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Sermons of note for the fifth Sunday of Easter

The Scandal of Exclusivity: "I am the Way": A Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, John 14:1-14 by Gavin Ashenden in the English Catholic Troubled Hearts, Certain Home: A sermon for the fifth Sunday of Easter based on John 14:1-10. How Jesus leads anxious...
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Church of Nigeria suspends Anambra priest over alleged staged miracles and prophecies

The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Diocese on the Niger, has suspended the Rev. Ifunaya Maduka, vicar of St. Paul’s Parish, Nteje, in Anambra State, for six months without pay following allegations that he staged miracles and arranged prophecies, Nigerian press reports said this...
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Why CPAS is wrong on conversion therapy

Following a large amount of criticism on social media for having declared its support...
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Why alternative episcopal oversight is needed in the light of the synod vote and the forms such oversight might take

The situation the Church of England is now in. The situation in which the Church...
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Is a ceasefire in Gaza the right way forward?

Some years ago, Radio 4 ran a series of programmes presented by Michael Portillo...
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Joy comes in the morning: General Synod 2023

The result of today’s Synod debate on Living in Love and Faith was not unexpected. Those...
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The bishops of the Church of England and the principle of non-contradiction

There is a well-known and generally accepted philosophical principle known as the law or...
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Love Matters: An introduction and response from Martin Davie

What is in the report? Love Matters is the final report of the Archbishops’ Commission on...
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GAFCON IV and the revolution in world Anglicanism

During the course of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries we have seen time and...
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Martin Davie dissects the Bishop of London’s speech on Living in Love and Faith

The argument of the Bishop of London If you read carefully the transcript of the...
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Failing the Green Test: A critical examination of the advice from the Church of England’s Legal Office – Part 2

Introduction In the midst of the current discussion about the House of Bishops’ response to...
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Failing the Green Test – A critical examination of the material from the House of Bishops: Part 1

The Green test When I began my study of theology in Oxford in the 1980s ...
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Martin Davie finds the Bishop of Worcester’s arguments in favor of same-sex blessings wanting

In his open letter to the Diocese of Worcester published on 9 January, Bishop...
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Why services to mark same sex relationships would be a change too far

It is possible that the House of Bishops will bring some proposal for change...
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Sermons of note for the fifth Sunday of Easter

The Scandal of Exclusivity: "I am the Way": A Homily for the Fifth Sunday...
News

Church of Nigeria suspends Anambra priest over alleged staged miracles and prophecies

The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Diocese on the Niger, has suspended the Rev....
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A note on Anglican ecclesial understanding

It is necessary to address certain assertions that misrepresent both the ecclesiological self-understanding of...
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Minjung theology offers lessons for today

Where does theology begin? In doctrine and tradition, or in the lived experiences of...