Queen’s former chaplain leads vicar rebellion over gay marriage [Telegraph]

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    Queen’s former chaplain leads vicar rebellion over gay marriage

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    The Rev Gavin Ashenden Credit: The Rev Gavin Ashenden

    By Camilla Turner, Education Editor
    25 July 2017 • 12:01am

    The Queen’s former chaplain is leading a vicar rebellion over gay marriage, as he threatens to break away from the Church of England.

    The Rev Dr Gavin Ashenden, who until earlier this year was one of the special chaplains to the Queen, has warned of the prospect of a “declaration of independence” from vicars who feel that those with traditional views are being “marginalised” by the Church establishment.

    In a letter published in today’s Daily Telegraph, a group of 23 conservative Anglicans raise the prospect of a split in the Church.

    They claim that the most recent meeting of the General Synod - the Church of England’s lawmaking body which earlier this month appeared to signal support for gay marriage - has caused "great concern" to Anglicans, and has deepened tensions between the traditionalist and progressive camps.

    “There are times, particularly in the face of social disintegration, when it is the duty of the Church to be counter-cultural," the letter said.

    It added that the “booing of traditionalists” and the “personal abuse” they suffered at the General Synod has “deepened mistrust” between the two camps.

    The letter concludes by raising the prospect of a split in the Church of England, similar to that which took place in the North American Anglican church.


    Dr Ashenden told The Daily Telegraph that the letter is a warning that unless there is a change of direction, the archbishop risks a “revolt in the form of an independence movement”.

    “This is a warning that the Archbishop is under notice that unless he leads the Church in a way that remains consistent with the values and authority of the bible as opposed to progressive secularism, he will risk some kind of revolt in the form of an independence movement,” he said.


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    I think a split is somewhat inevitable
     
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    Yeah the catholics are going to split too... it seems that all the Nicene Christians will be suffering from a split between the conservatives and the liberals in the coming years.
     
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    I think a split is somewhat inevitable
    can you elaborate please?