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2008-07-23 Britain

Bishops invited to give tribal politics a go at the Lambeth Conference

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Posted by tipper 2008-07-23 09:32|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Pandering to the 'breakaway' African bishops.

Why not a 'Jirga' or some form of conflict resolution from the Quran? (Oh wait, that might get too bloody for the nice carpets at Canterbury)

Posted by Mullah Richard 2008-07-23 09:49|| 2008-07-23 09:49|| Front Page Top

#2 The African concept when you do an indaba is you talk, talk, talk until you agree. In these indaba groups, they talk a little and then someone changes the subject if they dont like it. The Americans (Conservatives) are feeling railroaded and manipulated. Even the Africans are saying, 'This is not indaba'. None of the bishops asked by The Times had yet been given a chance to discuss the one thing that they are all desperate to address: how can the Anglican Communion survive the consecration of Gene Robinson, the openly gay Bishop of New Hampshire. The Archbishop of Sudan, Dr Daniel Deng, heightened tensions yesterday by saying that Bishop Robinson ought to step down.

That's what the issue is, not "pandering" to African bishops.

Do they, the Anglican Church, allow open homosexual conduct from their clergy and do they therefore endorse homosexual marriage?

If they do, then the Anglican Church will shatter. Its already doing so with many US congregations switching to follow African bishops, who are orthodox and conservative in belief, over the Rowan Williams and his allied lefty bishops who preach an ignore-the-bible dont-offend-anyone feel-good anything-goes theology.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-07-23 10:23|| 2008-07-23 10:23|| Front Page Top

#3 The Americans (Conservatives) are feeling railroaded and manipulated.

The US TEC bishops are the wild-eyed rads at the conference. It's the traditionalist Anglo-Catholics that are getting the stick, which was was made clear in a series of votes at the Anglican Communion's Synod (held a few weeks ago).

For a conservative British Catholic's viewpoint, Daily Telegraph blogger Damian Thompson's perspective on the Lambreth conference makes for some interesting reading LINK

Posted by mrp 2008-07-23 12:11|| 2008-07-23 12:11|| Front Page Top

#4 It sounds very sad.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-07-23 12:45|| 2008-07-23 12:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Cardinal Ivan Dias: Anglican Church suffering spiritual Alzheimer's

Posted by tipper 2008-07-23 12:47|| 2008-07-23 12:47|| Front Page Top

#6 Why don't the get a big cast iron pot and cook up the Archdruid?

Posted by tu3031 2008-07-23 13:23|| 2008-07-23 13:23|| Front Page Top

#7 You channeling Besoeker?

Posted by Pappy 2008-07-23 17:19|| 2008-07-23 17:19|| Front Page Top

#8 Whahahhahaa... no mate, my Zulu is vir kak.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-07-23 18:00|| 2008-07-23 18:00|| Front Page Top

#9 Its the Americans that are the wild eyed radicals?

What a shame. Because a lot of the Epicopalians and people I know are of the very orthodox stripe.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-07-23 19:06|| 2008-07-23 19:06|| Front Page Top

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