Packer and Short honored by Archbishop

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[sydneyanglicans.net] 9 Dec 2008--Distinguished Anglican theologian JI Packer and the Rev David Short have been appointed honorary clerical canons of Sydney’s St Andrew’s Cathedral.

Both Dr Packer and Mr Short had their licenses removed by the Canadian Anglican leadership when their church. St John’s Shaughnessy in Vancouver, voted to realign with the Province of the Southern Cone.

The congregation made the move because of their local Bishop’s support for same-sex blessings.

In an extraordinary reaction, condemned by leaders across the Anglican world, 82 year old Dr Packer, the author of christian classics such as ‘Knowing God’ is no longer considered a clergyman by the Canadian Archbishop.