Communion Governance - Stephen Noll
Communion Governance
The Role and Future of the Historic Episcopate and the Anglican Communion Covenant
By the Rev. Prof. Stephen Noll,
August 2, 2010
If an Anglican space traveler making periodic stops on earth were to check on the affairs of the Anglican Communion, he might find himself surprised and confused. On his last visit to earth in 1998, he noted that the Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops had passed by an overwhelming majority a Resolution on Human Sexuality, stating that:
[This Conference] in view of the teaching of Scripture, upholds faithfulness in marriage between a man and a woman in lifelong union, and believes that abstinence is right for those who are not called to marriage; reject[s] homosexual practice as incompatible with Scripture; [and] cannot advise the legitimising or blessing of same sex unions nor ordaining those involved in same gender unions. (1)
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
The Role and Future of the Historic Episcopate and the Anglican Communion Covenant
By the Rev. Prof. Stephen Noll,
August 2, 2010
If an Anglican space traveler making periodic stops on earth were to check on the affairs of the Anglican Communion, he might find himself surprised and confused. On his last visit to earth in 1998, he noted that the Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops had passed by an overwhelming majority a Resolution on Human Sexuality, stating that:
[This Conference] in view of the teaching of Scripture, upholds faithfulness in marriage between a man and a woman in lifelong union, and believes that abstinence is right for those who are not called to marriage; reject[s] homosexual practice as incompatible with Scripture; [and] cannot advise the legitimising or blessing of same sex unions nor ordaining those involved in same gender unions. (1)
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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