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Saturday, May 17, 2014
Statement on Homosexuality by the Holy Synod of Cyprus and Confusion on Anglo-Catholic Ecumenism
Read it here. Meanwhile mixed signals seem to be the order of the day on the longstanding "dialogue" between Anglicans and the Roman Catholic Church. Even as Catholics here in the United States seem to be admitting that the divergence between the two churches has reached a point where further talks are unlikely to be productive, the leading Anglican hierarch in Rome made statements on the ongoing ARCIC talks that might charitably be described as excessively sanguine. My own view is that they appear to be aimed at making satire redundant.
"Archbishop Moxon says he hopes the 10-day encounter will design the shape of the next ARCIC report which is half way towards completion. The report, he says, will be about 3 things: what we do have in common and why, what we don’t yet hold in common but can see potential for agreement, and where we do disagree and can’t see potential for agreement. On all three levels, Archbishop Moxon says he expects significant progress at this meeting. Alongside that, he adds the report will be looking at Receptive Ecumenism which is a method of approaching each other in collaboration and mutual learning and support, like for example the recently established Global Freedom Network which is a good example of this methodology."
ReplyDeleteWell, they will reach significant to things, which are matter of common knowledge? I know Anglicans are real masters in grwoning ilussions, but till now, they had to reach conclusions that Rome will never accept branch theory, will never accept their ordinations, and has no intention to discuss woman ordination, homosexual marriage, and other intrusions of sexual revolution in ecclessiology.