Dr Williams and his Bishops: wheels within wheels?
The ability of the Anglican Church to undergo apparently impossible convolutions has been further highlighted by the publication of, on the one hand, letters written between Rowan Williams during his time as Archbishop of Wales and a former Anglican Evangelical and, on the other, a letter supporting Dr Williams signed by nineteen bishops and published in today’s edition of The Times.
Dr Williams’ letters tell us nothing really new in terms of either his theology or his church polity. …
– John Richardson writes at the Ugley Vicar.
Canterbury answers critics
In response to the recent coverage of the correspondence dated back to 2000, The Archbishop Canterbury has made the following statement:
“In the light of recent reports based on private correspondence from eight years ago, I wish to make it plain that, as I have consistently said, I accept Resolution I.10 of the 1998 Lambeth Conference as stating the position of the worldwide Anglican Communion on issues of sexual ethics and thus as providing the authoritative basis on which I as Archbishop speak on such questions. …”
– from the Archbishop of Canterbury’s website.
However see also the important Latimer Study: The Theology of Rowan Williams An outline, critique and consideration of its consequences – written by Dr Garry Williams of Oak Hill College in 2002.
(Photo: Archbishop of Canterbury’s website.)
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