Dr Rowan Williams made clear his concern after clergy and laity in The Episcopal Church voted at the General Convention in California to overturn a moratorium on gay ordinations.

Clergy and laity in the US backed a motion that "acknowledges that God has called and may call any individual in the church to any ordained ministry in the Episcopal Church, in accordance with the discernment process set forth in the Constitution and Canons of the church."

This means that anyone can be ordained regardless of sexuality.

If the US bishops back the move when they vote on it later today or tomorrow, a formal split in the Anglican Communion seems inevitable.

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Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal • Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams • Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) • Episcopal Church (TEC) • General Convention 2009 • Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori • Sexuality Debate (in Anglican Communion) • Same-sex blessings

Dr Rowan Williams made clear his concern after clergy and laity in The Episcopal Church voted at the General Convention in California to overturn a moratorium on gay ordinations.

Clergy and laity in the US backed a motion that "acknowledges that God has called and may call any individual in the church to any ordained ministry in the Episcopal Church, in accordance with the discernment process set forth in the Constitution and Canons of the church."

This means that anyone can be ordained regardless of sexuality.

If the US bishops back the move when they vote on it later today or tomorrow, a formal split in the Anglican Communion seems inevitable.

Read it all.

Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal • Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams • Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) • Episcopal Church (TEC) • General Convention 2009 • Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori • Sexuality Debate (in Anglican Communion) • Same-sex blessings

1. Nevin wrote: Another headline clearly acknowledging the obvious: B033 has been repealed.  I think the ability to “fudge” this resolution has been lost… July 13, 10:44 am | [comment link]

2. Cennydd wrote: When you kick the dust from your sandals and leave the company of heretics, that is not schism.  It’s the right thing to do. July 13, 11:03 am | [comment link]

3. Bart Hall (Kansas, USA) wrote: 1Cor 5:9—“do not even eat with them” if they persist in sexual sin. Let alone remain “in communion.” God is “[giving] them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.” (Ps 81:12) July 13, 1:02 pm | [comment link]

4. rugbyplayingpriest wrote: a decision made through the spirit….but which one? July 13, 1:49 pm | [comment link]

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