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Canadian Church Told That Theology Backs Gay Marriage o aith to THE work: a majornew seriesonfaith CHURCH in the OF workplace, ENGLAND p16 Newspaper 02.10.15 £1.50 No: 6299 AVAILABLEONNEWSSTAND Canadian Church told that theology backs gay marriage THE CHURCH of Canada is being given ale for the inclusion of same-sex couples As aresult of the call from the 2013 erence to ‘covenanting’ and same-sex the green light to allow same-sex mar- into the marriage canon. GeneralSynod, the document identifies covenants as adifferentiated formof riage blessings, which could prompt a The reportwas the result of aGeneral threeways of theologically validating ChristianMarriage Covenant. new crisis in the worldwide Anglican Synod call for a‘broad consultation’ to same-sex marriage: same-sex marriage The document says that gender-neu- Communion. find atheologically coherent understand- as an undifferentiated formofChristian trallanguage could be seen as ageneral- Anew 65-page report, ‘This Holy ing of same-sex unions acceptable within Marriage, which would include gender isation of marriage ‘to agreater level of Estate’, the result of the Commission teachings on Christian marriageaswell inclusiveterms to the Canon; Same-sex abstraction.’ “Let’s celebrate the specifity established by Canada’s Council of Gen- as wording for aconscienceclause to be union as ‘Blessed Partnership’, ie bless- of heterosexual relationships,” the eral Synod, presents atheological ration- appended to the Church’sCanon XXI. ing same-sex civil marriage without aref- reportsays. The reportsuggests that same-sex marriage is best viewed as neither ‘iden- Corbynspends Sundayin tical to’ nor ‘completely different from’ heterosexual union, leaving an ‘analo- church and opposes relaxation gous’ relationship between the former and latter. of Sunday tradinglaws “Well-formulated analogies illumine both elements being compared. Poorly THE NEW Labour leader,Jeremy Corbyn, began his party’s formulated analogies areweak, or conference by attendingachurch service, and indicating his vague,” the reportcontinues. opposition to plans to change the Sunday trading laws. It points towards ‘Typological’ thinking He joined other MPs, members of Christians on the Left and as acritical way of founding ameans of others at the Sunday morning service in Brighton. allowing same-sex marriage to come into He said: “My ideal Sunday is aday of reflection and rest - its own by way of context. everybody deserves that!” As atheological analogy,the report He spoke about the importance of understanding faith and compares the inclusion of same-sex mar- engaging with faith groups. Members of the congregation riage within the Church to that of the applauded when he spoke in supportofrefugees and the deci- Gentiles into Israel. The reportsays: “In sion by BBC’s Songs of Praise to broadcast from Calais. both cases thereisrecognition that After the service, several members, including MPs, support- God’s grace is broader than we had ed campaigning by groups suchasTear Fund, Christian Aid, assumed, and that those who had been and CAFOD, against climate change, whichwas the theme of excluded arenow beinginvited in.” the service. They joined avigil on the beach after the service to The “adoption” or “graftingin” is seen reflect on the impact of climate change on the world’s poor. on some level as contrarytonature(para Christians on the Left also organized aprayer breakfast to reflect on the persecuted church, especially in the Middle East and hosted aseminar on the issue of immigration. Continued on page 12 Take the Advent SleepoutChallenge I N G andhelp marginalisedpeople all over ET H England transformtheir lives and communities. D O S O M NG Get together with friends, have fun AZI andmakeareal di>erencethisAdvent. AM ENT S ADV www.sleepoutchallenge.org.uk THI #SleepoutChallenge [email protected] facebook.com/churchnewspaper @churchnewspaper 2 www.churchnewspaper.com Friday October 2, 2015 THECHURCH IN ENGLAND DioceseofBath&Wells Diocese of Manchester Bath Abbey is holding aGreat Bath BakeOff Sale this Manchester Cathedral haslaunched a‘decorate THE weekend, partofthe Great Bath Feast. an organpipe’ competition for local schoolstO Local bakers will be raising money for the Footprint markthe installation of the restored 19th Century Project,aswell as FareShareand BathFoodcycle, two local organ. food charities. The LordLieutenant of Greater Manchester, DIARY Bath Abbey’s branchofMothers’ Union, University of Warren JSmithsaid: “This major project is a Bath’s BakingAppreciation Societyand Bath Spa University’s great way for young people to witness the Send your events to bakers and local businesses will be contributing. installation of ahuge instrument at first hand and [email protected] BathAbbey needs to raise asignificant amount of matched to understand the process, learnofthe role of the or Tw eet@churchnewspaper funding in order to unlock£10 million allocated by the organwithin the musical life of the Cathedral and Heritage Lottery Funding towards theFootprintProject –a its history, and the life of the Cathedral within the £19.3 million building programme. diocese and the communities it serves.” 3October Diocese of Durham Diocese of Southwell &Nottingham DioceseofEly Thank ng fOr sa HOly T t AVirgin Trains locomotive Author HilaryMantel,pictured, will launch ‘The ‘People Fully Alive: Ely 2025’ COwe has been re-named ‘Durham Cranmer Connection’ in village of Aslockton on was launched at aspecial COnce t by the Qu te Of W nche te Cathedral’ to tie in with the Friday 13 November. service of celebration and CO ege James On ROad retirement of the Deanof The project will commemorateAslockton’s commissioning in Ely Durham, the Very Rev ancestor Thomas Cranmer.The Rev Bryony Wood, Cathedral last weekend. York Michael Sadgrove. Vicar of The Cranmer Group, said: “Her novels have The new strategy will help YO k w th A l S s O The carriage will have brought the Tudor storytolife, so who better to ask the diocese begin to map out FactO na t Beve ey T Otman images of the cathedral and than Hilary to help us launch acelebration of the the futureofthe church over and t umpete es FOwle Ba can St Cuthbert’s Cross and a life and work of our greatest inhabitant!” the next 10 years. YO carriage will bear the name In hissermon theBishop of the Very Reverend of Ely,the Rt Rev Stephen Michael Sadgrove. Conway,said: “What we are 4October The retiring Dean said: “It about is neither box-ticking is truly an honourtohave a nor hubris about numbers. It ce Fea locomotive named after is about providing an Of St F anc ban VentnO TO Durham Cathedral and Iam enabling framework and nc ude ded cat On Of new ue Of St humbled to see my name on measurable outcomes to the cabin too. Throughout make us even better my time hereasDean of prepared for God’s Durham, Ihave travelled transformation of the 7October along this stretch of railway Church and the world. line and, along with so many Shaping astrategy is not Luncht me O gan ec tal at BradfO others, marvelled at the about putting up fences and Ca hed al JOna han L ey ( ham breathtaking view the patrolling them, but about Abb stretch into Durham affords sinking wells around which of the Cathedral.” life gathers and flourishes.” 8October 12 40pmLuncht me L fe StOr Pau JOnes and s C ch St Pau Baked A ka by R ng L ghts Theat Archbishopdeliversonpromise to COm t C ch make a“headship evangelical” bishop 9October THE NEW Bishops of nuances werenoticed. A ta k by D Maidstone, (Rod Thomas), While the vast majority of Pete bO Ough Cathed £11 cOnces Kensington (Graham Tom- bishops laid hands on all lin) and Edmonton (Robert threeordinands, one or Wickham) wereconsecrat- two heldback mindful of ed in apacked Canterbury cOntinuing sensitivities Cathedral last Wednesday while clearly praying for 10 October (23 September). the candidates, and one Supporters of all three clearly movedforwardfor Cave CarbO c and Ch OrOfO At gathered to congratulate the twowho would ordain PeterbO Ough Museum Pr ga PE1 them in bright sunshine women. 1LF TOu s ha f hOu 10 00am 00pm outside the west door, But such is the price for O on S including acoach party mutualflourishing while thathad come up from preserving personal con- 12 nOOn (and 2pm) A Exc ve TOu Of Lau el Bishop Thomas’ schurch viction. COu Meet a he Pe bO Ough Ca he in Plymouth. BishopRachel of We come De On Dr Paul Weston from Gloucester and Bishop Ridley Hall preached on Rod shook hands firmly the readings for St callthe righteous, but the Evangelical Council, the when he took his seat next Matthew’s Day.Hespoke serious,” he said. Evangelical Group on Gen- to her. 12 October humorously of his experi- The new bishops were eral Synod as well as senior Rod Thomas spoke to ence at aSpeed Awareness greeted with long and loud stafffromRidley Hall, Oak theRenew Conference on Fa eham Ph ha mOn c ChO pe fO Course (on which he had applauseinthe packed Hill, Wycliffe Hall (where Monday before leaving for Brahm Requ em Pete & St Paul been trying to enrol for cathedral. Graham Tomlin was avice- his ordination retreatand s £ years). He noted that for Senior leaders of principal and RodThomas clearly left therewith the The ChO Of Men and BOy Of Sa bu many on such acourse sin Reform, Church Society, trained), andStMelitus full and positive supportof Cathed al n cOnce St Alban chu ch was to be ‘caughtout’. Crosslinks, Anglican Mis- (whereGraham was Dean) the conference and the Cha ROad BOurnemOu £6 00 The apostle’swords that sion in England, Fellow- wereinevidence. ReformCouncil to Pay at he dOOr O fO cket ca Penny “God has shone in our ship of Confessing Archbishop Welby was embrace hisepiscopalcall- MO On 01202 548330 Ref hment hearts” shows that the real Anglicans, New Wine, Fel- clear that hehad delivered ing.Some have suggested f th question is whether our life lowship of Word and Spirit, on his promise to providea thatmore“Bishops of d of Ou matches that of Jesus the Church Pastoral Aid ‘headship’ bishop.
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