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Anglicans in Africa reject archbishop of Canterbury for supporting same-sex union blessings
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com ^ | April 24, 2023 | Kevin Jones

Posted on 04/25/2023 8:50:23 AM PDT by NKP_Vet

The Church of England’s decision to bless same-sex couples continues to reverberate throughout the global Anglican Communion as a global meeting of Anglican leaders in Rwanda deemed the move “pastorally deceptive and blasphemous.”

The meeting voiced no confidence in Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and called on him and the Church of England to repent of their decision.

“Despite 25 years of persistent warnings by most Anglican primates, repeated departures from the authority of God’s Word have torn the fabric of the Communion. These warnings were blatantly and deliberately disregarded and now without repentance this tear cannot be mended,” said the Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans’ fourth Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) in an April 21 statement.

In February the Church of England’s general synod voted to approve blessing same-sex couples in civil marriages. The GAFCON statement characterized the move as “another departure” from scriptural authority that damages the Anglican Communion.

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1 posted on 04/25/2023 8:50:23 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
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To: NKP_Vet

Gee, I thought the Anglicans were all pederastists, pedophiles, and peggers.


2 posted on 04/25/2023 9:07:04 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel ( )
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https://anglicanchurch.net

No, we aren’t. Lots of us remain faithful.


3 posted on 04/25/2023 9:11:10 AM PDT by SharpenedEdge (Stockpile. Prepare. Arm. Train. A Storm is coming.)
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To: SharpenedEdge

You and the African Anglicans?


4 posted on 04/25/2023 5:43:33 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel ( )
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

https://anglicanchurch.net/


5 posted on 04/25/2023 5:52:06 PM PDT by SharpenedEdge (Stockpile. Prepare. Arm. Train. A Storm is coming.)
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