The Archbishop of York has warned conservative Anglican leaders that they will effectively expel themselves from the worldwide Church if they boycott next year's Lambeth Conference.
Dr John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, warns Anglican conservatives
Dr John Sentamu said the conservatives risked severing themselves from the Anglican Communion
In an exclusive interview with The Daily Telegraph, Dr John Sentamu pleaded with them to attend the conference despite their war with liberals over homosexuality.
But he told them that if they "voted with their feet" they risked severing their links with the Archbishop of Canterbury and with historic Anglicanism, a breach that could take centuries to heal.
"Anglicanism has its roots through Canterbury," he said. "If you sever that link you are severing yourself from the Communion. There is no doubt about it."
The archbishop's outspoken comments will dismay conservatives, who blame the liberals for bringing the Church to the brink of schism by consecrating Anglicanism's first openly gay bishop in 2003. Read more
Monday, 23 July 2007
Archbishop of York warns Anglican Conservatives
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So the Anglican Communion is now "the worldwide church"? That is quite a claim for the Telegraph to make.
We can yet hope that the issue will be moot because Rowan Williams withdraws his Lambeth invitations to the American bishops for their continuing failure to live up to their promises.
If +York is hoping to be the next Presiding Bishop of TEC, he's too late. Someone should tell him who got the job.
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