By Ian ErnestAs we meet to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Toronto Anglican Congress, it is good that we first remind ourselves that the notion of “mutual responsibility and interdependence in the body of Christ” emerged from it. Partners in Mission was probably a resulting child of the Congress. Consequently, a pathway for the knitting of the “bonds of affection” … [Read more...] about Six Steps Post-Toronto
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Keep Canterbury Relevant
By Josiah Idowu Fearon When I served on the Lambeth Commission that produced The Windsor Report, one of my fellow one of the commission members asked a formative question: Who are you writing for? This question jolted us all. We debated, discussed, and discovered finally that within the Anglican Communion we have three distinctive groups: conservatives, liberals, and a large … [Read more...] about Keep Canterbury Relevant
Supranational Ecclesiology
By Ephraim RadnerHistory is not made up of revolutions, sudden wrenchings into new territory. It is made up of often subtle shifts built up over the long term. The present reality is always only the sum of the past. And the future can only emerge from within that past. In a way, there are no such things as “revolutions.” This is obvious only as we cast our eyes over the vast … [Read more...] about Supranational Ecclesiology
Steps toward Global Unity
EyewitnessBy David NeyWhile it would be unfair to dub the third Pan-Anglican Congress held in Toronto in 1963 Anglicanism’s version of Vatican II, it is hard to ignore the parallels. Toronto 1963 was organized by church leaders startled by the rapid cultural, political, economic, and religious changes that seemed to be revolutionizing the postwar era. They were eager to … [Read more...] about Steps toward Global Unity
MRI’s Spiritual Diagnosis
Catholic VoicesGolden Anniversary of the Anglican Congress, TorontoBy David CoxThe Most Rev. Donald Coggan, Archbishop of York, stepped to the podium of Toronto’s Maple Leaf Stadium to address the second — and last — Pan-Anglican Congress on August 17, 1963. He read a document with the unwieldy title “Mutual Responsibility and Interdependence in the Body of Christ” that … [Read more...] about MRI’s Spiritual Diagnosis