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American bishops issue ambiguous statement By SUE CARELESS The House of Bishops acknowledged and clarified that non-celibate gay and lesbian persons will not receive consent to be consecrated as bishops. However, the word “moratorium” was not used and the time period given was only until the next General Convention in 2009.
Acolyte Drew Eaton serves Chris VanBuskirk (left) and David Phillips as they prepare for a celebration of Holy Communion. Youth serving at the Church’s liturgy is a vibrant part of parish life across Canada. See story...
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If we truly desire to follow Christ as he passes by, we are called to sacrifice the things of the flesh that add conditions to discipleship.
Photo: Sue Careless By SUE CARELESS Profiles of young servers in Canada: Greg Van Buskirk, Jonathan Saulnier, Thomas Shields, David Chen and Sarah Hebb.
'Going it alone' is not the way forward The bar was set as low as possible at General Synod--a simple majority--and it did not pass. Why then would any diocese feel it appropriate to move ahead?
is active in student ministry through Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. Dr. Boere spoke with Jane Harris Zsovan.
Reviewed by STEPHEN SHARMAN In The Sign of the Cross, Andreas Andreopoulos combines scripture, history and theology to explore a very simple gesture which has a very great depth of meaning.
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By SUE CARELESS The House of Bishops acknowledged and clarified that non-celibate gay and lesbian persons will not receive consent to be consecrated as bishops. However, the word “moratorium” was not used and the time period given was only until the next General Convention in 2009.
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New College of Bishops announced for North America By DAVID VIRTUE & SUE CARELESS Conservative Anglican bishops from ten jurisdictions and organizations - including several Canadian ones - took their first steps toward a 'New ecclesiastical structure' in North America.
British consumers can now download the complete Bible on their cellphones—and read it in the dark. Teimlo, which launched the service called Ecumen.
• Child mortality: Record Low • Australia: Women Bishops • New African Leaders • Georgia Church goes Ugandan
By DOROTHY HALLIS A struggling downtown congregation sold its downtown Halifax property to developers who will build a new structure in a large subdivision currently with no Anglican church.
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By SUE CARELESS Good liturgy draws us up into the worship of heaven. So the Lord’s Table can be symbolic of the Last Supper in the Upper Room and of the throne of God and servers and choir can symbolize the angels.
By SUE CARELESS Alleged psychological, physical and sexual abuse by Anglican clergy being investigated.
Statistics Canada: Fragility of the family By LORRAINE WILLIAMS Results from Stats Canada '06 Census show marriages are down, divorces up and there’s a jump in single-family homes. Married adults are now in the minority.
Staff A Toronto murder has renewed the debate on the personhood of the unborn child.
• Mosque: No Thanksgiving • Osorio Resigns • Ottawa approves SSBs
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Some TAP contributors. Click their faces - know their thoughts.
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By GAVIN DUNBARWhat do Christians mean when they say that the Bible is “God’s word written”? This expression is used in Article XX of the Articles of Religion in the BCP. The reason Christians believe that the Bible is our primary “authority” in matters dealing with God and our salvation is because it is “God’s word written.” By this we mean: (1) The Bible is a supernatural revelation from God to humanity, and not simply a human creation which has God as its subject. (2) The Bible finds its meaning and unity in the person of the Word of God incarnate, Jesus Christ. (3) The Bible is a doctrinal means of salvation, which is to say that it reveals teaching which has our salvation as its purpose. And finally, (4) The Bible contains “all things necessary to salvation.” In other words, all that is required to be known and understood for the salvation of our souls is contained within the Bible. This is why Article VI can state so definitively that “whatsoever is not found [in the Bible], nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.”
Bishop: from the Greek word episkopos translated variously bishop (KJV, NRSV, RSV) or overseer (NIV, ESV). Although this office was not appointed by Jesus, it was regularised in the Apostolic era. Paul intended for this office to continue and gave the requirements to Titus and Timothy. While many Reformation churches did away with this order (Presbyterian, Reformed, Mennonite), associating the order with the corruption in the church, the Church of England retained her bishops and commissioned them to “banish and drive away all erroneous and strange doctrine contrary to God’s Word.”
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O ALMIGHTY God, who hast knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord: Grant us grace so to follow thy blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those unspeakable joys, which thou hast prepared for them that unfeignedly love thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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