The 400,000-strong Traditional Anglican Communion, passed the following resolutions last Thursday, now made public: That this Assembly, representing the Traditional Anglican Communion in Great Britain, offers its joyful thanks to Pope Benedict XVI for his forthcoming Apostolic Constitution allowing the corporate reunion of Anglicans with the Holy See, and requests the Primate and College of… Continue reading A Great Step Forward, and Its Detractors
Tag: homosexuality
Gay Marriage and American Indians
Front Porch Republic has a pretty insightful piece of gay marriage and liberal culture. I. The Invisible Moral Code Jeremy Beer makes the point that modern liberalism presents itself as content-neutral while, in fact, propping up a number of break-them-if-you-dare moral rules. The same person will claim to be a moral relativist, where what’s right… Continue reading Gay Marriage and American Indians
Dr. Hunt, “Catholic,” Against the Welcoming Home of Anglicans
I. Introducing Dr. HuntI try and avoid calling into question anyone’s claim to be Catholic. I might say that they’re a dissident, theologically liberal, or even heterodox Catholic, but I don’t like saying “Catholic” with quotation marks. God knows their heart, and if we start parsing through everything they’ve said to compare it with Church… Continue reading Dr. Hunt, “Catholic,” Against the Welcoming Home of Anglicans
The Catholic View of Homosexuality and Gay “Marriage”
At the end of Danny’s e-mail, he asked: P.S. This I would really enjoy if you would respond to. I just want you to tell me what your position is on gay marriage since it’s such an issue these days. I’d also like to know just your whole stance on homosexuality in general. Thanks again.… Continue reading The Catholic View of Homosexuality and Gay “Marriage”
ELCA Moves to Allow Homosexual Clergy…
… and a freak tornado destroys their church. (Apparently, the tornado passed through downtown Minneapolis, right as they were beginning their conference). To which the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America’s Rev. Steven Loy, who was helping oversee the convention, remarked, I kid you not, “We trust that the weather is not a commentary on our… Continue reading ELCA Moves to Allow Homosexual Clergy…
Contraception and Homosexuality
Archbishop Rowan Williams, the spiritual head of the Anglican Communion, had this to say on the topic of homosexuality and contraception: In a church that accepts the legitimacy of contraception, the absolute condemnation of same-sex relations of intimacy must rely either on an abstract fundamentalist deployment of a number of very ambiguous biblical texts, or… Continue reading Contraception and Homosexuality
Anglicanism: Rotting From the Top Down?
Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has caught my attention lately. If you’re not aware, he’s the head of the Anglican Communion, including the Episcopal Church here in the US. The man is something of a tragic figure. He’s usually painted as a conservative who’s too diplomatic or weak-willed to impose his brand of orthodoxy… Continue reading Anglicanism: Rotting From the Top Down?