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Forward in Christ Vol Forward in Christ Vol. 7 No. 6 FThe magazine of ForwardC in Faith North America. October, 2015 $30 Annual Subscription $200 Bundle Subscription Anglican Leaders Visit Moscow Also in this issue: May They all be One Anglicanism and Orthodoxy Emmanuel Hope Mission From Russia With Love The Franciscan Order of the Divine Compassion An Anglican Religious Order We are an Anglo-Catholic religious order of Third Order brothers and sisters serving Christ in the world by preserving the Anglo-Catholic Faith. Our Brothers and Sisters live and minister in the world in which they live following the charism of St. Francis’ Third Order of Penitents. We are open to men and women 18 years and older who are members of Anglican / Episcopal Church throughout the world. If you would like further information on the vocational life contact Br. Philip Francis, OSF, Secretary-General, 149 Van Dyke Dr. Canton, IL 61520, email [email protected] Website www.fodc.net The Franciscan Order of the Divine Compassion sponsors Forward in Christ. Contact the FiFNA office at 1-800-225-3661, or email [email protected], to support this magzine’s ministry of proclaimimg the Faith once delivered by Christ to the Apostles. 2 Forward in Christ, www.fifna.org Vol. 7 No. 6 Contents October, 2015 ForwardPublished in by Faith 4 In The News 16 Are we the New Pharisees? Fr. Michael Heidt is Editor of Fr. Lawrence Bausch is President of North America Forward in Christ and a priest in FiFNA and Rector of the Diocese of Fort Worth. Holy Trinity, Ocean Beach, San Diego, California. Upholding the Faith and Order 5 May They all be One of the Undivided Church Fr. Michael Heidt. 16 News From Australia Br. Ned Gerber OSB, CPA, CGMA, 6 Anglicanism and is Prior of the Anglican Benedictines Orthodoxy in the age of the of Christ the King. He has served Business Office for years in Government Health P.O. Box 210248 “New Ecumenism” Bedford, TX 76095-7248 The Very Rev Dr Chad Hatfield, is care, and at Hospitals such as those Email: Chancellor/CEO of St. Vladimir’s run by the Sisters of Mercy and [email protected] Orthodox Theological Seminary in Sisters of Charity. Ned is the V.P./ Yonkers, New York. Treasurer of Forward in Faith International (Australasia). www.forwardinchrist.orgWeb www.fifna.org 8 An Interview With Bishop 17 Emmanuel Hope Ray Sutton Facebook: www.facebook.com/FIFNA Mission Twitter: @FiF_NA Forward in Christ interviews Fr. Thomas Anderson, MSJ, is ACNA’s Dean of Ecumenical Pastor at Hope Anglican Church, in 1-800-225-3661 toll free Affairs. Oscoda, Michigan. 12 From Russia With Love 20 A Penitent Among Many Bishop Keith Ackerman is the Fr. Gene Geromel is Rector of St. Editor former Bishop of Quincy and Bartholomew’s Anglican Church, in The Rev’d Michael Heidt FiFNA’s Ambassador for Anglican Swartz Creek, Michigan. 204 N. Rosemont Ave. and Ecumenical Affairs. Dallas, TX 75208 21 Sanctity of Life Email: 15 Thinking Out Loud Br. Ned Gerber, OSB. [email protected] William Murchison is an author and journalist. He lives in Dallas, Texas. Forward InSubscriptions Christ is sent free of charge to all contributing members of Forward In Faith North America. Non-member subscriptions: Correction! $30 per annum. Parish bundles of ten magazines per issue $200 per annum. The article “Reflections ofForward a Liberal, in byChrist a liberal orthodox Christian,” Subscription enquiries should by Don Ishler of the FiFNA Council, was published anonymously in be sent to The FIFNA office above. error in the last issue of . The title of the article was originally “Reflections of a Liberal Advertising Orthodox Christian,” and was changed without the author’s Advertising inquiries: knowledge or permission. Contact Julia Smead Email: The picture accompanying the article was the Editor’s choice, and [email protected] did not in any way reflect the author’s views on same-sex unions. 1-800-225-3661 Forward in Christ, October, 2015 3 In the News Anglican Leaders Visit Moscow: Archbishop Foley to vehicular manslaughter, drunk driving, texting while Beach, at the invitation of Patriarch Kirill of Russia, led a driving, and leaving the scene of an accident. delegation this August from the Anglican Church in North The accident took place 2 days after Christmas, when America to Moscow for ecumenical meetings with the Cook, who was driving while intoxicated, hit a bicyclist, Russian Orthodox Church. Thomas Palermo, killing him. Cook fled the scene of the The delegation met with Metropolitan Hilarion, Chairman crime and returned 30 minutes later, after being followed of the Department for External Church Relations and was by a suspicious cyclist. received by Patriarch Kirill at his residence. Cook, who has a history of drunk driving and narcotics Patriarch Kirill praised the Anglican Church in North use, was subsequently forced to resign from her position America: as a bishop and a clergyperson in the Episcopal Church. If “Your church went through a very difficult period of its foundBishop guilty, Ball she facesPleads up toGuilty: 10 years in prison. history, and the faithful took courage and had the ability to respond to a great temptation. There are two models of The former Church of the behavior of the Church and of Christians. One involves England Bishop of Gloucester, Peter Ball, has pleaded guilty obedience to the secular power and the powerful forces to sexually abusing 18 young men between 1977 and 1992. that have an impact on social development. The other model Ball admitted in court that he used his position as bishop involves the ability to speak the truth and to remain faithful to “manipulate and prevail upon others for his own sexual to the Christian message.” gratification.” The Anglican delegation was headed by Archbishop Detective Chief Inspector Carwyn Hughes, of the Sussex Foley Beach, Bishop Ray Sutton, Dean of Ecumenical Affairs, Police, described Ball’s activity: “It became clear that under Bishop Kevin Allen, Chair of North American Anglican/ the guise of his status as a Bishop, Ball had systematically Orthodox dialogue, Bishop Keith Ackerman, Dr. Moheb abused the trust of the victims, many of whom who were Ghali, and The Rev. Canon Andrew Gross. aspiring priests, whilst others were simply seeking to They were also joined by Fr. Chad Hatfield, Chancellor of explore their spirituality. He abused that trust and used St. Vladimir’s Seminary in New York and a member of the religion, through his ‘Give a Year for Christ’ scheme, as a North American Anglican-Orthodox dialogue. cloak behind which to carry out his grooming activity, the See this issue for further news and commentary on this principal aim of which was to satisfy his sexual interest in importantGet Gay ecumenical or go to Jail:visit. and desire for young men.” Ball resigned from the Diocese of Gloucester in 1993, A Kentucky County Clerk, Kim afterThe being Archbishop accused of “grossof Canterbury indecency” Calls with aa teenager. Primate ’s Davis, was found in contempt of Court for refusing to issue Meeting: gay marriage licenses to homosexual couples. Davis was sentenced to jail but released after 5 days, The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has with the proviso that her office would issue gay marriage invited the Primates of the Anglican Communion to meet in licenses. Davis’ lawyers have filed an appeal. In a similar January, 2016. case, an Oregon Judge, Vance Day, is under an ethics In a Press Release from Lambeth Palace, Welby urged investigation for refusing to perform gay marriages. Day is unity and in the face of cultural differences: accused of violating 13 counts of the judicial code, and has “The difference between our societies and cultures, as filed a response citing freedom of religion, association, and well as the speed of cultural change in much of the global speechThe accordingChurch of to England the US and Gets Oregon Another Constitutions. Woman Bishop: north, tempts us to divide as Christians: when the command of scripture, the prayer of Jesus, the tradition of the church and our theological understanding urges unity.” Christine Hardman, former Archdeacon of Lewisham and The Primates of the GAFCON movement, which represents Greenwich, in the Diocese of Southwark, has been appointed the majority of Anglicans worldwide, stated in reply: as the next Bishop of Newcastle. It is on this basis that the GAFCON Primates will According to Church of England statistics, only 5 dioceses prayerfully consider their response to the Archbishop of in the CofE grew between 2008 and 2012, with the other Canterbury’s letter. They recognize that the crisis in the 38 showing a decline. Average church attendance shrunk by Communion is not primarily a problem of relationships 37,000 persons in the same period. and cultural context, but of false teaching which continuesde facto The Episcopal Church energetically endorses women without repentance or discipline.” bishops and has lost over a third of its worshipping The Anglican Communion has existed in a state of attendance,Bishop Heather some 200,000 Cook Pleadsworshippers, Guilty: since 2003. schism since the consecration of the world’s first openly gay bishop, Gene Robinson, by the Episcopal Church in 2003. Former Suffragan Whether a meeting of the Primates will further cement Bishop of Maryland, Heather Cook, has pleaded guilty division or heal it, remains to be seen. 4 Forward in Christ, www.fifna.org May They all be One By Fr. Micchael Heidt With apologies to the blind, it should be apparent to all Christians that the Faith, and the Church, is under attack. On the one hand, Muslims are wag- ing genocidal Jihad against Christian communities, especially in the Middle East, and on the other, aggressive secu- larism is working to erode Christian culture in the West.
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