{"id":6423,"date":"2010-06-07T14:17:47","date_gmt":"2010-06-07T14:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2010\/06\/riff-widens-among-anglicans.html"},"modified":"2010-06-07T14:17:47","modified_gmt":"2010-06-07T14:17:47","slug":"riff-widens-among-anglicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2010\/06\/riff-widens-among-anglicans.html","title":{"rendered":"Rift Widens among Anglicans"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RowanWilliams.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>From CNN.com’s report<\/a><\/b> about Rowan Williams, the American Episcopal Church’s decision to ordain a bishop who is lesbian, and the problems this creates among the worldwide Anglican communion. Should you be interested in an excellent biography of Rowan Williams, I recommend Rupert Shortt: Rowan’s Rule: The Biography of the Archbishop of Canterbury<\/a>\"\"
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Rifts within the Anglican Communion could widen after the archbishop of Canterbury, who has condemned the consecration of openly gay bishops, urged a diminished role Friday for the Episcopal Church.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Earlier this month, a Los Angeles, California, diocese ordained the Rev. Mary Glasspool, the first openly gay bishop ordained in the church since 2004, when Gene Robinson took his post in New Hampshire. The U.S. church has taken flak from conservative factions for openly gay ordinations.<\/p>\n

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, the nominal head of Anglican Communion, shared his concern when Glasspool was consecrated, saying then that the move would further divide the 77 million-member worldwide denomination that includes the Episcopal Church in the United States….<\/p>\n

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Williams does not have the power to issue edicts like the pope, but he issued a five-page statement suggesting that provinces (such as the Episcopal Church) or national and regional churches that have broken agreed-upon “promises” should step down from participating in interfaith dialogues.<\/p>\n

He said they should also relinquish decision-making powers in a committee
that deals with questions of doctrine and authority.<\/p>\n

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