Anglicans Fearing Permanent Split Over Gay Marriage as Bishops Threaten to Walk Out

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The issue of gay marriage is threatening to split apart the Anglican Communion ahead of an important summit in Canterbury in England next week, with African and Asian leaders threatening to walk out on Archbishop Justin Welby.
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Mail Online reported that Welby is preparing for a “make of break” effort at the summit in order to keep the Anglican churches together despite disagreements over homosexuality.
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Although Welby and the Church of England have remained opposed to the legalization of gay marriage, a number of bishops within the Anglican Communion, including American church leaders as part of the Episcopal tradition, have backed the practice.
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foxnews.com/us/2016/01/05/anglicans-fearing-permanent-split-over-gay-marriage-as-bishops-threaten-to-walk-out.html
 
Yep.

We Anglican watchers will be watching these Anglicans this month.
 
… Welby and the Church of England have remained opposed to the legalization of gay marriage …
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Let’s all hope that they do better at presenting their position than we US-conservatives did. In particular, making it clear that what they’re saying to SS-couples who want to marry is (hopefully this won’t be oversimplifying): “We’re not going to stop you from doing what you like, but we as a country will not recognize your union as a marriage.”
 
Let’s pray for the Anglican church and their leaders as we prayed for the Catholic Church and leaders that they decide to do what’s right (by God) and not expedient/popular for PC sake. :gopray:
 
The further conservative Anglicans get away from the Episcopal church USA and the English Church, the closer they come to Christ.
 
IgnatianPhilo said:
The further conservative Anglicans get away from the Episcopal church USA and the English Church, the closer they come to Christ.
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In your opinion 😉

Frankly though as GKC is fond of pointing out, the Anglican Communion has always been a somewhat motley collection of Christians who have differing views and somewhat differing practices and traditions. Even if this meeting Archbishop Welby has called does fail that won’t be changing.
 
Good times ahead for the Ordinariate I think. There are many people in the CofE who will not tolerate these sorts of compromises. If the CofE goes ahead with their plans for blessing gay “marriages”, I anticipate a large number of converts.
 
Padres1969 said:
In your opinion 😉

Frankly though as GKC is fond of pointing out, the Anglican Communion has always been a somewhat motley collection of Christians who have differing views and somewhat differing practices and traditions. Even if this meeting Archbishop Welby has called does fail that won’t be changing.
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I think my opinion is right however. I don’t consider the anglican communion the Church, so in separating from a body as non Christian as the Episcopal church USA or a stagnating body like the church of England, the other Anglican communions prevent the corruption seeping into it and maintain a genuine Christian faith.
 
peter26 said:
Good times ahead for the Ordinariate I think. There are many people in the CofE who will not tolerate these sorts of compromises. If the CofE goes ahead with their plans for blessing gay “marriages”, I anticipate a large number of converts.
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Perhaps. I think it’s more likely there will be some sort of ACNA like province set up in the UK that will be in communion with the conservative provinces.
 
IgnatianPhilo said:
I think my opinion is right however. I don’t consider the anglican communion the Church, so in separating from a body as non Christian as the Episcopal church USA or a stagnating body like the church of England, the other Anglican communions prevent the corruption seeping into it and maintain a genuine Christian faith.
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As I said you view. However as an Episcopalian I do find your view of us as “non-Christian” frankly offensive, incorrect and uncalled for. :mad:
 
theropod said:
Perhaps. I think it’s more likely there will be some sort of ACNA like province set up in the UK that will be in communion with the conservative provinces.
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Ultimately I’d say that’ll be the end result. The conservatives will go their way and form their own church outside the Anglican Communion with small provinces for the conservatives in the countries like England and the US (ala the ACNA).
 
Padres1969 said:
As I said you view. However as an Episcopalian I do find your view of us as “non-Christian” frankly offensive, incorrect and uncalled for. :mad:
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Institutionally, not you personally. I don’t know what you believe.
 
Padres1969 said:
Ultimately I’d say that’ll be the end result. The conservatives will go their way and form their own church outside the Anglican Communion with small provinces for the conservatives in the countries like England and the US (ala the ACNA).
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But then we’ll all disagree on what constitutes an “Anglican Communion”. 🙂
 
IgnatianPhilo said:
Institutionally, not you personally. I don’t know what you believe.
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Institutionally the Episcopal Church is Christian too despite your claim to the contrary. Their interpretation of scripture and tradition when it comes to social issues clearly does not line up with the Roman Catholic Church’s views but that doesn’t make it a non-Christian institution any more than other differences make other non-Catholic Protestant, Orthodox or Anglican denominations “non-Christian.”
 
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