Anglicanism

North America: new Anglican Church in U.S. and Canada draws conservative dissenters

By Richard Cimino, 15 December 2008

The formation of a new Anglican body in the U.S. and Canada is not only the latest stage of the conflict between Anglicans on contested issues of sexuality and orthodoxy, but it also represents an ingathering of various smaller conservative groups that have broken off from the Episcopal Church in recent years.

Richard Cimino is the founder and editor of Religion Watch, a newsletter monitoring trends in contemporary religion. Since January 2008, Religion Watch is published by Religioscope Institute. Website: www.religionwatch.com.

Anglican Communion: Church of England makes historic decision for women bishops

By Ekklesia, 8 July 2008

Emotional scenes greeted the decision on 7th July by the General Synod of the Church of England, its governing body, to confirm the Church’s intention to consecrate women as bishops.

© 2007 Ekklesia (for the main article). Posted on Religioscope with permission. An initiative of the Anvil Trust, Ekklesia is a not-for-profit think-tank which works to promote theological ideas in the public square. Website: www.ekklesia.co.uk

Anglican Communion: Church of England to press ahead with women bishops

By Ekklesia, 11 January 2006

The Church of England is to press ahead with the ordination of women bishops despite warnings that the move could tear it apart, reports The Times newspaper in London.

© 2006 Ekklesia. Posted on Religioscope with permission. An initiative of the Anvil Trust, Ekklesia is a not-for-profit think-tank which works to promote theological ideas in the public square. Website: www.ekklesia.co.uk

Anglican Communion: hope for traditional Anglicans with the new Pope?

By Terry Mattingly, 9 May 2005

Traditional Anglicans and Episcopalians have good reason to wonder if the new Pope, Benedict XVI, may soon play a role in their tense debates about sex, worship and doctrine, explains Terry Mattingly in the following article.

Terry Mattingly teaches at Palm Beach Atlantic University and is senior fellow for journalism at the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. His “On Religion” column is syndicated each week by Scripps Howard’s Washington, D.C., bureau to about 350 North American newspapers.

Terry Mattingly’s website “On Religion”:
http://tmatt.net/

Anglican Communion: latest developments in the crisis over homosexuality

By Ekklesia, 21 October 2004

In a strident attack, the Archbishop of Nigeria has said that the Windsor Report, published by the Lambeth Commission on Communion on Monday, “falls far short of the prescription needed”. Gene Robinson has said that he regrets that his groundbreaking elevation to the church leadership created turmoil in the Anglican Communion, but feels he was not personally responsible for the rift and is not sorry he was elected.

Website of the Windsor Report 2004:
http://windsor2004.anglicancommunion.org/index.cfm

© 2004 Ekklesia. Posted on Religioscope with permission. An initiative of the Anvil Trust, Ekklesia is a not-for-profit think-tank which works to promote theological ideas in the public square. Website: www.ekklesia.co.uk

Anglican Church: role of homosexuals sparks heated debate

By Milla Goldenberg - VOA News, 28 June 2003

There is a heated debate in the Anglican Church over what place, if any, homosexuals should have in the church. The church’s new leader, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has liberal views on the issue, and favors acceptance of gays and lesbians, even in leadership positions. But his view is not universally shared. The controversy is threatening to split one of the world’s largest churches.

Source: VOA News.

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Document – Letter of the Chaplain of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire to the new Archbishop of Canterbury

By Provincial Grand Chaplain of Warwickshire, 4 December 2002

The following document was published as an appendix to a report in the French section of Religioscope regarding reservations of the new Archbishop of Canterbury regarding the compatibility between Freemasonry and Christianity. The Provincial Grand Chaplain has written to the Archbishop in response, and the full text of his letter follows: “Your Grace This letter comes […]

North America: new Anglican Church in U.S. and Canada draws conservative dissenters

Anglican Communion: Church of England makes historic decision for women bishops

Anglican Communion: Church of England to press ahead with women bishops

Anglican Communion: hope for traditional Anglicans with the new Pope?

Anglican Communion: latest developments in the crisis over homosexuality

Anglican Church: role of homosexuals sparks heated debate

Document – Letter of the Chaplain of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire to the new Archbishop of Canterbury

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