Enticing unsteady souls into darkness:'mutual listening' opens false door
Enticing unsteady souls into darkness: when 'mutual listening' opens the door to false doctrine
The 'listening process' in the Anglican Communion
By Dave Doveton
www.virtueonline.org
August 15, 2011
Anglican Bishops at the 1998 Lambeth Conference committed themselves and their churches, through Resolution I.10, "to listen to the experience of homosexual persons". At the time it was made clear by bishops of the Global South that any programme of 'listening' was to help persons experiencing a homosexual orientation to live in conformity to the churches quoted understanding that homosexual practice was 'incompatible with Scripture'[i]. In 2005, the Anglican Consultative Council called for a 'listening process' to be set up in which there would be 'mutual listening' and resources allocated to facilitate 'study, discussion and reflection'.
Provinces were requested to send in materials related to human sexuality. After a process of collating and editing, summaries were posted on the Anglican Communion website, and a book was published, The Anglican Communion and Homosexuality. One of the chapters of the book is a discussion between what is termed 'a partnered lesbian priest' and an evangelical theologian.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
The 'listening process' in the Anglican Communion
By Dave Doveton
www.virtueonline.org
August 15, 2011
Anglican Bishops at the 1998 Lambeth Conference committed themselves and their churches, through Resolution I.10, "to listen to the experience of homosexual persons". At the time it was made clear by bishops of the Global South that any programme of 'listening' was to help persons experiencing a homosexual orientation to live in conformity to the churches quoted understanding that homosexual practice was 'incompatible with Scripture'[i]. In 2005, the Anglican Consultative Council called for a 'listening process' to be set up in which there would be 'mutual listening' and resources allocated to facilitate 'study, discussion and reflection'.
Provinces were requested to send in materials related to human sexuality. After a process of collating and editing, summaries were posted on the Anglican Communion website, and a book was published, The Anglican Communion and Homosexuality. One of the chapters of the book is a discussion between what is termed 'a partnered lesbian priest' and an evangelical theologian.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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