Posted on 06/20/2008 4:45:35 AM PDT by tcg
A month before the Lambeth Conference, the leaders of the "conservative", or traditionally Christian wing of the Anglican Church have declared that the Worldwide Anglican Communion no longer exists.
The declaration comes in a 94-page book, titled "The Way, the Truth and the Life," from the church leaders meeting at the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) in Jordan.
The Daily Telegraph newspaper reports that in the book, Archbishop Peter Akinola, the Primate of Nigeria, states, "There is no longer any hope, therefore, for a unified Communion".
The book was prepared by GAFCON Theological Resource Team and provides the theological and historical foundation for the movement of orthodox Anglicans that is meeting in Jerusalem June 22 - 29.
"We have made enormous efforts since 1997 in seeking to avoid this crisis, but without success. Now we confront a moment of decision. If we fail to act, we risk leading millions of people away from the faith revealed in the Holy Scriptures and also, even more seriously, we face the real possibility of denying our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ," Akinola writes.
(Excerpt) Read more at catholic.org ...
Sadly, it is now seen as a GAY religious sect. Pathetic. Gene Robinson etal will have some explaining to do.
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I’m an Episcopalian, and both my church and its Diocese are very conservative, so there will be no actively gay priests or bishops here in my lifetime. I place blame for the deliberate and determined destruction of the American Episcopal Church on the so-called “leaders” and do not understand the reason for it.
Gaffe-Con? They didn’t really call it Gaffe-Con, did they? It IS kinda hard to be optimitic in something called Gaffe-Con.
Only by those living in the regions where the smaller national churches exist(ed), North America, Britain, New Zealand, Mexico -- two or three million out of the 77 million of the (former) wwAC, now reduced to only 74 million or so (and growing).
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I don't believe that at any point (until maybe recently -- I left 25 years ago when I saw how rotten it had become) there was an intent to destroy it, as such. Back when I left, there was a deliberate effort to get the church to sign on to the liberal agendas of the time, things such as "unilateral disarmament," womens' ordination, etc.
But the liberal appetite could never be filled, so every step taken made it that much the easier to take the subsequent step, moving it ever closer to the secular liberal ideal.
Guess again. We thought that, too.
If your bishop dies or retires, things will change in a hurry. Our old bishop Frank Allen was a pretty decent fellow, but he retired, and his replacement is a toad and a tool of 815.
Problem is that 815 has gained control of the seminaries, and the bishops under its sway refuse to ordain orthodox candidates, give them a license to preach, or even admit them to seminary. Nobody from Nashotah House or Trinity has been ordained in a long time, except by a very few conservative bishops. And those bishops are being weeded out by 815.
If you lose your rector, you will have a hard time finding an orthodox replacement.
“Sadly, it is now seen as a GAY religious sect. Pathetic. Gene Robinson etal will have some explaining to do.”
It’s the gay church of choice here. One church near the entertainment district even has gay pickup parties (”get togethers”) on Friday nights. It’s known as the spot to go to find someone for the weekend.
In this priest’s opinion - the whole homosexual “thing” in TEC is a symptom of a much larger and insidious issue: a direct and intentional drive towards a “Sacramental Humanism”. Both the homosexual movement and TEC are simply using each other to further a “self” centered agenda.
Our bishop is brand new, having replaced one who just retired, and he is as conservative if not more so than the old one, so I’m confident he will continue until I am gone.
Our rector in fact did recently retire, and we’re searching for a replacement now. I’m confident that the rector we select will meet our requirements in terms of adherence to Scripture. But if not, then I’ll leave and become a Roman Catholic; I know they’ve had their issues with homosexual priests, but at least the practice isn’t condoned by the Pope.
Robinson will do no such explaining, nor will he ever feel he should. People like this do not care what has happened to the Episcopal Church. They are glad - very glad - that the traditionalists are either leaving or have already left. They see all of this as a reason to “celebrate.” They celebrate their diversity, they celebrate their sexuality, and “marriages,” and they also celebrate what they see as a victory over repressive and reactionary forces. My family and I left for Rome several years ago, and have never looked back. Best decision we ever made.
Don’t forget what paved the way for “sacramental humanism” (I’ve never heard it put that way) : An arrogant abandonment of holy Scripture firstly and tradition secondarily as authoritative.
Pike of 40 years ago, and Spong of 20, with many others along the way up to today—were allowed to remain bishops, even when they were proven apostate.
Our relatively conservative, "high" church hired a rector from another state who pretended to be orthodox to get the job. Turned out he not only was a screaming liberal and good buddies with 815, he also had been in legal trouble in the past. He got into trouble again here and got fired, but only after he drove a good portion of the people away by his high handed admin style and support of 'bishop' Vicki Gene.
Problem is, the former congregation will not want to say anything because (1) they're glad to get rid of him and (2) they're afraid of a defamation lawsuit.
I looked carefully into the predatory priest issue before we became Catholic. It is almost entirely in the past at this point, and moreover the problem was largely in otherwise disobedient and heterodox dioceses. Our archdiocese here is very orthodox and conservative.
“Sacramental Humanism” - should I copyright that? ;)
Might I ask what your Church and Diocese are planning to do? Would you be joining the Africans? I, personally, in my humble opinion as a non-Episcopalian, think that seems like a good idea
True — God bless you traditional Anglicans. Keep the faith!
Genie is intentionally destroying the Anglican Church. What are his motives??
As it stands at the moment, we’re going by the book. The Diocese will remain with the ECUSA, and we’re now conducting a search aided by the Diocese. I’m on the Vestry (but not on the Search Committee) and I’m watching the process as closely as possible.
I mentioned to a fellow Vestry member (who’s also a member of the Search Committee) what some have posted on this thread re the systematic elimination of orthodox candidates and he didn’t believe it, so I plan to be even more watchful as well as talk to other searchers.
Owing to what some on this thread have inferred, I think I will “nudge” toward the selection from those candidates not from either coast (East or left), but the general area that we’re in. As I said in an earlier post, if the unthinkable happens, we (Mrs. Marauder and I) are gone.
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