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| | Anglican views of homosexuality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Archbishop Donald Mtetemela has said homosexuality is against the Bible: "the Anglican Church of Tanzania believes that homosexuality is contrary to the teaching of the Word of God. | | | The Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil, notably Anglo-Evangelical (Low Church) is characterized by its somehow progressive theological views on homosexuality. | | | In the Anglican Church of Canada, six parishes in the Diocese of New Westminster bless same sex unions, and Dean Peter Elliott of that diocese is a gay man in a committed relationship. |
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| | Anglican Communion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Anglican Communion is a world-wide organisation of Anglican Churches. | | | There is no single "Anglican Church" since each national or regional church has full autonomy; as the name suggests, rather, the Anglican Communion is an association of these churches in full communion with each other and particularly with the Church of England, which may be regarded as the "mother church" of the worldwide communion. | | | Some of these churches are known as Anglican, explicitly recognising the link to England; others, such as the American and Scottish Episcopal churches, or the Church of Ireland, prefer a specific name. |
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| | Sydney Anglicans: Information From Answers.com |
| | The Sydney Diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia is unique in Western Anglicanism in that the majority of the diocese is Evangelical (low church) in nature, and committed to Reformed and Calvinist theology. | | | For many Anglicans outside Evangelical churches, the central act of worship is the celebration of the Eucharist. | | | Thus many Anglican churches in Sydney are regularly exposed to a preaching style that works through Bible passages, explains them and applies them to everyday life. |
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| | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly . COMMENTARY . The Anglican Communion's Argument Over Homosexuality . October 17, 2003 PBS |
| | The argument over homosexuality in the Anglican Church has revealed a crisis of identity and governance that is not easily resolved. | | | At its weakest, the biblical view that we are to bow down to no idols seems to mean "worship Israel's god, not other gods," or acknowledge only this mode of material mediation and not others (for example, writing but not pictures). | | | It may well be that the Anglican Communion now has to choose between being an international church ultimately guided by a council of bishops or the loose alliance of national churches which it has been hitherto. |
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| | Hexapedia - Anglicanism |
| | Anglicans trace these traditions back to the first followers of Jesus, but acknowledge that schisms occurred first with the Orthodox then with the Roman Catholic churches. | | | The term Anglican denotes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially after the Reformation. | | | Like Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches (and unlike many other Protestant churches), Anglicans maintain authority within the church through apostolic succession. |
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| | Greenbelt Interfaith News |
| | In November 1997, Bishop Spong reacted to a conservative statement by sending an open letter to the heads of the world's Anglican national churches, expressing his fear that liberal views on homosexuality would not be tolerated at the Lambeth Conference. | | | Bishops Spong and Lee believe that there is presently no agreement in the Anglican Communion over the blessing of same-sex couples, the ordination of non-celibate homosexuals, and the authority of the Bible. | | | The bishops suggest three areas of possible agreement: "First, we believe that homosexual people are God's children who with the entire human family share in God's love and they must therefore be treated with fairness, justice and equality before the law. |
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| | Anglican churches censured over homosexuality debate |
| | The Anglican Communion on Wednesday rejected an attempt by traditionalists to punish the U.S. and Canadian wings of the church for their stance on homosexuality, watering down a resolution that called for the North Americans to be suspended from all church bodies. | | | ANGLICAN leaders will hear for the first time tomorrow a theological justification by the heads of the Canadian and American churches for their actions over homosexuals, which have brought the Anglican community to the brink of schism. | | | Despite the controversy surrounding same-sex blessings, there was little discussion of homosexuality at the conference; it was seen only as a "presenting issue." However, many conferees sported buttons supporting Zacchaeus, a new group for Anglicans who have experienced same-sex attractions but who want to live biblically faithful and transformed lives. |
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| | Anglican Province of Christ the King: Encyclopedia topic |
| | The Anglican Province of Christ the King is a continuing (continuing: the continuing anglican movement is a group of christian churches which follow the anglican... | | | [follow hyperlink for more...]) Anglican (Anglican: A Protestant who is a follower of Anglicanism) church (church: A place for public (especially Christian) worship) with traditional forms both of doctrine and liturgy. | | | The updated page can be found at: anglican province of christ the king |
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| | Anglicans must accept moral diversity to protect universality - Chris McGillion - www.smh.com.au |
| | It is true that all Anglican bishops declared homosexuality "incompatible with scripture" at the last Lambeth Conference in 1998 and agreed not to ordain practising homosexuals or bless same-sex unions. | | | A formal schism in the Anglican Communion is looming but so is something more profound: a challenge to the commonly understood notion of the universal church. | | | The latter kind of universal church, however, requires an imagination that is in perilously short supply. |
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| | Homosexality, Lesbianism, Bisexuality, and Transgenderism - religious cults and sects |
| | Homosexual practices are sinful according to the Bible, but they are not to be treated differently than other forms of sinful behavior, for everyone is in need of forgiveness and personal transformation in Christ. | | | This, not the placement of a homosexual in a leadership position in the church, is why the confirmation of Gene Robinson as Bishop of New Hampshire is troubling. | | | But most churches, including the Anglican church, hold that they are moral teachings, and therefore timeless and universal. |
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| | Crosswalk.com - Homosexuality is Divinely Ordered, says Anglican Catechism |
| | The Anglican Church is deeply divided over its teaching on homosexuality and at the last Lambeth Conference bishops hotly debated the issue. | | | A radical change in church teaching on homosexuality, declaring it to be "divinely ordered," was revealed this week in a catechism commissioned by the Archbishop of York. | | | Norman's section on sexuality contradicts official teaching and the views of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. George Carey. |
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| | IslamOnline - Contemporary Section |
| | Amir Ali explains that homosexuality cannot be considered a viable option within the Islamic spectrum, rather it has been unanimously reproached by conservative and "liberal" minded Muslims alike. | | | The Anglican church has also appointed two openly gay men to office. | | | Is it true that some Muslim scholars do not view deviant sexual acts as punishable crimes? |
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| | Episcopal News Service |
| | Bishop Burton said one of the purposes of the conference was to "ignite a holy hope" that the Anglican church would "return to the authority of Scripture." He also said that "part of what we are doing today is we are forming a network" of traditionalist Anglicans. | | | Traditionalists, who believe the Bible condemns homosexuality as sinful, have voiced concern for years about more liberal church attitudes toward gays. | | | "I appreciate the Anglican church and it is helpful to know it is intellectually sound to believe in the accuracy of the Scriptures. |
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| | News & Commentary - American Anglican Council Live Website |
| | While the other two churches said homosexuality was the major issue for them, St. James consistently maintained that for it the main issue was that the national church hesitated to accept Jesus Christ as the Lord and Savior and failed to acknowledge the supremacy of the Bible. | | | NEWPORT BEACH — An Anglican commission's sharp criticism of the Episcopal Church USA's liberal views on homosexuality does not affect three breakaway churches' legal tussle with the diocese they seceded from, the rector of St. James Church on Via Lido said Monday. | | | Bunyan, however, said he was happy to see that the commission established a theological foundation — based on biblical passages calling homosexuality a sin — for why it believed the actions of the Episcopal Church relating to the ordination of Robinson were wrong. |
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| | VirtueOnline - News - News - LAGOS: African bishops threaten split over homosexuality |
| | The 300 Anglican bishops who met in Nigeria for the first African bishops convention said homosexuality was an "unAfrican" practice and warned that congregations would turn away from a church that condoned it. | | | The Anglican Church in Africa currently receives almost three quarters of its funds from the West, but bishops from Nigeria and Kenya have said they would refuse to accept financial support from American churches that did not share their views on homosexuality. | | | The Anglican Church in Africa is growing at a faster rate than anywhere else in the world, with 17.5 million members living in Nigeria alone, and the issue threatens to tear the global church apart. |
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| | Anglicans find it's Africa vs. West on homosexuality csmonitor.com |
| | The Anglican Church has a strong tradition of not meddling in one another's provinces or diocese. | | | Jenkins and others agree that views on this issue are likely to harden rather than soften as the West is forced to reckon with the increasingly influential developing-world church. | | | Nkoyoyo, for one, says African Anglicans who go the US often feel more comfortable worshipping with Pentecostals and Baptists, whose evangelical brand of Christianity feels closer to their own faith. |
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| | PlanetOut News: Anglicans Delay Gay Rights Decision |
| | Leaders of the Anglican religion completed their annual weeklong meeting on Thursday without deciding whether to take action against parishes that support GLBT rights in violation of the faith's official position that homosexuality is a sin. | | | Anglican leaders deferred a decision on how to deal with gay-supportive churches, hoping not to exacerbate rifts within the religion. | | | Last year, the 38 presiding bishops encouraged gay-friendly churches to "weigh the effects of their actions" in light of the divisions they could cause within the church. |
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| | Anglican Leaders Deny Gay Clergy Split |
| | Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, said the communique was "not a perfect document" but sought to provide "a way forward in spite of the differences that exist concerning the subject of homosexuality". | | | The Anglican community has been divided since 2003, when the US Episcopal Church backed the ordination of an openly gay bishop, Gene Robinson. | | | The leader of Australia's Anglican Church, Archbishop of Perth Peter Carnley, insisted Anglican leaders had "no intention" of watering down the worldwide communion. |
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| | Christianpost.com- Christian News Online Breaking News, U.S., World News |
| | The U.S. Episcopal Church and Anglican Church of Canada have not yet agreed to withdraw from an International council at the request of global leaders who questioned their unorthodox views on homosexuality. | | | Whether or not the ECUSA and the Anglican Church of Canada accepts the request, the head of the 77-million member communion, the Archbishop of Canterbury, admitted the possibility of division still exists. | | | Archdeacon Jim Boyles, General Secretary of the Anglican Church of Canada told CTV.ca that “The primates’ request will be considered by the Anglican Church of Canada by the executive council when it meets in May.” |
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| | Send to a Friend - IPS Inter Press Service |
| | By refusing the funds, the Anglican church in Africa will not be subjected to manipulation by the west, he said. | | | To show their seriousness, the bishops issued a three-month ultimatum Friday to the Episcopal Church of the United States to repent or face dismissal from the Anglican Church. | | | Akinola was addressing a news conference in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, on behalf of the continent's 12 archbishops, on Friday. |
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| | Anglican leader expects split over gay bishop |
| | And he and other clerics in other ''global South'' churches with similar views on homosexuality are considering a ''realignment'' of world Anglicanism, he said. | | | Ndungane rejected the possibility of churches in southern Africa ''breaking communion'' with the Episcopal Church, as the Nigerians and other Africans have done. | | | ABUJA, Nigeria -- Anyone hoping that Anglicans can heal the worldwide rift over an openly gay bishop in America's Episcopal Church would be disheartened after a talk with Archbishop Peter Jasper Akinola. |
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| | Episcopalians cling to unity for convention |
| | The primates yesterday called for the Episcopal Church in the United States and the Anglican Church of Canada to be removed from a key Anglican Communion council and asked them to explain their views on homosexuality, including their moves toward allowing services that bless same-sex unions. | | | In the Diocese of Lexington, covering part of Central and Eastern Kentucky, members of two congregations have left the denomination, and Bishop Stacy Sauls has launched a process to remove four clerics from the Episcopal ministry for splitting from the church. | | | And they will witness pastors of their two largest parishes -- on opposite sides of the debate over homosexuality in the church -- propose a resolution to keep the diocese together. |
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| | Townhall.com :: Columns :: Yes, Virginia, there is a religious war by Pat Buchanan - Aug 10, 2003 |
| | He thus violated his marriage vows, flouted the teachings of the Anglican faith he was ordained to uphold and entered into a sinful liaison his church has always taught was perverted. | | | "There are absolutely no grounds for considering homosexual unions to be in any way similar or even remotely analogous to God's plan for marriage and family," declared the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Roman Church's watchdog of orthodoxy. | | | To witness the moral confusion at the Minneapolis convention of the American Episcopal Church is to understand which way the wind is blowing. |
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| | PHXnews.com UCC Endorses Same-Sex Marriages |
| | While the majority of the organized religions, have a central policy against homosexuals and same-gender marriage, every week there are stories about priest, bishops, ministers, and local churches, synagogues, and groups that are going against the bigotry of the main group. | | | The Seventh-day Adventist Church is opposed to homosexual practices and relationships on the grounds that "sexual intimacy belongs only within the marital relationship of a man and a woman." It believes the Bible consistently affirms the pattern of heteromonogamy, and all sexual relations outside the scope of spousal intimacy are contrary to God's original plan.[1] | | | Although gays are welcome to become members of the church, denominational policy prohibits non-celibate homosexuals (or unmarried people who are sexually active) from serving as ministers or on key church boards. |
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| | Events |
| | A positive, yet humble, view of the body is central to a vital and orthodox gospel proclamation. | | | In this forum we want to seek to articulate a positive Christian vision for sexual expression and practice within the church that is biblical, moral and which affirms the life-giving purpose for which it was given by a loving God who took on our flesh to save us. | | | Both church and culture have often promoted an unnatural and perilous divide between the spirit and the body, resulting in a host of tragic disconnections in many arenas, including human sexuality. |
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| | Religioscope: Anglican Communion: latest developments in the crisis over homosexuality |
| | The diocese at the heart of a dispute within the Anglican Church over its decision to appoint an openly gay bishop has formally acknowledged and expressed regret for the "pain and confusion" caused by the consecration of Gene Robinson. | | | The report sought to temporarily halt the growing acceptance of same-sex blessing ceremonies in Anglican churches. | | | The commission did however ask for a moratorium on electing non-celibate gays as bishop, while leaders of the global fellowship of churches spend the next several months studying how they can remain unified. |
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| | Quaker views of homosexuality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Evangelical Friends Church Southwest, a yearly meeting and a member of EFI, states in its Faith and Practice that homosexuality is a sin and grounds for termination of employment in the church. | | | FGC itself in 2004 made a statement on including LGBT quakers as equals in worship and acknowledging their past contributions to the conference [2]. | | | In the end, the true "Quaker view" on homosexuality is probably best analysed meeting by meeting (or, better, Friend by Friend.) However, there are some general patterns, and for reasons of space and completeness this article deals mainly with the largest organizations on a country-by-country basis. |
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| | Anglicans Issue Ultimatum to Episcopal Church |
| | The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, requested that ECUSA and Canadian churches "voluntarily withdraw" from the governing body of the Anglican Communion. | | | Archbishop Williams said, "The Anglican Communion does not feel itself free, given Scripture and its theological tradition, to sanction ‘same sex’ blessing, or the ordination of persons in same sex relationships." | | | They must now choose: whether to uphold the authority of Holy Scripture or have their ties severed with the worldwide Anglican Communion. |
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| | New archbishop faces hurdles to Anglican unity csmonitor.com |
| | Yet at the last global conference of Anglican bishops in 1998, the majority passed a resolution rejecting homosexual practice as incompatible with scripture and opposing the legitimizing of same-sex unions or ordaining gays. | | | "The Anglican Communion is in flux," says the Rev. Jay Greener, AMiA spokes-man. The group formed, he says, because of US bishops taking positions "apart from historic Anglicanism" and "a lack of action" to hold them to account. | | | The 104th Archbishop of Canterbury - who is being enthroned today - is head of the Church of England and spiritual leader of 70 million Anglicans worldwide. |
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| | Christian News, Updated Daily - Christian Today > World Anglicans Gather in Nottingham Expecting Homosexuality Debate |
| | The world’s Anglican leaders on Sunday gathered in Nottingham, England, for a critical 10-day meeting on the unity, future and direction of the Anglican Communion. | | | The world’s Anglican leaders on Sunday gathered in Nottingham, UK, for a critical 10-day meeting on the unity, future and direction of the Anglican Communion. | | | They were also given time to "reflect" on their theology and were urged to apologise for taking actions contrary to historic Anglican teaching on sexuality. |
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| | Greenbelt Interfaith News - December 1997 |
| | "Human Sexuality" is a revision of the guidelines issued by the bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada in 1979. | | | Ambidge agrees and says he is hopeful that Anglicans will gradually be able to come to a full understanding on matters of sexuality. | | | Ambidge say that they are disappointed that the bishops still will not allow the blessing of gay unions or the ordination of sexually active gay clergy. |
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| | Anglican Journal -- Bishops seek unity while admitting diverse views on homosexuality |
| | The Lambeth Conference last year exposed the fundamental differences among the world's Anglican bishops over the issue of homosexuality. | | | Anglican Journal -- Bishops seek unity while admitting diverse views on homosexuality | | | The human sexuality subgroup at Lambeth produced a report accepted by the approximately 60 bishops who worked on it, Bishop Finlay said. |
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| | New Anglican Archbishop Controversial, But Split Unlikely -- 07/24/2002 |
| | London (CNSNews.com) - The new leader of the Anglican Church may hold some controversial views on homosexuality and other issues, but his ascension to the post of Archbishop of Canterbury won't cause a schism in the church, observers said Wednesday. | | | Leaders of evangelical groups within the church said they are looking forward to meeting with Williams rather than rushing to hasty conclusions about his positions. | | | The editor said two unifying factors would probably overcome any disputes over homosexuality or women bishops. |
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| | Additional Anglican Materials |
| | Within the Anglican Communion we are seeking to discern a common mind on the issue of homosexuality in the life of the church. | | | From the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada. | | | I have conveyed this concern to the primates of Central Africa, Kenya, and Uganda, and am ready as their brother in Christ to share their burden, which belongs to everyone who has been baptized into Christ's death and resurrection, and thereby called to proclaim and uphold the dignity of all persons. |
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| | Spiritual Profile: Expert to address homosexuality and the Bible - Saturday, 12/06/03 |
| | That's part of the message that Robert Gagnon, one of the nation's leading experts on homosexuality and the Bible, will present today in a program from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. | | | Gagnon, a professor at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, has spoken at many Episcopal churches recently about the current crisis in the church regarding homosexuality. | | | Gagnon said that while more and more people have views of homosexuality that contradict his conservative interpretation of the Bible, ''I do find people are still changing their views.'' |
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| | Ante Chamber Series, The tickets - Ante Chamber Series, The information - Canada |
| | One of the heated issues at this conference was the debate about the Anglican Church's views on homosexuality. | | | Against this tapestry, a host of characters interweave in questions of faith, responsibility, community and individual responsibility. | | | This new work chronicles the events of the recent Lambeth Conference of Anglican Bishops. |
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| | Catholic minister for equality in trouble over views on homosexuality |
| | Mennonites and Anglicans work to overcome violence in northeast Uganda | | | The newly appointed government minister responsible for equality is facing controversy after she refused to say whether she believed homosexuality was a sin. | | | Ruth Kelly, the Secretary of State for Communities, a committed Catholic and member of the Opus Dei group, was embroiled in a renewed row over her religious beliefs yesterday. |
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| | Anglican Communion News Service |
| | Furthermore there has also been a great deal of published material in this field since the House's 1991 Statement Issues in Human Sexuality appeared. | | | When the House asked a group of bishops, in 1999, to prepare a study guide on some issues in human sexuality, it was conscious of the need to listen to the experience of homosexuals as called for in the 1998 Lambeth Conference Resolution 1.10. | | | Some Issues in Human Sexuality: A Guide to the Debate, requested by the House three years ago, sets out a variety of views on homosexuality, bisexuality and transsexualism and seeks to promote informed reflection on them. |
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| | HOMOSEXUALITY "DIVINELY ORDERED" SAYS NEW ANGLICAN CATECHISM |
| | These maintain that homosexual acts are "incompatible with Scripture," and that "abstinence is right for those who are not called to marriage". | | | The catechism, written by Canon Edward Norman, canon and treasurer of York Minster, contradicts official Anglican Church teaching and the views of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey. | | | View All Stories for Tuesday June 12, 2001 |
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| | Studies of adults with CAH indicate a higher rate of female homosexuality than that found in the general population. |
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