Posted on 06/16/2005 8:10:08 AM PDT by sionnsar
A controversial report will recommend to next week’s Anglican summit that the study of homosexuality should be introduced in all theological training.
The Anglican Consultative Council will be urged to approve resolutions from the Anglican Peace and Justice Network, a liberal body within the Anglican Communion, which is recommending in the same report that Anglican provinces disinvest from Israel.
The Network says that it regards theological studies among the Provinces of human sexuality as ‘being of the highest priority’.
Proposals made to the Council are usually passed, but it would be up to individual provinces to decide whether to implement the recommendations.
Nevertheless, the report is certain to raise tensions at next week’s meeting at Nottingham, where delegates will be hearing Canadian and US delegations attempt to justify their actions in blessing same-sex relationships and consecrating practising gay bishops.
The report claims that the failure of the Anglican Communion to listen to homosexuals has further “entrenched injustice” against them.
It says that in 1988 the Lambeth Conference called for ‘deep and dispassionate’ study of the question of homosexuality but failed to follow this up.
“We do not believe the Church universal honoured its commitment to undertake such intentional and necessary studies. We further believe that the resolutions passed in 1998 at Lambeth simply obfuscated the Church’s existing albeit unfulfilled commitment to the theological study of homosexuality.”
A paper from Inclusive Communion, an international network of 10 gay Anglican groups, has called for the ACC to set up a listening process that ensures that every part of the Communion hears the experiences of homosexuals.
However, UK homosexual activists have written letters of complaint to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, about the choice of the Evangelical Alliance General Secretary, Joel Edwards, to preach at the opening of the Anglican Consultative Council meeting.
One highly placed source said: “It is quite remarkable that people seeking to be inclusive should attempt to exclude others.”
The leading African leader from the Global south, Archbishop Peter Akinola, will attend the meeting next week and is known to be concerned that the American and Canadian delegations have not followed the request of Anglican Primates in withdrawing from the ACC meeting.
In fact, instead of withdrawing their six delegates they are sending them as observers for the entire conference, alongside a delegation of presenters. Their delegation of 15, including the Primates, Frank Griswold and Andrew Hutchison, will attend the conference for the duration, albeit without being able to vote.
Traditional Anglican ping, continued in memory of its founder Arlin Adams. Another waste of time and money.
Talk about gate-crashers, they were asked politely not to come. "We're queer, we're here, deal with it!" in your face-type tactics.
Study it to what end? In light of scripture or to force acceptance? This is just more game playing by ECUSA.
I think they should study homosexuality ... as a mental disorder, as a social pathology and a devastating health risk, as a factor in sexual abuse, and as a sin against God and man, just for starters.
The more this kind of stuff happens, the more I'm convinced that heading towards Rome is the right thing to do.
Like their spiritual forefathers, these Sodomites just continue to beat harder and harder on Lot's door till they get what they want.
Ditto.
There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight!
When someone betrays their naivete by saying something like this, it only serves to notify the rest of us just how simply they view the world.
I've said over and over again that I don't care what goes on behind someone's bedroom door, as long as that door stays shut - as well as their mouths - while they do what they do. I don't start describing my sex life to anyone and I expect the same courtesy.
That said: I will not take communion from a heretic priest, and it doesn't matter whether he's a bank robber, an adulterer, or gay.
I could not agree more, but that is probably not what they are talking about - sadly. Of course you know that and were speaking sarcastically, but just let me add my two cents worth: the "curriculum" will be more of this " lets continue the conversation," and "I want to tell my story" stuff. . An entirely sympathetic angle in other words.
You're right, of course, and I was being sarcastic. However, I do think it would be beneficial for seminarians to study the truth about homosexuality, and indeed, the truth about Christian sexual morality as a whole. There's a lot of muddled thinking out there, even among the well-intentioned.
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