What a pure waste of time and energy. Leave the man and his mate alone and let him be a light for inclusiveness. What an insufferable bunch we then become. Love one another.
Blessings to Nicholas and to the Archbishop for taking a risk. If I read it correctly this Bishop is saying publically he will support the present teaching of the church in respect of marriage. So it is hard to understand whether this is something the LGBTI movement is celebrating or is dismayed by. It does bring up the hypocrisy of the CoE in requiring LGBT couples to be celibate and not requiring that of straight couples.
Which, of course, depends on your view, but it is the majority view in CoE at this point, obviously in TEC. Whether celibacy is the wish and call of this bishop is really his business. But the matter brings up a range of issues. So will the Archbishop of Canterbury now invite all bishops in the Communion to the next Lambeth Conference? Not a vow of celibacy but the understanding is that a priest be chaste in singleness. And yes, the Bible says a good deal about fornication. The art and articles that appear here remain the property of their creators.
Search our Site. Bishop of Grantham comes out as gay and in a relationship Updated. September 2, Episcopal Cafe. From The Guardian : Chamberlain was consecrated last November, and all those involved in his appointment — including Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury — were aware of his personal situation. We do not doubt that he has many gifts as a leader and pastor.
However there are aspects of this appointment which are a serious cause for concern for biblically orthodox Anglicans around the world, and therefore we believe that this appointment is a major error.
We remain opposed to the guidelines for clergy and Bishops, permitting them to be in same sex relationships as long as they publicly declare that the relationship is not sexual. This news story will be seen by many orthodox Anglicans as yet more evidence that the clear biblical teaching in the Church of England on sin and salvation, human personhood, singleness, sex and marriage is being eroded and conformed to the values of secular society.
While we pray for Bishop Chamberlain, our confidence in the processes by which he was appointed in are sadly, further diminished. GAFCON UK exists to provide fellowship and if necessary, an alternative oversight for Anglicans committed to biblical orthodoxy in England, Scotland and Wales, from a range of ecclesial traditions, evangelical and catholic, with special focus on those who are losing confidence in local and national church structures to maintain faithfulness to doctrinal and ethical norms.
Update: The last two paragraphs of this statement were inadvertently left out of an earlier version of this release, and were added at pm BST. An increasing number of priests have married or plan to marry same-sex partners in defiance of the ban on gay clergy marrying.
This week, a group of C of E conservative evangelical parishes held a meeting to discuss their response to what they claimed to be the watering-down of the authority of the Bible on the issue of sexuality, in what was billed as potentially the first step towards a breakaway from the Anglican church. Chamberlain said he had been with his partner for many years.
But the church needed to focus on issues such as deprivation, inequality and refugees, he said. Physical expression is not for everyone. Rumours about gay bishops have circulated for decades, but no serving bishop has ever before gone public about their sexuality. In the Times reported that the Right Rev Peter Wheatley, then the bishop of Edmonton, was gay and living with his partner. Also in , Jeffrey John, now the dean of St Albans, was nominated as bishop of Reading while being in a same-sex relationship with another C of E priest.
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