Thursday, July 06, 2006

Titanic or Carpathia? An Update on the Anglican Breakup

http://www.chelmsford-anglican-mainstream.org.uk/

[Chelmsford Anglican Mainstream] 6 Jul 2006--What convinced me that the old Communion is sinking like the Titanic was the 'Open Letter' to his Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered brothers and sisters by Vicki Imogene Robinson the bishop of New Hampshire (and yes, that really is his full name). This is probably the most important document to come out the 2006 General Convention. Robinson makes it quite clear that the 'inclusive church' he and others envisage must of necessity exclude those who formerly represented the unquestioned mainstream orthodoxy. For him, "the conservatives both within our Church and in Africa" are capable of "premeditated and patently cruel ... violent and unchristian" actions. Properly speaking, there can be no room for any such in the Church. Therefore if that is what those of a conservative persuasion represent, their presence in the body cannot be tolerated.

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