Posted on 10/19/2005 6:02:21 PM PDT by sionnsar
Archbishop Eames said he was “quite certain that church leaders in the Global South had been offered financial inducements by conservative American groups to distance themselves from the Episcopal Church, a charge Archbishop Akinola strongly rejected.
Archbishop Akinola asked Archbishop Eames to produce proof of “any evidence of such financial inducements” or to withdraw it and make a “public apology to your brother primates in the Global South for this damaging and irresponsible smear.”
Archbishop Eames’ press officer, Janet Maxwell, explained the Archbishop Eames meant that “too much emphasis has been placed on the role of funding relative to theological perspective,” and he “in no way questioned the sincerity of theological conviction” of the leaders of the Global South nor was he “suggesting votes were purchased.”
Read it all. Completely missing from the article is the central point that the moratorium called for in the Windsor Report on same sex blessings was not enacted. We are going to go through this one more time. ECUSA was asked to put a moratorium on certain possible bishops until a new consensus in the Anglican Communion emerges. The ECUSA Bishops put a moratorium on all bishops and set a short time limit. The Bishops were asked to stop same sex blessings occurring also. They didn’t. They did NOT do what they were asked, and they have made a bad situation worse.
To quote Archbishop Akinola again:
“Finally, I was astonished by your declaration that ECUSA and the Anglican Church of Canada have satisfied the requirements of the Windsor Report. I note that you acknowledge that this is merely your personal view but where is your evidence? In our Dromantine Communiqué we said that “there remains a very real question about whether the North American churches are willing to accept the same teaching on matters of sexual morality as is generally accepted elsewhere in the Communion,” and that because of this, “the underlying reality of our communion in God the Holy Trinity is obscured, and the effectiveness of our common mission severely hindered.” [12] I have seen no change in this and no willingness to fully embrace Lambeth 1.10 as our current agreement on matters of human sexuality – as you know this is the underlying assumption of the Windsor Report….
“While I am grateful that “regret” has been expressed and a temporary moratorium on Episcopal consecrations has been established, same-sex blessings continue to be authorized in some dioceses in both Provinces.
Archbishop Peter Akinola of Nigeria has joined with Archbishop Robin Eames of Ireland in welcoming the progress made by the Episcopal Church in response to the Windsor Report, but parted company with the Irish primate over the sufficiency of the response.
Writing to Archbishop Eames on Oct. 16, Archbishop Akinola said he was “grateful” for the “regret” expressed by the U.S. House of Bishops and applauded the “temporary moratorium on Episcopal consecrations” enacted at the bishops’ Camp Allen meeting on Feb 15.
He questioned the sincerity of the regret, however, alleging that the moratorium was “no more than a brief cessation of provocative actions and that no permanent change of mind is intended.” At the meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council in June Presiding Bishop Frank T. Griswold made it “clear that there is no turning back” from the Episcopal Church’s commitment to the normalization of homosexuality, Archbishop Akinola said.
Archbishop Akinola’s public letter, which was sent to the members of the Primates’ Standing Committee as well as the Global South primates and Archbishop Andrew Hutchison of Canada, also took issue with comments made by Archbishop Eames in an interview with Jim Naughton, the communications officer for the Diocese of Washington.
Archbishop Eamessaid he was “quite certain that church leaders in the Global South had been offered financial inducements by conservative American groups to distance themselves from the Episcopal Church, a charge Archbishop Akinola strongly rejected.
Archbishop Akinola asked Archbishop Eames to produce proof of “any evidence of such financial inducements” or to withdraw it and make a “public apology to your brother primates in the Global South for this damaging and irresponsible smear.”
Archbishop Eames’ press officer, Janet Maxwell, explained the Archbishop Eames meant that “too much emphasis has been placed on the role of funding relative to theological perspective,” and he “in no way questioned the sincerity of theological conviction” of the leaders of the Global South nor was he “suggesting votes were purchased.”
Traditional Anglican ping, continued in memory of its founder Arlin Adams. I am very sad to see what is happening to the Anglican (Episcopal) Church, there is a great tradition there which is being systematically destroyed.
It took an astoundingly long time to reach this pass, considering the sin and error involved in the creation of the Church of England; but I think the beginning and the end are not unconnected. Marriage was the theological weak point. Henry VIII has much to answer for.
The "great divorce" of Anglicanism has its roots in more than King Henry's desire for an heir. Luther posted his 99 theses on the cathedral doors at Wittenberg and declared the Roman church's sins out and excesses loud for all to see. That church he accused has still not repented.
"The "great divorce" of Anglicanism has its roots in more than King Henry's desire for an heir. Luther posted his 99 theses on the cathedral doors at Wittenberg and declared the Roman church's sins out and excesses loud for all to see."
And so, LOM, Anglicanism in the 1st World falls in great measure into apostasy and heresy and fractures into multiple tiny groupings or sects which claim The Truth. Isn't this the real fruit of the Reformation, ever multiplying "ecclesial assemblies"? Luther and his fellows threw the baby out with the bath water, a fact that was apparent before the end of the 16th century, at least to the Orthodox, one of the most devastating of its results being the loss of the Apostolic Succession without which there can be no Church.
"They are the Church who are a people united to the Priest, and the flock which adheres to its Pastor. From this you ought to know that the Bishop is in the Church, and the Church is in the Bishop; and if anyone is not with the Bishop, that he is not in the Church, and that those who flatter themselves and creep in, and commune secretly with some, do so in vain, not having peace with God's Priests; while the Church, which is universal and one, is not cut nor divided, but is indeed connected and bound together by the bond of Priests who unite with one another." +Cyprian of Carthage
Unity - at what price? The Anglican Church still has the Apostolic succession - the Protestants do not.
"The Anglican Church still has the Apostolic succession - the Protestants do not."
There is and has been a question about that since the consecration of Archbisop Parker during the reign of Elizabeth I. Rome for example considers Anglicanism as not a true Church.
As for unity at what price, well that's a good question. I suppose it depends on unity with whom.
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