Article (Charles Raven): Key issues arising from the UK Civil Partnership Act

While it is possible to argue that in terms of words on paper the Church of England has maintained biblical teaching on marriage, the reality is the reverse. Key Issues Arising from the Civil Partnerships Act 37 Such a fiction can only be maintained by ignoring the facts of the political and ecclesial context, in summary that-

(a) The Civil Partnership Act is a deliberate attempt to create an new social institution of same sex marriage.

(b) The Bishops of the Church of England continue to tolerate without any effective discipline behaviour which is clearly at odds with its claimed allegiance to historic biblical teaching.

In an increasingly decadent society, the Bishops blur the boundaries between right and wrong and confuse those who are called to fight against the world, the flesh and the devil. If they cannot any longer shepherd the Church in a godly way, we must look for other shepherds who can, while in the meantime local clergy should conscientiously reject the ministry of those shepherds who are harming the flock. Read more