Anglican Communion labeled "Gay Church"

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It’s really not funny, but the 14 year old in me chuckled when I read the title of this thread. 😛
 
SIA said:
I think that it will be a cold day before you get your facts straight about the Anglican Communion as a whole. The RCC may want to have that homosexuality talk with their 107 convicted clergy of sex crimes against minor boys. There is an old saying about cleaning your own closet before looking into others.
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A lesson you, apparently, have yet to learn.
 
Times article:
Yesterday bishops debated the new Anglican Covenant, which is intended to bind provinces together in an agreed statement of doctrine.

The effect of the covenant will be to create a “two-tier communion”, divided between those who will and will not sign up. According to the latest draft, provinces that violate the covenant by actions such as consecrating a gay bishop would be issued with a “declaration of relinquishment”.

But this would not mean they were irrevocably expelled from the Church. A “process of restoration” would be started immediately to restore them to full communion.
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Wow, that’s pretty serious. The intent is to hold the Anglican Communion together, but I wonder if it wouldn’t cause the Western churches to spin off.
 
Dale_M said:
Wow, that’s pretty serious. I think the intent is to hold the Anglican Communion together, but I wonder if it wouldn’t cause the Western churches to spin off.
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None of this will ultimately have a thing to do with churches such as the Diocese of Uganda and The Southern Cone of South America. Many of these bishops and such will not attend Lambeth and have no desire to be involved with anything except the true unadulterated Word and Will of God.
 
SIA said:
None of this will ultimately have a thing to do with churches such as the Diocese of Uganda and The Southern Cone of South America. Many of these bishops and such will not attend Lambeth and have no desire to be involved with anything except the true unadulterated Word and Will of God.
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I think I read that about 1/3 of Anglican bishops are boycotting the current Lambeth. Perhaps these are the ones to which you refer.

Is it too late to bring them back? What would it take, if not the proposed Covenant?
 
Dale_M said:
I think I read that about 1/3 of Anglican bishops are boycotting the current Lambeth. Perhaps these are the ones to which you refer.

Is it too late to bring them back? What would it take, if not the proposed Covenant?
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Yep, like my bishop. Archbishop Orombi of the Diocese of Uganda.
 
the lambeth conference is going on as we speak. it is soon to end. many bishops did not attend. these are serious times for the anglican communion and the issue of homosexuality is only a part of the division. authentic church teachings about the virgin birth, resurrection, etc. are also at stake.

the Pope does not want to see a schism in the Anglican communion. he told them they need to decide whether they are protestant or catholic. unfortunately, they aren’t making the right choice. some of the same issues the anglican communion has been dealing with i am sure are bubbling underneath the surface in the RCC also - like ordaining female priests?

so the Pope does not want anyone in the RCC get any ideas from what could happen in the anglican communion.

Our Pope is watching over everyone.
 
deborahaz said:
the lambeth conference is going on as we speak. it is soon to end. many bishops did not attend. these are serious times for the anglican communion and the issue of homosexuality is only a part of the division. authentic church teachings about the virgin birth, resurrection, etc. are also at stake.

the Pope does not want to see a schism in the Anglican communion. he told them they need to decide whether they are protestant or catholic. unfortunately, they aren’t making the right choice. some of the same issues the anglican communion has been dealing with i am sure are bubbling underneath the surface in the RCC also - like ordaining female priests?

so the Pope does not want anyone in the RCC get any ideas from what could happen in the anglican communion.

Our Pope is watching over everyone.
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point taken.
 
deborahaz said:
the lambeth conference is going on as we speak. it is soon to end. many bishops did not attend. these are serious times for the anglican communion and the issue of homosexuality is only a part of the division. authentic church teachings about the virgin birth, resurrection, etc. are also at stake.

the Pope does not want to see a schism in the Anglican communion. he told them they need to decide whether they are protestant or catholic. unfortunately, they aren’t making the right choice. some of the same issues the anglican communion has been dealing with i am sure are bubbling underneath the surface in the RCC also - like ordaining female priests?

so the Pope does not want anyone in the RCC get any ideas from what could happen in the anglican communion.

Our Pope is watching over everyone.
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I hope and pray that the Lord doesn’t harden their hearts, especially the innocent ones.:signofcross:
 
The RCC may want to have that homosexuality talk with their 107 convicted clergy of sex crimes against minor boys.

**Pedophilia and homosexuality are two entirely different things, but the distinction is too subtle for some people to grasp.

Ask yourself: was the seduction and abuse of minor femaled “heterosexuality?”

Furthermore the terms “homosexual pedophilia” and “heterosexual pedophila” are meaningless and NOT used by specialists in either topic.**
 
It’s time the Anglicans and their spiritual relations come home. End of story.
 
It is easy to smirk at Anglicans as they wrestle with gays but the RC Church has also been selective in text-picking. We have all conveniently forgotten Paul’s teaching on the role of women, their dress, manner & place in church affairs.

How come some scriptural texts are mandatory but others are dismissed as culturally/historically based. Surely if one part of Paul’s teaching is true then all of it is true ( and binding)?
 
SIA said:
Yep, like my bishop. Archbishop Orombi of the Diocese of Uganda.
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Just out of curiousity, SIA, if the Diocese of Uganda was to reunite with Rome (which admittedly isn’t likely at all, but might happen with certain other conservative Anglican dioceses), would you stay with the diocese or seek out a new one?
 
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