What are the limits of Anglican Diversity? by the Rev. Canon Phil Ashey This week it has been reported that the Bishops of the Church of England have been meeting to discuss the proposals of the controversial Pilling Report. The Pilling Report recommends that the Mother Church of the Anglican Communion extend its liturgical blessing to same sex civil partnerships, perhaps even same-sex civil marriages. If the Bishops decide to do so, they will be breaking the traditional Christian teaching that all sexual practice outside (heterosexual) marriage, including same-sex sexual practice, is sinful and contrary to God’s will revealed in Scripture. This is the starting point for the Church of England Evangelical Council’s recent essay to the Bishops and the wider Church, Guarding the Deposit: Apostolic Truth for an Apostolic Church (2016). This CEEC essay restates exactly the same Biblical standards set forth in 1998 in Lambeth Conference of Bishops Resolution 1.10, and even earlier in 1997 by Bishops, clergy and lay delegates from the Anglican Global South meeting at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, who stated: The Scripture bears witness to God's will regarding human sexuality which is to be expressed only within the life long union of a man and a woman in holy matrimony. The Holy Scriptures are clear in teaching that all sexual promiscuity is sin. We are convinced that this includes homosexual practices, between men or women, as well as heterosexual relationships Within the last two weeks, the Rev. Dr, Stephen Noll defended the Biblical and Anglican Communion standards for human sexuality represented in Lambeth Resolution 1.10 (1998) and Kuala Lumpur (1997) against an attack by William Nye of the Church of England Archbishops Council. Nye argued that Lambeth 1.10 (1998) is neither authoritative nor legally binding on the Church of England. Click here for the rest of the article: https://americananglican.org/current-news/limits-anglican-diversity/
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