Archbishop Peter Jensen in the Sydney Morning Herald
Posted on February 5, 2008
Filed under Australia, News
“On Saturday I had the pleasure of ordaining 49 men and women who were officially starting their ministries in Anglican churches in Sydney and beyond. Amid their joy and enthusiasm, I charged them to be faithful servants of the biblical message. I did so aware that I had to announce later in the day our painful decision that we will not go to the Lambeth Conference.
I have characterised this debate not just as one of sexual ethics but of faithfulness to the very message those ordinands had promised to uphold.
There has been a long road leading to this. …”
Raed the full article in The Sydney Morning Herald.
See also “Primate laments snub by bishops” in The Australian. “Dr Aspinall, the Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia, said yesterday he failed to understand the motivation of the dissenting bishops…”
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