{"id":24324,"date":"2016-08-28T18:37:37","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T22:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=24324"},"modified":"2016-08-28T18:39:28","modified_gmt":"2016-08-28T22:39:28","slug":"and-so-it-begins-in-the-church-of-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/and-so-it-begins-in-the-church-of-england\/","title":{"rendered":"And so it begins. In the Church of England"},"content":{"rendered":"

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A group of parishes is preparing what could be the first step towards a formal split in the Church of England over issues such as homosexuality, with the creation of a new \u201cshadow synod\u201d vowing to uphold traditional teaching.<\/p>\n

Representatives of almost a dozen congregations in the Home Counties are due to gather in a church hall in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, later this week for the first session of what they say could eventually develop into an alternative Anglican church in England.<\/p>\n

Organisers, drawn from the conservative evangelical wing of Anglicanism, say they have no immediate plans to break away – but are setting up the \u201cembryonic\u201d structures that could be used to do so if the established church moves further in what they see as a liberal direction.<\/p>\n

The new alliance will be viewed as a \u201cchurch within a church\u201d but founders have not ruled out full separation if, for example, the Church of England offers blessing-style services for same-sex unions<\/a> – a move expected to be considered by bishops in the next few months.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I have no doubt whatsoever that the Church of England will follow the lead of TEC and the ACoC. Western Anglicanism is in the grip of the dominant principalities and powers of our age and its submission to the rulers of the darkness of this world<\/em> has been willing, defiant and full of pride \u2013 or should I say Pride. The outcome is inevitable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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