other dioceses have been affected in some way. So I want to offer churches and people in other dioceses our solidarity and prayers .

To Ramsey, following in the footsteps of Richard Hooker and most Anglican Divines, Anglican Theology is a tool. It is a tool that is intended to bring us into deeper relationship with God and with our neighbor. It is meant to facilitate right praise, prayer, thanksgiving, and service.

What we can do right now, however, is pray. Prayer has power. I hope and request that you pray for the people who are affected, for those who have died and for their families. Pray for the people involved with the rescue efforts, and in particular pray for Tohoku and Kita Kanto dioceses and their priests and parishioners during this time of Lent.

We are in the odd situation of needing one another in our diverse localities in order not to be subject to the power of false universals.