So it came as no surprise to me to find that the attempts to turn it into an even more homosexual orientated church, are still gaining strength in the UK, this despite the fact that this is actually destroying the C of E as a credible Christian organisation.
The latest 'scandal' was the news that at St Bartholomew the Great Church in the City of London a homosexual 'wedding' was conducted by a Vicar using formal rites and language.
Now given the fact that the C of E has already gone down the road of blessings for homosexual 'marriages', and the fact that the homosexual clergy's word, to stick to the agreements not to do this sort of thing was worthless, it shouldn't be a surprise when they start poncing about in churches 'practising formal marriage rites'. We are also expected to believe that gay clergy are "Celibate" as well.
What did the church expect? So called 'Liberals in the Church' say the Bible should be reinterpreted in line with 'contemporary experience', meaning that 2,000 yrs of church teaching (including that on Sodomy) should be cherry picked to reflect their opinions (not those of the majority of church goers, just the 3% of society who are homosexual).
It was bound to happen sooner or later, because when you play around with the church beliefs going back a couple of thousand years in the name of a sexual perversion then you are eating yourself from the inside. Ironically it was two "Gay" clerics (The Reverend Peter Cowell and the Reverend Dr David Lord were already 'civil partners') who had the 'wedding' performed by another 'gay friendly' vicar, The Reverend Martin Dudley.
There has been the usual sophistry explaining that it wasn't a 'wedding' but a 'blessing' celebrated in the 'context of holy communion, of a solemn celebration of the Eucharist...' but you can't take away the fact that it was
- Performed in a grand church, in front of the alter to God
- Carried out by an ordained clergyman who is bound not just by the letter but the spirit of the churches rulings on marriage.
- Involved two homosexual clergymen, who are also bound not just by the letter but the spirit of the churches rulings on marriage
- All the clergymen involved felt that they could break both the letter and spirit with no repercussions.
Predictably the African wing were less than happy with this latest development, with the Archbishop of Uganda, the Most Reverend Henry Orombi, telling the UK Press that "The leadership tried to deny that this would happen, but now the truth is out. Our respect for the Church of England will erode unless we see a return to traditional teaching."
The split of the UK and North American Anglicans from the rest of the Anglican Communion moved another step closer.
I have had little cause to revisit the subject of the Anglican Church and its inherent contradictions between the bible teachings and western LGBT 'reformers' who have infiltrated the UK/North American wings of the Anglican Communion.
ReplyDeleteHowever, the corpse twitched this week, with a much delayed Lambeth Conference taking place (albeit minus the Archbishops of Nigeria, Rwanda and Uganda - who refused to attend), where once again they tried to resolve the question of homosexuality. Archbishop Welby gave a keynote speech in which fudged the issue by on the one hand reaffirming a resolution passed by the Lambeth Conference in 1998, which said same sex marriage was wrong and "homosexual practices" are incompatible with scripture, while on the other saying that those Anglican churches which moved away from that historical teaching, would not be sanctioned or condemned.
They are so screwed up that its ridiculous .... you either believe in the great sky father and accept his teachings or you don't .... Leviticus 18 and 20 seem fairly clear on the matter. But hey, I am not trying to change the bible, so I do not try to wiggle out of the bibles accepted teachings.
For a coherent breakdown of the arguments about what the bible says or doesn't say go here
It just makes me laugh that this moribund organisation only makes the news at this decadal conference .... otherwise no one cares. Noticeably the Russian Orthodox church suffers none of the Anglican churches wobbles on this subject .... and has grown.