Hardline archbishops declare Anglican split
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Hardline archbishops declare Anglican split*
By Tim Butcher in Jordan and Martin Beckford
Last updated: 12:33 AM BST 19/06/2008
Hardline Church leaders have formally declared the end of the worldwide
Anglican Communion, saying they can no longer be associated with
liberals who tolerate homosexual clergy.
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Archbishop Akinola: There is no longer any hope
The traditionalists dealt a serious blow to Dr Rowan Williams, the
Archbishop of Canterbury, by claiming that he can no longer hold the
Church together.
They warned that the Church was gripped by its most serious crisis since
the Reformation.
It could only be saved by the repentance of the Americans who triggered
the row by ordaining a homosexual bishop, the Rt Rev Gene Robinson, five
years ago.
The formal pronouncement of the schism is contained in an 89-page
document titled The Way, the Truth and the Life, which has been drawn up
by conservative Anglicans ahead of the breakaway Gafcon summit next week
and which has been seen by The Telegraph.
It is supported by the heads of key African churches including Nigeria,
Uganda and Rwanda.
Archbishop Peter Akinola, the primate of Nigeria, states in one section:
"There is no longer any hope, therefore, for a unified Communion.''
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