Entries Tagged as “Communion”

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Conservatives’ covenant concerns: A critique
By:  Andrew Goddard on November 20, 2010
Excerpt:  On reading Truth or Conviction: questions over the Anglican Communion Covenant by Vinay Samuel and Chris Sugden I did not know whether to laugh or to cry. Part of me…   Read full post >>

Discerning the Body and Blood of Christ
By:  Fr. Dan Martins on June 03, 2010
Excerpt:  Today is the day on which the feast of Corpus Christi is observed. It was my joy to preside at the Mass for the eve of this feast last night.…   Read full post >>

Monarchy and Archiepiscopacy in England: A Working Thesis
By:  Fr. N.J.A. Humphrey on May 18, 2010
Excerpt:  In the constitutional arrangements of England, the Church and the State have the same cultural norms and expectations for their nominal heads, the Sovereign and the Archbishop of Canterbury. To…   Read full post >>

And the Beat Goes On
By:  Fr. Dan Martins on December 07, 2009
Excerpt:  The news is barely more than a day old and I already feel like I'm Johnny-come-lately by weighing in even now. I'm not sure I have anything original to say…   Read full post >>

Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth
By:  Fr. Dan Martins on November 11, 2009
Excerpt:  For a number of reasons which I am not going to rehearse here, I am not a candidate for the provisions set forth in the new Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus.…   Read full post >>

Adventures in Ecclesiology: Part III
By:  Fr. Dan Martins on November 05, 2009
Excerpt:  From time to time I run across a book, or a TV “infomercial, suggesting that the health of one particular organ or organ system within the human body is the…   Read full post >>

Seven Councils, One Tradition (Part 1)
By:  Sam Keyes on November 04, 2009
Excerpt:  Portions of this first part also appeared as an essay in The Living Church. It seems fitting, as other contributors engage with Richard Hooker’s account of faith and order, that…   Read full post >>

Conflict and Confusion
By:  Benjamin Guyer on October 24, 2009
Excerpt:  Bruce Kaye’s new book, Conflict and the Practice of Christian Faith: The Anglican Experiment (Pickwick Publications, 2009) is, at best, very strange. It is built upon historical error and sloppy…   Read full post >>

Keep Moving ... Nothing to See Here
By:  Fr. Dan Martins on October 01, 2009
Excerpt:  Anglican cyberspace is abuzz this morning with the release of a letter from the Archbishop of Canterbury to Central Florida Bishop John Howe, which is in response to a request…   Read full post >>

Tract 6: Respecting Boundaries (Pt 4)
By:  Dr. Nathan Jennings on August 05, 2009
Excerpt:  Go to Part 1, Part 2, or Part 3 of this series of six articles in ecclesiology. In the previous posts of this series I have pointed out the deep…   Read full post >>

Bishops’ Statement on the Polity of the Episcopal Church
By:  Ephraim Radner on April 22, 2009
Excerpt:  Published by the Anglican Communion Institute We write as Bishops of The Episcopal Church, the Anglican Communion and the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. We are joined by distinguished…   Read full post >>

Tract 1: Justice and Communion in Prophetic Ministry (Pt 1)
By:  Craig Uffman on April 17, 2009
Excerpt:  Download a PDF version of this document for forwarding here. Go to Part 2 of this series. In Reconciliation in Communion: A Word to the 76th General Convention of the…   Read full post >>

Book Review: An Anglican Covenant
By:  Benjamin Guyer on April 08, 2009
Excerpt:  An Anglican Covenant: Theological and Legal Considerations for a Global Debate Norman Doe Canterbury Press (2008) xii + 259 pp. isbn: 9781853119040 On the front cover of the present volume…   Read full post >>

Reconciliation in Communion
By:  Craig Uffman on April 07, 2009
Excerpt:  An Executive Summary of “Reconciliation in Communion” NB: The full text of “Reconciliation in Communion” may be found below and online at http://www.covenant-communion.net • Evangelism is central to the life…   Read full post >>

Anglican Consultative Council to meet in Jamaica
Channel: Anglican Communion News Service
By:  Craig Uffman on April 04, 2009 Excerpt: The Anglican Consultative Council, made up of lay people, clergy and bishops from the 38 Anglican Provinces of the Communion, meets in Kingston Jamaica May 1 - 13, to consider…   Read full post >>

Design Group readies Anglican Covenant revision
Channel: Episcopal Life  Author: Matthew Davies
By:  Craig Uffman on April 04, 2009 Excerpt: [Episcopal News Service] The group charged with "designing" a covenant that could be used as a unifying set of principles among the provinces of the Anglican Communion met March 30-April…   Read full post >>

Tract 6: Respecting Boundaries (Pt 3)
By:  Dr. Nathan Jennings on March 27, 2009
Excerpt:  Go to Part 1 or Part 2 of this series of six articles in ecclesiology. According to the rich, episcopal ecclesiology of Eastern Orthodox theologians like John Zizioulas, the order…   Read full post >>

ACI, CP Bishops Mull Petition in Pittsburgh
Channel: Living Church
By:  Craig Uffman on March 12, 2009 Excerpt: A friend-of-the-court petition filed in the ongoing litigation in Pittsburgh by the Presiding Bishop’s chancellor represents a new, serious challenge to the long-standing polity of The Episcopal Church, according to…   Read full post >>

Of Communion Partner Rectors, Primates and the Covenant
By:  Bruce Robison on March 06, 2009
Excerpt:  What is the Communion Partners (CP) fellowship? What is being done now? Who is involved? How can you get involved? In this column, we'll be doing our best to introduce…   Read full post >>

Tract 6: Respecting Boundaries (Pt 2)
By:  Dr. Nathan Jennings on February 25, 2009
Excerpt:  Go to Part 1 or Part 3 of this series of six articles in ecclesiology. The Windsor report hints that the ancient tradition of respecting the boundaries of dioceses goes…   Read full post >>

Book Review: The Identity of Anglicanism
By:  Benjamin Guyer on February 17, 2009
Excerpt:  <a></a> The Identity of Anglicanism: Essentials of Anglican Ecclesiology Paul Avis T & T Clark (2008) xii + 201 pp. isbn: 9780567032041 Paul Avis, the General Secretary of the Church…   Read full post >>

Diversity
By:   Fr. Tony Clavier on February 13, 2009 Excerpt: I've been musing about Anglican diversity. When I was young our diversity ran from those who believed in a sacerdotal priesthood, Apostolic Succession, the Sacrifice of the Mass, auricular confession…   Read full post >>

Mother Church and Christian Unity
By:  Sam Keyes on February 13, 2009
Excerpt:  The following is the first of four articles in a series based on an essay I wrote last fall in a seminar on the work of the Catholic theologian Henri…   Read full post >>

The Anglicans in Egypt: A Deeper Communion
By:  Jordan Hylden on February 11, 2009
Excerpt:  from First Things Online “Are we a global church, or are we a federation of local bodies?” At the close of last week’s meeting of the Anglican primates in Egypt,…   Read full post >>

To Covenant or Not to Covenant?
Channel: Anglican Communion Institute Inc.  Author: The Rev'd Dr. Phillip Turner
By:  Craig Uffman on February 11, 2009 Excerpt: The second question, what if a diocese in a province that refuses to ratify the covenant wishes to do so, is now before us. The Archbishop of Canterbury has indicated…   Read full post >>

Tract 6: Respecting Boundaries (Pt 1)
By:  Dr. Nathan Jennings on February 10, 2009
Excerpt:  <a href ="http://covenant-communion.net/index.php/features/respecting_boundaries1/">Go to Part 2 of this series</a> The Windsor Report (2003) dealt not only with issues of human sexuality and holy order in The Episcopal Church and in…   Read full post >>

When “the others” are not going away
Channel: Archbishop of Canterbury  Author: Rowan Williams
By:  Craig Uffman on February 10, 2009 Excerpt: Underlying this is something that dawned on me last week with a renewed force. We have not yet got to the point where we can no longer recognise one another…   Read full post >>

Analysis of Primates’ Communique
Channel: Living Church  Author: Steve Waring
By:  Craig Uffman on February 10, 2009 Excerpt: The Episcopal Church and the proposed Anglican Church of North America both received support, as well as pointed but fair questions about their conduct and objectives. For instance, The Episcopal…   Read full post >>

A Summary of U.S. Responses to Primates’ Communique
Channel: Episcopal Life  Author: Mary Frances Schjonberg
By:  Craig Uffman on February 07, 2009 Excerpt: Archbishop Bob Duncan of the ACNA is "certainly open to mediated conversations" called for by the primates of the Anglican Communion, but added that his organization "will need to see…   Read full post >>

Book Review: The Anglican Spirit
By:  Benjamin Guyer on February 06, 2009
Excerpt:  <a></a> The Anglican Spirit Michael Ramsey Seabury Press (2004) xvii + 147 pp. isbn: 1596280042 Shortly before his death in 1988, Michael Ramsey, the 100th Archbishop of Canterbury (1961 –…   Read full post >>

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