Monday, August 11, 2008

Dr Williams and his Bishops: wheels within wheels?

http://www.anglican-mainstream.net/2008/08/09/dr-williams-and-his-bishops-wheels-within-wheels/

[Anglican Mainstream] 11 Aug 2008--The ability of the Anglican Church to undergo apparently impossible convolutions has been further highlighted by the publication of, on the one hand, letters written between Rowan Williams during his time as Archbishop of Wales and a former Anglican Evangelical and, on the other, a letter supporting Dr Williams signed by nineteen bishops and published in today’s edition of The Times.

Dr Williams’ letters tell us nothing really new in terms of either his theology or his church polity. He believes certain homosexual relationships are acceptable, provided they entail “the same rules of faithfulness and commitment would have to apply as to heterosexual union”, basing this on an understanding that the Bible’s prohibitions are addressed to something else.

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