London Times: Church of England evil, say (evangelical) archbishops

[DeepModem Mom]

Church of England evil, say archbishops
By Ruth Gledhill
Rowan Williams’s views on homosexuality are under attack


THE Anglican Church came closer to schism last night after 14 evangelical archbishops condemned the Church of England as evil and singled out the Archbishop of Canterbury for personal attack.

The “Global South” primates are headed by the ultra-conservative Nigerian archbishop, Dr Peter Akinola. They include the influential Archbishop of the West Indies, the Most Rev Drexel Gomez.

In a letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, on the opening day of the General Synod in London, the Global South primates criticise his leadership and urge him to rethink his personal, liberal views on homosexuality.

They suggest that his “personal dissent” from the consensus of the wider Church that “same-sex sex is unacceptable” has prevented him from taking the necessary steps to confront the US and Canadian churches....

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They say that they are troubled by Dr Williams’s reluctance to use his moral authority to challenge the US Episcopal Church and the Canadian Anglican Church to call for the cessation of ordinations of active homosexuals and the cessation of same-sex blessings. They demand that he issue these churches with a warning and threaten them with exclusion from the 2008 Lambeth Conference, the ten-yearly gathering of bishops, unless they “truly repent”....


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1876059,00.html

[leveymg]

1. Global South Primates

[Dogmudgeon]

2. OMG!

That's the funniest thing I've seen in a long time.

Maybe not 3.5 million years, but it's still GOD damned funny!

--p!

[Nihil]

6. Just what I pictured too!

Well done!
:toast:

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. Reminds me of a "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" question

"Which word specifically links a kind of mammal with an archbishop or high-ranking bishop?"

The woman thought hard about it, and decided it couldn't possibly be 'primate', because that would have something to do with 'first'. So she plumped for ...


.... marsupial.

[greiner3]

3. Everywhere I turn;

More reasons organized religion should be against the law!

[nemo137]

5. Wait, so because a schismatic faction of the Communion is backwards

not just the entire communion, but all organized systems of religious belief should be put under sanction by the state? Isn't that like saying we should reject lettuce because tobacco smoke causes cancer?

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

4. Why are these Bishops doing this?

They are taking the money of Howard Ahmundsen and Richard Scaife. That is known. Paul Weyrich is in the mix as well.

They want to destroy The Church of England as a global movement. Too liberal for their tastes.

[kwassa]

7. Time for a schism, and let them go on their merry way.

The ECUSA will not back down on Dr. Gene Robinson.

Rowan Williams and the rest of the Anglicans in England tend to be more liberal than conservativism.

If these African and other bishops keep pushing it, the Communion will dissolve.

Other denominations have gone through liberal/conservative splits, maybe it's time for the Episcopals to do it, too.

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. Yeah, I just don't see how this can't come to schism now

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[Strong Atheist]

10. When these things happen (schisms),

I sit back and :evilgrin: .