The National Synod of the Mexican Anglican Church has given consent for the consecration of Rev. Julio C. Martin who on March 15 this year was elected to be coadjutor bishop of Southeast Mexico.
Rev. Martin, 54, is a Mexican born priest who has been a clergy of the Anglican Church of Canada for the last ten years.
Ordained in 1990, Rev. Martin has worked in parishes in Canada and Mexico. He has studies in archaeology and theology in Mexico and Canada and is author of several articles and a book on Anglican theology.
Being a polyglot he intends to lead services in some of the indigenous languages of Southeast Mexico with the aid of the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Married and with one child, he is currently rector in North Sydney Nova Scotia.
Great news!, and I congratulate and pray for Fr Martin.
With so much crap and poop coming out of the Anglican Church of Canada, if there’s any, rid Fr Martin of such impurities, before he’s initiated to this august office.
Unfortunately he is a liberal, if you read what he himself wrote below. He supports same-sex unions, abortion and is anti-Catholic. He seems to be like most the Episcopalian bishops, with some influences from the Liberation Theology.
What is known about this bishop? He is theologically conservative?
A believer. An honest godly man. I pray his diocese prospers under his leadership
He seems to be a liberal in the same style of the Anglican Church of Canada and the Episcopal Church. Too bad.
George+,
Could you get an interview with him? You have answered the question definitively, but the person above, who appears to know him fairly well, says the opposite.
EDIT: Please note that since I wrote that, the bishop-elect has personally responded to a comment by Thomas More, which is also up above.
All I can tell you is that he believes in every one of the clauses of the Nicene Creed. He believes in the physical resurrection, unapologetically in the uniqueness of Christ as our only saviour and redeemer. He insists that the primary mission of the church is to proclaim the Good News of Salvation in Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit, baptizing and making disciples: he is in favour of re-evangelizing the world. Further, he believes in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist and does not support Eucharist lay-presidency. All this said, however, he does not define himself as conservative but more as an orthodox in the faith. He certainly believes the Bible to be inspired but believes that the Scriptures along with Reason under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and along with Tradition, form the divine Revelation (all of which has to give witness to Jesus Christ. He does not favour abortion but would not force any anti-abortion legislation on anyone. He is not against women’s ordination or gay priests, or blessings of same gender couples for the same reason he is not in favour of abortion or unbridled capitalist system, but he believes those who do not believe in ordination of women and blessings of same gender couples have a legitimate right to be part of the Church. He believes anyone not capable of signing up the Creeds should not be preaching in a pulpit. You can get in touch with him at jc.martin@hotmail.com
My main interest was that if the bishop accepted the Lambeth 1.10 1998 resolution on human sexuality, that defines human sexuality as only being possible in the sacred union between a man and a woman. He really seems to be theologically liberal, unfortunately. If he supports legal abortion, then he clearly has a non-Christian stance on that. The sanctity of human life from conception to natural death is an non-negociable part of the Christian faith. To wash the hands of the death of unborn human beings is to follow Pilate, and not Jesus. Like Pope Francis stated, every unborn has the face of Our Lord, that even and after he was born, faced the rejection of the world. If we look at the unborn as to another Christ, we can`t be anything than pro-life and anti-abortion, unless if we prefer to be hypocrites. Mexico is now facing an huge cultural war on the sanctity of unborn human life, and I would hope that the Anglican Church of Mexico could be on the same side of the Roman Catholic Church on this matter.
Oh my! Thank you for the interest. No, I am not in favor of abortion!!! But I do not believe it is the job of the preachers or of the church institution and its officers to impose Christian morals through legislation as the RC wants to do in Mexico (abortion has been legal in Mexico in the last 45 years). From the Mexican perspective right now there is an attack on secularism on behalf of the RC, fundamentalists protestants and para-Christian sects. The Anglican Church of Mexico has not joined them and will not since, as result of Mexico’s history and the repression the Anglican Church suffered at the hands of the RC, the IAM (Anglican Church of Mexico) is extremely respectful of the separation between the Mexican churches and the Mexican State. Maybe it is a Mexican thing but we are very aware (Christians and non-believers alike) that Jesus never forced anyone to follow him!!! At any event, it is good theology to say that the church should never usurp the job of the Holy Spirit! People are to be brought into the life of the Triune God not by force of human legislation but by the proclamation of the Gospel, the praying of the Church and the action of the Holy Spirit. Bessings! And please do pray for me since I do not presume to be right!
Mexico does have abortion for extreme cases, I think. Its fully legal in Mexico City. You seem to be quite liberal, in the style of the american TEC. Too bad. ACNA believes that life is sacred and should be protected by law since conception. This is the same stance of all GAFCON Provinces and most Anglican Communion. We are on the same side of the Roman Catholic Church, other Christian denominations, or other religions and pro-life secularists on that. There is nothing against the separation of Church and State in the abortion question, or other moral questions, like euthanasia or the death penalty. I hope that there are still many pro-life supporters in the Anglican Church of Mexico. Fortunately, ACNA does already have some parishes in Mexico and its possible that in the near future, it will have a diocese there.
Wasn’t Polyglotary condemned by one of the early Church councils?