From The Washington Post (Plus other links)
The Episcopal Church has been suspended from full participation in the Anglican Communion, the world’s third-largest Christian denomination, after years of heated debates over human sexuality and other issues.
The Anglican Communion of national churches, which includes the Episcopal Church in the United States, have been affiliated for centuries, but they have struggled to stay unified amid divisions. The 2003 consecration of the openly gay pastor Gene Robinson as the bishop of New Hampshire served as a flash point, though tensions were brewing for many years.
More here-
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette-
http://www.post-gazette.com/local/region/2016/01/14/Anglican-Communion-suspends-Episcopal-Church-over-same-sex-marriages/stories/201601140201
Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/01/14/anglican-communion-suspends-the-episcopal-church-for-3-years-from-committees/
New York Times-
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/15/world/europe/anglican-archbishops-sanction-us-episcopal-church-over-gay-marriages.html?_r=0
USA Today-
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/01/14/anglicans-suspend-episcopal-church-over-same-sex-marriage/78805060/
ABC-
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/anglicans-sanction-us-episcopal-church-gay-marriage-36293320
NPR-
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/14/463085910/anglican-leaders-censure-episcopal-church-for-stance-on-homosexuality
CNN-
http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/14/world/episcopal-church-suspended/
The Guardian-
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/14/anglican-church-sanctions-against-liberal-us-church-same-sex-marriage
BBC-
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35318392
Telegraph-
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/12100648/Anglicans-step-back-from-brink-of-schism-over-homosexuality.html
Time-
http://time.com/4181518/episcopal-church-suspended-anglican-communion-same-sex-marriage/
Newsweek-
http://www.newsweek.com/anglicans-tackle-threat-schism-over-gay-clergy-415865
Christianity Today-
http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2016/january/episcopal-church-suspended-anglican-communion-gay-marriage.html
Opinion – 21 December 2024
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