The big "Gay" Debate
Harmony
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/3128715.stm
NOTE from BBC: ~
"The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites"
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(Just in case someone's slipped in a Porn site, like they did for this
new Gay Bishop's
"Outreach" site, Outright.com ;-):-(
(those guys are sneaky! doing things behind the Bishops back!!)
Jeopardising his Bishoprick!!!;-)
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The Church of England's Archbishop of Canterbury, currently Dr Rowan
Williams, is head of the Anglican Communion but in fact he has few
formal powers.
**The, who, in Heaven's name does!!! ?? I want to see the head man!
Oh yes, it's a woman!! ~ The Queen!
Time to contact the "Defender of the Faith" about all of this! It's
time she stood up for what she's supposed to be defending!!!
He is responsible for inviting bishops from around the
world to the
Lambeth Conference. Every ten years the Conference
debates and
produces resolutions. But the resolutions are not
binding on the
churches - they reflect the 'mind of the bishops'.
**Oh Great!! Now this Gay Bishop can really put forward his "gay agenda"
and use his Gay "ouitreach" to invite all his Outright friends and their
outrageous porn sites!!
Every year, the Archbishop also summons the leaders of
each Anglican
Church to the Primates Meeting, where they discuss
recent
developments.
But again, nothing binding comes out of the meetings.
He certainly
cannot force them to do anything. In fact, the
Archbishop's main power
is the moral authority of his office.
**MORAL!? There are no moral in that church, it seems!! They've gone
all "worldly"
"conformed to this world"
Can the tensions within the Anglican Communion be
resolved?
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Only when Jesus comes back and gives them a good talking to!!
Here the Archbishop of Canterbury's moral authority can
be particularly
important. As primus inter pares (first among equals),
he can urge
patience, prayerfulness and, ultimately, compromise.
**Too much compromise!!!
It remains to be seen how far this authority will
influence the more than
40 churches within the Anglican Communion.
But for all the threats, breaking the spiritual link
with the Church of
England, and with Canterbury Cathedral, would be a
major step for any
church.
**It's been done before!
What about the Church of England?
** I thought that's what we were talking about!? The church of England
worldwide. (now renamed)
The Archbishop of Canterbury's position in the Church
of England is
stronger: He is the President of the Archbishop's
Council and Joint
President of the General Synod, the Church's
parliament.
But even these positions do not give him many formal
powers.
The Church is 'hedged about with safeguards' and his
only real powers
are in Canterbury.
**Well, thank god Hitler didn't bomb the cathedral, in the 1940's but
just the rest of the town!!!!
Again, most of his ability to influence others derives
from the moral and
spiritual authority of his office, and that authority
looks likely to be
sorely tested in the coming weeks.
**yes it is, and I for one, want our British Cathedral back, out of teh
hands of sinners!
Thomas Becket didn't die in there for nothing!!!!
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"All this talk of Jesus coming back to see us." ~ Elton John/B.Taupin
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(An unusual journey. "From the end of the world, to your town")
Ron B.
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> **Oh Great!! Now this Gay Bishop can really put forward his "gay agenda"
> and use his Gay "ouitreach" to invite all his Outright friends and their
> outrageous porn sites!!
>
It looks to me that this was something he had no control over. He was not
even involved with outright when the site went on line. Criticism him for
what he has done if you want (including his homosexuality), but don't
condemm him for something he _did_not_do_ .
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You can't catch breath in a bottle; and you can't pin it down with paper and
ink; God's living Word dances behind the words of the writers.
-- Joe (Zayton) in alt.bible