The first joint meeting of the Anglican Primates and the Anglican Consultative Council met in Cape Town for eleven days in January 1993. Addressing a service of more than 10,000 people, Archbishop George Carey "described Africa as `wounded and bleeding'. He added, `No Christian can be excused from coming to the aid our African brothers and sisters in need'." "A delegation of Anglican leaders under Archbishop Carey held a meeting with South African President F.W. De Klerk that focused on the church's influence on the church's influence on the political process". The primates and the Council "rejected the concept of a special episcopal relationship for parishes opposed to the ordination of women". "Addressing the problem of AIDS, Archbishop Yona Okoth of Uganda, urged a `universal response' by asking `all governments, all churches, all religious bodies to do all in their power to fight this killer of our people". Archbishop French Chang-Him of the Indian Ocean raised the issue of cohabitation, asking "for guidance on what to do about the growing number of unmarried people who live together. `It raises the whole issue of what is marriage', Archbishop Chang-Him said. `It becomes a very theological issue'." The Consultative Council also "urged Israel to comply with a United Nations resolution that Palestinian deportees be returned to their homes on the West Bank and Gaza". The two bodies will probably not meet at the same time again. "Archbishop Eames noted the meeting did not give the primates enough time together, Archbishop Douglas Hambidge, metropolitan of British Columbia, went farther. `I am convinced that the primates and the ACC should never meet together because they have different agendas', he said".
"First published in Great Britain in 2008 ... Copyright The Anglican Consultative Council 2008". -- verso of t.-p.
Includes bibliographical references but NO index.
"The aim of this book is to enable you to begin or to continue listening to those identified as 'homosexual persons' and to discover and engage with the diversity of responses found among Anglicans. It seeks to give you resources for these tasks. It is hoped that these will help you gain a deeper clarity and understanding of your own position, encourage you to speak for yourself, and enable you to understand the opinion of others". -- Intro., p. 5.
"The book's eight chapters are presented in four parts." -- Intro., p. 11.
Each chapter includes "Questions" and bibliographical "Notes".
Contents: List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction / Andrew Goddard and Phil Groves -- Part i: Listening and Mission / Ian T. Douglas and Michael Poon -- Listening and Dialogue / Janet Marshall and Charley Thomas -- Part 2: The Witness of Scripture / Phil Groves, John Holder and Paula Gooder -- The Witness of Tradition / Jaci Maraschin, Simon Fan and Phil Groves -- Homosexualities and Culture / Terry Brown, Victor Atta-Bafoe and Phil Groves [Additional material from Griphus Gakuru and John Kevern] -- Part 3: Sexuality and Identity / Janet Trisk and Sue Burns -- Christian Spirituality and Sexuality / Joseph Galgalo and Debbie Royals -- Part 4: The Witness of Science / David de Pomerai and Glynn Harrison.
Canadian contributors include Terry Brown (currently Bishop of Malaita, Church of Melanesia) and Janet Marshall.
"First published in Great Britain in 2008 ... Copyright The Anglican Consultative Council 2008". -- verso of t.-p.
Includes bibliographical references but NO index.
"The aim of this book is to enable you to begin or to continue listening to those identified as 'homosexual persons' and to discover and engage with the diversity of responses found among Anglicans. It seeks to give you resources for these tasks. It is hoped that these will help you gain a deeper clarity and understanding of your own position, encourage you to speak for yourself, and enable you to understand the opinion of others". -- Intro., p. 5.
"The book's eight chapters are presented in four parts." -- Intro., p. 11.
Each chapter includes "Questions" and bibliographical "Notes".
Contents: List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction / Andrew Goddard and Phil Groves -- Part i: Listening and Mission / Ian T. Douglas and Michael Poon -- Listening and Dialogue / Janet Marshall and Charley Thomas -- Part 2: The Witness of Scripture / Phil Groves, John Holder and Paula Gooder -- The Witness of Tradition / Jaci Maraschin, Simon Fan and Phil Groves -- Homosexualities and Culture / Terry Brown, Victor Atta-Bafoe and Phil Groves [Additional material from Griphus Gakuru and John Kevern] -- Part 3: Sexuality and Identity / Janet Trisk and Sue Burns -- Christian Spirituality and Sexuality / Joseph Galgalo and Debbie Royals -- Part 4: The Witness of Science / David de Pomerai and Glynn Harrison.
Canadian contributors include Terry Brown (currently Bishop of Malaita, Church of Melanesia) and Janet Marshall.
Anglican-Roman Catholic Marriage : The Report of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission on the Theology of Marriage and its Application to Mixed Marriages
"Copyright His Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury and the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity". -- verso of t.-p.
Includes bibliographical references.
"There can be few points of contact between the members of the two communions which are fraught with more potential opportunity -- either for ecumenical advance, or for discord. Mutual understanding, therefore, can do nothing but good for both Anglicans and Roman Catholics. On that ground I warmly welcome the Report. There remain, however, practical matters which are to some people concerns of strong principle and to others sometimes mere irritants and sometimes tragedies. So I welcome the suggestions made by the Commission for modifications in Roman Catholic law and practice to ease this situation until there is achieved complete mutuality. Also I am glad of the recommendations for greater joint pastoral care both before and after inter-church marriages. Co-operation on these occasions would have the added advantage of bringing the clergy of the two churches together at a point which could lead to mutual trust and common concern in other areas of pastoral work to our ecumenical benefit". -- Foreword by Donald Coggan.
Commission Co-Chairs: Ernest L. Unterkoefler (Roman Catholic Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina) and George O. Simms (Anglican Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland).
Contents: Forewords / Donald Cantuar i.e. Coggan and John Cardinal Willebrands -- Members of the Commission -- Acknowledgements dated June 1975 -- Introduction -- A: Proceedings of the Commission -- B: The Relevant Theology -- C: Defective Marital Situations -- D: Mixed Marriages.
Colophon: Printed by The Ludo Press Ltd., London SW18 3DG. -- verso of t.-p.
"Copyright 1964 by Spencer Ervin". -- verso of t.-p.
"Vol. 1 of a series on the government of the Churches of the Anglican Communion". -- p. [vi].
"The series to which this brochure is the introduction presents to Anglicans, in separate brochures, an account of the history of each self-governing national Church or province of the Anglican Communion, followed in each case by an account of its polity, with references to the canonical and other sources. The history is ancillary, its object being only to further an understanding of the polity to which it relates. The purpose of the series is to give to each main component of the Anglican Communion a better knowledge and understanding of the others, and by discovery of excellences and deficiencies in governmental structures and practices to facilitate improvement. Brochures on The Church of the Province of South Africa, The Episcopal Church in Scotland, and the Church of Ireland have been written and will be published in rapid sequence after the appearance of this Introduction. The account of the Anglican Church of Canada is in preparation. Those of other provinces will appear as rapidly as possible". -- Preface, p. ix.
"Polity is a general term which refers equally to the general form of a government, secular or ecclesiastical, to its framework, or to its administration. In this series it will refer, with one exception, only to the structure and processes of government, that is, to the framework and administration: a limited part of the whole field, for the polity of the Church extends to the ordering and regulation of all matters with which the Church as a society is concerned. Holy Matrimony has been exceptionally included as of vital importance". -- p. 1.
Includes bibliographical references but NO index.
Errata slip laid in.
Contents: Preface dated Bala, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., February 1964 / Spencer Ervin -- I: Polity, Its Nature and Problems -- II: The Limitations of Polity -- III: Orders and Jurisdiction -- IV: Agents and Agencies of Church Government -- V: Marriage -- VI: Discipline -- VII: Authority -- Appendix I: Some Solutions of the Problem of Patronage -- Appendix II: The Marriage Legislation of the American Episcopal Church -- Appendix III: The Committee Reports, A to G, of the Lambeth Conference of 1867, with the Resolutions on Which the Reports are Based, and Resolution I of the Adjourned Conference -- Appendix IV: Some References on the Subject of Authority.
Chapter IV: Agents and Agencies of Church Government divided into sections: A: The Provincial Synod -- B: The Episcopal Synod -- C: The Diocesan Synod -- D: Metropolitans -- E: The Metropolitical See -- F: Archbishops -- G: Primates and Primacies -- H: Bishops -- I: Bishops, continued -- J: Bishops, continued -- K: Assistant Bishops (Coadjutors and Suffragans) -- L: Diocesan Bishops: Powers and Duties -- M: Dioceses -- N: Cathedrals and Cathedral Chapters -- O: Pastoral Charges -- P: Parish Government.
Chapter V: Marriage divided into sections: Traditional Rules -- The Pauline Privilege -- Some Questions -- Current Problems.
"Days before the July 27-Aug. 7 [2022 Lambeth] conference, bishops from across Canada and internationally released statements in protest of a draft of the call [on human dignity] which did not match the version of the call's drafting group originally submitted. The new version contained a clause calling on the church to re-affirm Resolution I.10 from 1998's Lambeth Conference, which states, among other things, that the conference of bishops 'upholds faithfulness in marriage between a man and a woman in lifelong union' and 'cannot advise the legitimizing or blessing of same sex unions nor ordaining those involved in same gender unions'. Kevin Robertson, regional bishops of York-Scarborough in the diocese of Toronto and a member of the committee tasked with drafting the call, says the inclusion of this section was 'disturbing' to him" (p. 1-2). "In the days between the release of the changed draft and the beginning of the conference, Robertson and the drafting committee reconvened online to submit a new version, which became the call actually discussed at the Lambeth Conference. ... The drafting committee removed the recommendation to reaffirm Resolution I.10. Both Robertson and Archbishop Howard Gregory, primate of the West Indies and chair of the committee, say they believe that final version successfully represented the drafting group's intentions" (p. 2).
"Both Robertson and Gregory say it's time for Anglicans on either side of the same-sex marriage debate to look for ways to co-exist and move forward together. Gregory, who oversees jurisdictions of the church where same-sex marriages are not recognized, says he invited Robertson, who is married to a man, to help draft the call. Coming out of this year's conference, both described a spirit of willingness to discuss and acknowledge the differing points of view on sexuality that came up throughout" (p. 2-3). "In his introduction to the discussion of the call on human dignity, Archbishop [of Canterbury] Justin Welby encouraged members from either side of the debate on same-sex marriage to consider the sincerity of the other's perspective" (p. 3). "Likewise, Gregory credits Welby with what he says was a more amicable and agreeable atmosphere surrounding this year's discussion compared with his experiences at the 1998 and 2008 conferences, when discussions on same-sex marriage were fraught with tension" (p. 3).
Bishop Robertson's husband, Mohan Sharma, attended the conference although he was not invited as a spouse, "along with the spouses of several other bishops in same-sex marriages. He stayed at accommodations provided by Lambeth University, spoke with attendees on the opposite side of the marriage debate and attended the call on human dignity discussion and other conference events as an observer. Robertson says he and Sharma found the conference organizers and the Archbishop of Canterbury surprisingly welcoming despite the lack of an official invitation" (p. 3).
"Primates of Nigeria, Rwanda and Uganda did not attend Lambeth this year. In a May [2022] open letter, they accused the Western church of being in a state of 'apostasy' and 'rebellion' against biblical authority. The acceptance of homosexuality by Western churches, they said, was a sign that they had been pervaded by secular culture. Together, their churches represent a significant portion of Anglicans worldwide; 30 million of a total 70 million in the entire Anglican Communion, according to the primates' letter" (p. 3).
"This is the third of a series on making moral decisions in the light of orthodox Christian ethics". -- p. [2].
"This little book is about one of the most common and painful moral issues of our times, divorce. What I write I offer as a priest who hopes to be of help to anyone who for one reason or another is confronted with this divisive and often terrible moral problem. As will soon be obvious, I think that there are reasons for divorce that Christians (who believe in lifelong marital vows) can accept. The reasons I give may seem unjustified or they may prove convincing and helpful. But in either case, my arguments for justifying divorce are not those now popular in American society". -- p. 3.
Contents: [Introduction] -- Marriage in the Marketplace -- Possessive Individualism -- Our Marriage and God's Intent -- Divorce : Traditional Christian Grounds -- The Moral Death of a Marriage -- Offense and Self-Defense -- Conscience and Your Hardness of Heart -- About the author -- Also from the Forward Movement.
"First published 2005 in the UK by SCM Press. This edition published 2006 in the United States of America by Wm. B. Eerdmans". -- verso of t.-p.
Includes bibliographical references.
"`We should listen with the ears of God that we may speak the word of God,' Dietrich Bonhoeffer once said. While a lot of ink is spilled debating the place of homosexual Christians in the life of the church, few people take Bonhoeffer's advice. In `Face to Face' Jeffrey Heskins takes a step back from heated rhetoric to listen to Christians who are committed both to ordained ministry in the Anglican Church and to a life of holiness with a partner of the same sex. As Heskins invites these couples to tell their stories and reflects on their experiences, he raises difficult questions: What does it mean to live a `holy life' ? Should the pattern for `holy living' be any different for gay and lesbian couples in ministry than for others ? Based on more than thirty hours of recorded interviews with couples all across England, this volume heeds Bonhoeffer's words, producing a refreshing instance of Christian hospitality -- listening to brothers and sisters before presuming to speak God's word to them. While `Face to Face' will not end the controversy, these human voices will speak to both sides of this explosive debate". -- back cover.
Contents: Introduction dated St. Lukestide [18 October] 2004 -- Who do you think you are ? -- We had the experience but missed the meaning -- To have and to hold from this day -- For better or worse -- In sickness, health and death -- According to God's Holy Law -- And this is my solemn vow -- Face to face.
That the Council of General Synod, in response to Resolution 15.33 of the Anglican Consultative Council-15, receive Rites Relating to Marriage: Report of the Canterbury International Anglican Liturgical Consultation 2011 and, subject to available financial resources and Council’s priorities, coordinate and finalize the Canadian response to this Report.