Feeding one another in the Body of Christ : Pastoral Letter from the Primates of the Anglican Communion "I have called you friends: (John 15.15)
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article30381
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican World
- Date
- 2003 Trinity
- Issue
- 110
- Page
- 4-7
- Notes
- Pastoral letter from the 13th Primates Meeting intended for distribution on Pentecost 2003. The letter spoke about: theological education, which is facing different kinds of crisis in all provinces; HIV/AIDS and the churches continuing engagement with sufferers; the nature of communion itself, and of our shared communion in Christ; human sexuality; a proposed Anglican Gathering in 2008; an invitation to prayer.
- Subjects
- Anglican Communion. Primates Meeting (13th : 2003 : Gramado, Brazil)
- Anglican Communion - Pastoral letters and charges
- Theological education - Anglican Communion
- AIDS (Disease) - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Anglican Communion - Government
- Homosexuality - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Anglican Gathering (2008 : Cape Town, South Africa)
- Prayer - Anglican Communion
For the Life of the World : the Official Report of the 12th meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council, Hong Kong 2002 : With the Enthronement Sermon of Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and Texts from the 2003 Primates Meeting in Brazil
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog4570
- Publication Date
- c2003
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BX 5021 A68 2002
- Corporate Author
- Anglican Consultative Council
- Place
- Harrisburg PA
- Publisher
- Morehouse Publishing
- Publication Date
- c2003
- Physical_Description
- xiv, 505 p. : ill. ; 23 x 5.2 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "Compiled by James M. Rosenthal".
- "With the enthronement sermon of Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and texts from the 2003 Primates Meeting in Brazil".
- "Published for the Anglican Communion Office". -- verso of t.-p.
- "More than a report, 'For the Life of the World' reflects the concerns of Anglican/Episcopal churches around the world in making the church a voice of reconciliation, following their international meeting in Hong Kong in 2002. An historic first found the 103rd Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey and the Archbishop of Canterbury-designate in the same place and time during a special liturgy on Holy Cross Day. Archbishop Rowan Williams' sermon is included, as is his enthronement sermon in Canterbury Cathedral and the Pastoral Letter from the 2003 Primates' Meeting in Brazil". -- back cover.
- Contents: The Compass Rose -- Theme Song "For the Life of the World" -- Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui -- Preface / Peter Kwong -- Acknowledgements -- Prayers for the Anglican Communion -- Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) -- Officers and Members of the ACC and Staff at ACC-12 -- Photographs -- 14 September 2002 -- Sermon at the Ordination Service on Holy Cross Day / George L. Carey -- Homily at Early Morning Eucharist, Holy Cross Day / Rowan Williams -- 15 September 2002 -- A Guide to ACC-12 Elections -- Sermon at the Opening Eucharist / Peter Kwong -- Guidelines for ACC Meetings -- 16 September 2002 -- Archbishop of Canterbury's Presidential Address / George L. Carey -- Report of the Standing Committee ACC-12 -- 17 September 2002 -- Address / Michael Lugor -- Chairman's Address / Simon Chiwanga -- Report by the Secretary General / John L. Peterson -- Report on the Political Situation in Burundi / Martin Blaise Nyaboho -- Report by the Department of Ecumenical Affairs and Studies / David Hamid -- Anglicans and Communion : Six Propositions from the Inter-Anglican Theological and Doctrinal Commission -- 18 September 2002 -- InterAnglican Standing Commission on Mission and Evangelism (IASCOME) Interim Report to ACC-12: 'Travelling Together in God's Mission' -- HIV/AIDS Presentation and Resolves / Ted Karpf -- Report by the Anglican Observer at the United Nations : 'Work and Mission of the Anglican Communion Office at the United Nations' / Taimalelagi Fagamalama Tuatagaloa-Matalavea -- 19 September 2002 -- Financial Report / R.H.A. Eames -- 20 September 2002 -- Address / Ishmael Noko -- 21 September 2002 -- The International Anglican Women's Network Report / Alice Medcof -- Anglican Urban Network Report / Isamu Koshiishi and Andrew Daley -- Anglican Peace and Justice Report (APJN) Report from the Meeting, 23-30 November 2001 -- Anglican Congress/Gathering / Feasibility Group Report -- International Anglican Family Network (IAFN) : Background Paper and Report / Sally Thompson -- Report of the International Anglican Youth Network (IAYN) / A. Candace Payne -- Anglican Communion Refugee and Migrant Network Report / Ian George -- Beijing + 5 Report to Standing Committee: Kanuga 2001 / Anglican NGO Delegation -- 22 September 2002 -- Archbishop of Canterbury's Sermon at a Eucharist Service / George L. Carey -- 23 September 2002 -- Report on Interfaith Initiatives : 'Al-Azhar Al-Sharif' and 'The Alexandria Declaration' -- Anglican Principles Towards Better Inter-Faith Relations in Our World / Kenneth Fernando -- Report of Network for Inter Faith Concerns of the Anglican Communion (NIFCON) / Clare Amos -- Ethics and Technology Report / Eric B. Beresford -- Report of the Coordinator for Liturgy / Paul Gibson -- Launch of the Anglican Web Portal / Oge Beauvoir -- 24 September 2002 -- Report of the Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion (CUAC) -- Anglican Communion Legal Advisers' Consultation Report / John Rees -- Report of the Executive Council for French-speaking Anglicans Throughout the World / Oge Beauvoir -- 25 September 2002 -- Sermon at the Closing Eucharist / Simon E. Chiwanga -- Appendices -- Bible Studies and Study Groups / Kenneth Fernando, Sally Thompson, Jenny Plane Te Paa and Ian George -- Resolutions of the Twelfth Meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council -- The Last Word : How to Decide What is Doctrine / Richard Harries -- Directory of Provincial Secretaries of the Anglican Communion -- Additional Material -- Archbishop of Canterbury's Enthronement Sermon [27 February 2003] / Rowan D. Williams -- Pastoral Letter from the Primates of the Anglican Communion -- Sermon by the Archbishop of Canterbury [24 May 2003] / Rowan Williams.
- Prior to 2002, reports of the Anglican Consultative Council meetings were catalogued as one periodical record. With 2002 OTCH will catalogue and treat Meeting reports as separate monographs due to size and incorporation of additional material.
- Added Entry
- Meeting
- Rosenthal, James M. (James Milton), 1951-
- Amos, Clare
- Beauvoir, Oge, 1956-
- Beresford, Eric B. (Eric Brian), 1957-
- Carey, George L. (George Leonard), 1935-
- Chiwanga, Simon E. (Simon Elija), 1939-
- Daley, Andrew
- Fernando, Kenneth M.J. (Kenneth Michael James), 1932-
- George, Ian (Ian Gordon Combe), 1934-1929
- Gibson, Paul (Paul Saison), 1932-2022
- Hamid, David, 1955-
- Harries, Richard (Richard Douglas), 1936-
- Karpf, Ted, 1948-
- Koshiishi, Isamu
- Kwong, Peter, 1936-
- Lugor, Michael S. (Michael Sokiri), 1939-
- Medcof, Alice (M. Alice), 1935-
- Noko, Ishmael, 1943-
- Nyaboho, Martin Blaise, 1955-
- Payne, A. Candace
- Peterson, John L. (John Louis), 1942-
- Rees, John (Vivian John Howard), 1951-
- Sykes, Stephen W. (Stephen Whitefield), 1939-2014
- Te Paa, Jenny (Jennifer) Plane
- Thompson, Sally
- Tuatagaloa-Matalavea, Taimalelagi Fagamalama, 1945-
- Williams, Rowan D. (Rowan Douglas), 1950-
- Subjects
- Anglican Consultative Council. Meeting (12th : 2002 : Hong Kong)
- Anglican Consultative Council. Meeting (12th : 2002 : Hong Kong) - Resolutions`
- Anglican Communion - Congresses
- Sudan - Politics and government
- Sudan - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Anglican Consultative Council - History
- Burundi - Politics and government
- Burundi - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Anglican Consultative Council. Dept. of Ecumenical Affairs and Studies
- Bilateral dialogues
- Ecumenical movement - Anglican Communion
- Intercommunion
- Inter-Anglican Theological and Doctrinal Commission
- Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Mission and Evangelism
- AIDS (Disease) - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Anglican Observer at the United Nations
- Anglican Consultative Council - Finance
- International Anglican Women's Network
- Anglican Urban Network
- Anglican Peace and Justice Network
- Anglican Gathering (2008)
- International Anglican Family Network
- International Anglican Youth Network (IAYN)
- Anglican Refugee and Migrant Network
- Anglican - Al Azhar dialogue
- Alexandria Statement
- Christianity and other religions - Anglican Communion
- Christianity and other religions - Islam - Anglican Communion
- Network for Inter-Faith Concerns (NIFCON)
- Ecology - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Anglican Consultative Council. Consultant for Ethics
- Anglican Consultative Council. Coordinator for Liturgy
- Computers - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Web sites - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion (CUAC)
- Anglican Legal Advisers Network
- Anglicans, French-speaking
- Rencontres (Association)
- Anglican Communion. Primates Meeting (13th : 2003 : Gramado, Brazil)
- ISBN
- 0-8192-1988-6 (pbk.)
- Call Number
- BX 5021 A68 2002
- Copies
- 2 copies
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
Primates decline to support same-sex rites
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article30786
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2003 September
- Volume
- 129
- Issue
- 7
- Page
- 6
- Notes
- Reports on the May 2003 Primates' meeting. Archbishop Peers comments on the statement on same-sex unions.
- Subjects
- Anglican Communion. Primates Meeting (13th : 2003 : Gramado, Brazil)
- Same sex unions - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Anglican Church of Canada. Diocese of New Westminster
- Peers, Michael G. (Michael Geoffrey), 1934-
Primate's statement on New Westminster approval of a rite for same-sex blessings
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official8256
- Date
- 2003 May 29
- Source
- Anglican News Service
- Record Type
- Press release
- Text
- TORONTO - May 29, 2003
- The following is a statement by Archbishop Michael Peers, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, on the distribution of a rite for same-sex blessings in the diocese of New Westminster.
- Last year's decision by the Synod of the Diocese of New Westminster to ask their bishop for a rite for the blessing of persons in committed, life-long same-sex unions created an occasion for reflection and discernment among Anglicans in the diocese, in Canada, and throughout the Anglican Communion.
- That reflection and discernment has happened in a number of places, including the New Westminster synod itself, the Council of General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada, the Canadian House of Bishops, the Anglican Consultative Council and the Primates of the Anglican Communion.
- The synod's decision has also led to the formation of smaller groups within the church at the diocesan, national and global levels, dismayed by the decision of the synod and convinced that it should not be implemented. Seven parishes in New Westminster have responded to the offer of Bishop Terry Buckle of the Yukon to serve as their bishop. Additionally, the Synod of the Diocese of Yukon supported Bishop Buckle in extending this offer.
- In early May [2003], Bishop William Hockin of Fredericton accepted the invitation of Bishop Michael Ingham of New Westminster to serve as Episcopal Visitor to parishes in the diocese seeking such a ministry. The House of Bishops (in two motions subsequently supported by the Council of General Synod), has urged Bishop Buckle to withdraw the offer and appealed to the seven parishes to explore the possibility of receiving Bishop Hockin's ministry.
- The Primates of the Anglican Communion have issued a pastoral letter, identifying the tensions surrounding this matter, and unable to come to a common mind, have declared themselves unable to support the authorization of a rite of blessing:
- "The question of public rites for the blessing of same sex unions is still a cause of potentially divisive controversy. The Archbishop of Canterbury spoke for us all when he said that it is through liturgy that we express what we believe, and there is no theological consensus about same sex unions. Therefore, we as a body cannot support the authorisation of such rites".
- I share their assessment that the absence of consensus makes it impossible for me to speak with one mind in support of the actions of the Synod and Bishop of the Diocese of New Westminster. At the same time, reports that characterize the Primates' letter as a direct and unanimous repudiation of those actions are wrong. The Primates do not, at our meetings, either move resolutions or take votes. We seek the deepest possible expression of unity in whatever terms are available to us. In this case, our common mind accurately reflects the potential for division and the absence of theological consensus among us and within the churches that make up the Anglican Communion.
- As Primate, my personal opinions and views are not the issue. A synod of the church, together with its bishop, has decided, and that decision has now been implemented. The Anglican Church of Canada's General Synod of 2004 will take up this issue. These are the canonical settings in which this issue now is set, and it is not my place as Primate to interject my personal opinions at this time. Neither is it my role to pass judgment on the Synod of the Diocese of New Westminster or to anticipate the deliberations of the 2004 General Synod. I believe that the order of the church is a particularly vital and important resource when profound disagreement overtakes us, and I am committed as Primate to sustaining that order so that it may continue to serve us well.
- The Bishop of New Westminster's provision of a rite for the blessing of persons in committed, life-long, same-sex relationships completes the commitment he undertook a year ago. He made that commitment only after refusing on two previous occasions to consent to the synod's decision. For my part, I understood the provision of this rite as a response not to the Primates of the Anglican Communion (whose pastoral letter was issued after the bishop's decision to release the rite and authorize its use in six parishes) nor to the House of Bishops, nor to any other body than the synod of the diocese whose congregations elected the synod, and whose members the bishop serves.
- Nor on the other hand do I see the Primates' letter as in any way an attempt to exercise jurisdiction in the life of the Diocese of New Westminster. In fact, it makes clear the Primates' commitment, as a body, to recognize in other provinces "the sincere desire to be faithful", and their commitment "to respect the integrity of each other's provinces and dioceses".
- Finally, the Primates' letter speaks of the life of the Anglican Communion in terms of having been "irrevocably called into a special relationship of fellowship with one another". Communion is not something we accomplish, but a gift from the Father, given through the death and resurrection of Jesus. Moreover, it is not something we choose, but a fact of our common life, a reality established among us at great cost. Finding a way to embrace that communion in times of profound disagreement and conflict is not likely to be easy. It is, however, the hard and holy work to which we are called as we follow Jesus on the way of the cross that leads to new life.
- Michael Peers
- Archbishop and Primate
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- Contact: Vianney (Sam) Carriere, Acting Director, Communications, 416-924-9199 ext. 306; scarriere@national.anglican.ca
- Michael Thompson, Principal Secretary to the Primate, 416-924-9199 ext. 277; mthompson@national,anglican.ca
- Subjects
- Same sex unions - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Same sex unions - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Homosexuality - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Homosexuality - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Anglican Church of Canada. Diocese of New Westminster
- Anglican Church of Canada - Liturgy - Texts
- Ingham, Michael (Michael Colin), 1949-
- Anglican Church of Canada. Primate
- Anglican Communion. Primates Meeting (13th : 2003 : Gramado, Brazil)
- Anglican Communion - Pastoral letters and charges