By Mark Michael A group of over 100 senior Anglican leaders from across the Global South “adopted in principle” a “covenantal structure” for their mutual relationships at a meeting October 8-11 in Cairo. Similar in many ways to the stalled 2009 Anglican Covenant, the 34-page proposal would create a body called the Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches. Those who opt … [Read more...] about News Analysis: Global South Anglicans Launch New Covenant
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Lambeth 1920 and Its Legacy Today
By Mark Michael Church leaders and theologians from around the world gathered at Lambeth Palace and Westminster Abbey October 2-3 for a colloquium on the legacy of the groundbreaking 1920 Lambeth Conference, as preparations continue for Lambeth 2020. Entitled “God Wills Fellowship,” the colloquium took its name from a famous phrase of the “Appeal to All Christian People,” … [Read more...] about Lambeth 1920 and Its Legacy Today
Jesus: Center of Our Unity
Via the Anglican Communion InstituteToronto, Ontario September 20, 2013Greetings to the Faithful of the Anglian Communion and all our Friends in Christ:We write to you from a conference in Toronto, Canada, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1963 Pan-Anglican Congress held here. We are Primates and bishops representing the Anglican Global South, including the chairmen of … [Read more...] about Jesus: Center of Our Unity
Walter Kasper’s Theology
By Michael CoverMost Anglicans associate Cardinal Walter Kasper with his work as a Christian ecumenist. Kasper was a key player in the dialogue leading up to the momentous Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (1999) between the World Lutheran Federation and the Vatican. Between 2001 and 2010, as president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and … [Read more...] about Walter Kasper’s Theology
Diagnosis of a Stalled Covenant
Pro CommunioneTheological Essays on the Anglican CovenantEdited by Benjamin M. Guyer. Pickwick Publications.Pp. xxx + 214. $27Review by Colin PodmoreThe Anglican Covenant already binds together one fifth of the Anglican churches, making explicit the basis of their unity and the nature of the common life to which they are committed. But sadly, it has been unable to escape from … [Read more...] about Diagnosis of a Stalled Covenant
Moving past Goodbye
Moving past GoodbyeBy Nathaniel W. PierceReflections on the 77th General Convention have one characteristic in common: an eagerness to interpret the data through the prism of a deeply held ideology. And, if we were to experience for a moment the presence of not only the holy but also the generous Holy Spirit, we might be willing to admit that there is a touch of truth in every … [Read more...] about Moving past Goodbye
Bowdlerized Catholicism
By Anthony F.M. Clavier Perhaps only my fellow gray heads notice what an enormous change has occurred in the American Episcopal Church during the past half-century. In so many ways a Catholic approach to Anglicanism seems to have triumphed. Perhaps the most significant symbol of this triumph is the Book of Common Prayer (1979), one of the most high-church volumes to be … [Read more...] about Bowdlerized Catholicism
Rite Sails through Deputies
By Matt TownsendThe House of Deputies adopted Resolution A049 July 10 authorizing the provisional use of a blessing liturgy for same-sex couples. The resolution carried by 78 percent among lay deputies and 76 percent among clerical deputies. The House of Bishops had approved the rite July 9.“I am frequently explaining to my friends what the Episcopal Church is, and what we … [Read more...] about Rite Sails through Deputies