Justin Welby claims ‘Gay sex is not sinful’

Posted on October 26, 2024 
Filed under Church of England, Culture wars

Justin Welby Credit: Jacqui J. Sze

“The Archbishop of Canterbury has shocked evangelicals in the Church of England by publicly abandoning the Church’s historic teaching on sexual ethics.

While the CofE officially maintains that sexual activity should only take place within marriage, and that marriage is the union of one man and one woman, Justin Welby has now said sexual activity is permissible within ‘committed relationships’, and that the ‘majority’ of bishops are in agreement.

The remark has deepened fractures in an already divided CofE, with some suggesting he is no longer fit to lead it if he is not prepared to uphold its doctrine. …

Lambeth Palace said the Archbishop’s views are his own, and are not the official stance of the Church of England.”

– from The Christian Institute in the UK.

See also:

Welby’s comments on gay sex will only deepen divisions in the Church of England and Anglican Communion – Julian Mann at Christian Today.

Lambeth Palace statement – 22 October 2024.

Photo: Justin Welby, via The Archbishop of Canterbury’s website.  Credit: Jacqui J. Sze