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“ Be ye sure that the LORD he is God” – The Anglican Crisis in Interpretation and the Two Testament Voice of Christian Scripture Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20060210160057/http://www.anglicancommunioninstitute.org:80/articles/SA-Seitz.htm Abstract 1. The same-sex crisis in ECUSA is a symptom of a deeper disagreement over the interpretation of Scripture. 2. Particularly challenging—though not often stated clearly—is the formal character of scripture, that is, as consisting of two testaments. 3. In the early Church something called the ‘rule of faith’ functioned to assure certain...
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A New Season for Anglicanism? Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20060814022941/http://anglicancommunioninstitute.org:80/articles/2006/NewSeason.html I wonder if what we are seeing--quite apart from all the issues ACI and others know are at the forefront, sexuality, etc--is the collision of deeply US instincts, borne of revolutionary governmental deism and its Federalisms (Washington and Jay in conflict with Madison and Jefferson) being played out, coming to final fruition in the food fight of General Convention 2006. I am almost dizzy from the last ten days. The last moments of General...
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Mark Dyer, The Virginia Report, and the Promise of The Windsor Report by Professor Christopher Seitz and The Rev. Dr. Ephraim Radner (Nov 18, 2004) Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20051018095636/http://www.anglicancommunioninstitute.org:80/articles/Dryer_Response_Final.htm Bp. Mark Dyer was the only ECUSA representative on the Lambeth Commission, the body that issued the "Windsor Report". Bp. Dyer has recently made statements that are deeply puzzling and even disturbing. These statements stand in contrast both to the Report's straightforward text and to the interpretations publicly...
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Summary of To Mend the Net A Proposal for the Exercise of Enhanced Responsibility by the Primates’ Meeting: Archbishop Drexel W. Gomez and Presiding Bishop Maurice W. Sinclair Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20031010040858/http://www.anglicancommunioninstitute.org:80/summtomend.htm (a) Preface 1.1 In the Gospel account, the sons of Zebedee were mending fishing nets when Jesus called them to follow him. A net formed part of the imagery Jesus used in his teaching on the Kingdom. Networking is a popular and creative part of the life of the Church today. But nets can be torn. This Proposal...
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In Theological Praise of Common Sense: A Reflection on the St. Michael Report Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20051227215508/http://www.anglicancommunioninstitute.org:80/articles/StMichaelsReport.htm The Rev. Canon Dr. George Sumner The St. Michael Report was produced by a theological commission of the Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada. Archbishop Hutchison asked the commission to answer a single, specific question which grew directly out of the debate at the 2004 General Synod over the blessing of same sex unions: is this a doctrinal question? The implication was that an...
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In a Glass Darkly Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20060212022032/http://www.anglicancommunioninstitute.org:80/articles/2006/SA-Sumner02.htm The metaphor comes, I believe, from the provenance of the theater. The wax nose is useful to the actor, for it proves highly pliable so as to produce any number of visages, though under intense lighting it may start to melt a tad. In the field of ideas it is of course less flattering, for it describes terms that seem to mean something distinct, though in fact they refer, as if through the looking glass, to whatever the author wants them to. A...
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Cloud of Witnesses by George Sumner Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20060212021801/http://www.anglicancommunioninstitute.org:80/articles/2006/SA-Sumner01.htm The questions before us in this and the following lecture have to do with the relationship of Anglicanism and mission: what if anything, has been distinctive of how mission has transpired in our tradition, and what does this tell us, normatively, about how we ought to think about, and more importantly, go about, Anglican missionary practice? The very first thing to note is that we are investing our energy in something of a growth...
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Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20030812022501/http://www.anglicaninstitute.org:80/trueunion/trueunion.htm About this capture Seeking the mind of Christ for the Body of Christ TRUE UNION in the BODY? A contribution to the discussion within the Anglican Communion concerning the public blessing of same-sex unions The Mos A Paper commissioned by the Most Revd Drexel Wellington Gomez Archbishop of the West Indies TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Learning the Mind of Christ: Opening Questions 2 Mission, Identity and Gospel (1.2-4) 2 Overriding Concerns: Love and People, Identity and Truth (1.5-10) 3...
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A Resolution to Adhere to the Recommendations of the Windsor Report by The Rev. Douglas Taylor-Weiss (Nov 9, 2004) Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20050524090521/http://anglicancommunioninstitute.org:80/articles/Adhere_to_the_Recommendations_of_the_Windsor_Report.htm Resolved, that the 136th Convention of the Diocese of Central New York call upon all parties addressed by the recommendations of the Windsor Report to adhere in all humility and without condition to those recommendations as the only basis available for the further perfecting of our life together in conformity with the...
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Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20041119032137/http://anglicancommunioninstitute.org:80/articles/appendix4.htm The Case Against the Episcopal Church USA: ASSESSING THE PROPOSAL FOR A SECOND OR PARALLEL PROVINCE by the Very Rev'd Dr. Philip Turner Vice President, The Anglican Communion Institute A Formula for the End of The Anglican Communion as Such I One proposal for addressing the divisions and crisis caused by ECUSA’s General Convention actions (and actions within the Canadian Anglican Church) regarding sexuality is the creation of a ‘second province’ for those dioceses and parishes...
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