The Church Times Goes All Pravda

from Stand Firm by Jackie

I mean, really, has The Church Times decided to follow ENS in carrying Tec's water despite how rancid it may be? Be sure to check out Peter Ould for the actual story - sans cleansing.

The feedback was enormously helpful, and the delegates from the Episcopal Church felt honoured by the respectful hearing that they had received, she said.

Well, it seems as the ALC loved hearing from their American brothers and sisters and were warmly commended for their interesting pioneering work. Except it was nothing like that! A report last week in the Church of England newspaper disclosed an utterly different response from the Commission’s members.

A push by the Episcopal Church to bring same-sex marriage into the theological mainstream was repulsed last week by delegates attending the International Anglican Liturgical Consultation (IALC) in Canterbury.

The IALC was not persuaded by the theological or liturgical arguments—including a mock same-sex blessing ceremony–offered by the Episcopal Church delegation on the merits of same-sex blessings and declined to include the US’s views in its final report on marriage.

I am closing comments on the original thread so we can consolidate them here. But remember to give Peter some love for ferretting out the story.