Williams says Church is strong
Earlier this week, Archbishop Rowan Williams addressed the Diocese of Hereford and got a standing ovation when he said the issues presently facing the church were serious ones, but would not split the Church of England.
According to the Hereford Times:
Speaking at the Diocese’s conference in Swanwick, Derbyshire, [Archbishop Rowan Williams] claimed differences over sexuality could be resolved and denied a rift in the church.He said next month’s Lambeth Conference – a global meeting of Anglican bishops held every 10 years – could prove a turning point.
“My hope is that the conference will be a real trust building event,” said the Archbishop.
“The challenge is whether we manage those issues in such a way that they don’t just split us apart and isolate us from one another.
“I think that we face some very serious choices within the church but I don’t think the Church of England is on the edge of schism.”
Read it here:
If the remarks are accurately reflected in the article, I find it troubling that there appears to be a conflating of the C of E and the Anglican Communion. It seems that many of our problems stem in part from the difference between those that see the Communion as a fellowship of National Churches and those that see the Communion as a single Church. This statement along with the statement from the Archbishop about the Diocese being the primary organizational structure rather than the various National Churches worries me.
Pam Alger
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June 21, 2008 12:14 PM