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Highlights September2016 HIGHLIGHTS of the Church in Wales’ Governing Body meeting, September 2016 ‘Biblical stories can reveal a new understanding of same-sex relationships’ - Archbishop of Wales Taking the Bible as a whole and taking what it says seriously may lead to a very different view of same-sex relationships than the one traditionally upheld by the Church, said the Archbishop of Wales. In his final address to the Governing Body of the Church in Wales, Dr Barry Morgan, responded to claims that he and his fellow bishops had been “swayed by the liberal culture of our age” and “ignored Holy Scripture” in issuing prayers earlier this year that could be said with same-sex couples following their civil partnership or marriage. He showed how the Bible contained more than one perspective on particular topics and, over time, there were shifts in that. He added that taking Holy Scripture seriously meant paying attention to Jesus’ ministry of inclusivity. Shifts of understanding emerging Christian Church. discern, often through stories, the Dr Morgan, who will retire in January, “Foreigners were hated by the direction in which it is leading. Holy took references to eunuchs as an Jews and sexual deviants even more Scripture, in other words, contains example of shifts of understanding in so because they did not produce not just ethical injunctions but stories, the Bible. He said, “Deuteronomy children. Yet an Ethiopian eunuch is and stories convey truth about says that eunuchs are an accepted by Philip and valued as a peoples’ understanding of God. After abomination to God and are not person in his own right and his race all, Jesus spent most of His life telling welcome at worship because of their and his sexuality do not count against stories to get people to understand sexual ambivalence and because of him. Isaiah puts aside the the nature and character of God.” their reputation for having passive prohibitions of Deuteronomy with its sex with other men. The prophet purity and holiness laws and the New Freedom from oppression Isaiah disagrees and says they will Testament goes a step further and is Dr Morgan compared biblical be accepted and blessed by God, willing in the person of Philip to offer interpretations of same-sex even more than the Jews, God’s baptism to the eunuch.” relationships with those of slavery. chosen people. And all of that comes This shows, the Archbishop said, He said the biblical texts showed to pass in the Book of Acts when that the Bible has radical shifts in overwhelming support for slavery, Philip baptises an Ethiopian eunuch understanding in what it means to regarding the practice as a good who has been up to Jerusalem to discern the will of God: “It absolutely thing, and it was defended by the Mount Zion to worship. The eunuch, will not do to quote texts from parts of Church. Why then, he asked, was it a figure to be cast out according to the Bible in a simplistic way without eventually abolished? Deuteronomy, now becomes reference to their contexts. One has “Why - because if you read the acceptable to both Judaism and the to treat the Bible as a whole and Scriptures in their totality, they are University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter on the 14th and 15th September 2016 … continued from the front page opposed to oppression, domination traditionally upheld by the Church.” New insights and abuse. ‘I have come,’ says the He argued that the few texts about The diverse views in the Bible was a Jesus of Luke’s Gospel, ‘to set free same-sex relationships in the Bible result of a growth in understanding those who are in prison, to loose were not about committed, loving, about issues, said Dr Morgan. New those who are bound, to deliver those faithful monogamous relationships knowledge and insights should make who are oppressed.’ but about pederasty and male a difference. “In spite of all the passages in prostitution. “So for past generations, favour of slavery, when you homosexual practice was examine the Scriptures as a seen as a moral failure whole and the ministry of because people had no Jesus in particular, you understanding of human realise it is about freedom sexuality and how humans are from all that diminishes and formed biologically, dehumanises people. No psychologically and socially. Christian I hope would today For them, it was a disorder. argue that slavery is good, We now know that sexual but for nineteen centuries the orientation is not a matter of Church accepted it and personal choice but of how defended it. God through His people are and that ought to Holy Spirit has led us into the make a huge difference to the truth of seeing things in a totally “Given that each of the passages way we view things.” different way today and we are rightly purported to be about homosexuality The Archbishop concluded his horrified when we read about people can be interpreted in more than one address by quoting from a book who have been kept as slaves by way, we come to the fundamental edited by Andrew Davison, called others. question as to whether taking the Amazing Love: “What all this amounts to is that Bible as a whole, we can come to the “We are most truly ourselves one cannot argue that there is one same conclusions about committed, when we live for others and we gain accepted traditional way of faithful, loving, same-sex life not by clutching to it but by giving interpreting Scripture that is true and relationships as we did about slavery. it away. Living for others underlines orthodox and all else is modern “We are not thereby abandoning the truest meaning of sexuality. revisionism, culturally conditioned. the Bible but trying to interpret it in a Christians have discovered that most Scripture itself is diverse and way that is consistent with the main people flourish best when this living theological views held in some thrust of the ministry of Jesus, who for others finds its focus in a biblical books are reshaped in the went out of His way to minister to commitment to one other person: light of experience by other writers.” those who were excluded, when a couple make a lifelong As opinions on slavery changed, marginalised, and abandoned by His commitment within which sex the Archbishop suggested, so may society because they were regarded properly belongs.” the Church’s view on same-sex as impure and unholy by the religious He said, “Those of us who were or relationships. leaders of His day, either because of are married have found that to be the “So taking the Bible as a whole and their gender, age, morality or case. Why would we want to deny taking what it says very seriously may sexuality. Taking Holy Scripture such a possibility for those who are lead us into a very different view of seriously means paying attention to attracted to their own gender?” same-sex relationships than the one Jesus’ ministry of inclusivity.” The Archbishop’s full address is available online at: http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/structure/bishops/sermons-and-addresses-archbishop-barry- morgan/presidential-address-governing-body-september-2016 Page 2|September 2016|Highlights ACC 16 – playing our part in the wider Communion From Llandaff to Lusaka – would do well to look to our sisters and brothers in other Helen Biggin represented the parts of the world. This is our Anglican Communion. This Church in Wales for the third is our Church. In Africa at ACC-16 that was the message time at the Anglican too as the people there showed us how together we can Consultative Council, which live as intentional disciples in a world of differences.” this year met in Zambia. This Canon Elizabeth Paver time she was also a member (Church of England, Diocese of of its Standing Committee. Sheffield), who was also at the The theme of the meeting, ACC meeting as its vice-chair, said Mrs Biggin, had been 'Intentional discipleship in a praised Mrs Biggin for being a world of differences’ and she described how vital worship ‘huge advocate for the work of had been in addressing that theme – from its venue in the the Communion wherever she Cathedral of the Holy Cross to daily bible study and an goes”. She praised the opening celebration service for 5,000 people which lasted contribution of members of the Church in Wales to the life four-and-a-half hours. of the Anglican Communion, including Mrs Biggin, Bishop Mrs Biggin said that while delegates were aware of a Gregory and Archbishop Barry. communique issued by the Primates in January about Ros Crawford (St Asaph), who is from the Province of ‘consequences’ in respect of same-sex marriage and that Central Africa, urged people to pray for the Communion, some provinces were boycotting the meeting, the issue “The Communion is something we ought to be taking care did not dictate the tone of the event. Rather they affirmed of – we need to make it clear to our congregations where a joint commitment to walk together as Christians as they we belong.” worked on 45 resolutions. Archbishop Barry encouraged members to refer to She said, “We may have our difficulties, our the Church’s weekly prayer cycle in which all provinces challenges here in Wales - but so many of our sisters and were included and noted that most of the dioceses had brothers in Christ are living, working and worshipping in also set up links across the globe. extreme and hostile situations throughout the world.
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