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The Bishop of South Carolina responds to the New Hampshire Consecration Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20031207115328/http://www.anglicancommunioninstitute.org:80/scresponds.htm The diocese of New Hampshire's November 2 episcopal consecration of a non-celibate man who has a male partner is an awful event for Anglicans around the world. It is against the clear teaching of the Old and New Testaments without exception that God says no to sexual activity outside Holy Matrimony. It is against the ecumenical consensus of global Christianity that while all are welcome in God's family...
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Being a Priest at a Difficult Time in the Church – Meditations on Hope in a Time of Judgment by Christopher Seitz Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20030922233701/http://www.anglicancommunioninstitute.org:80/beingapriest.htm Would anyone dispute that it is a difficult time in the church? · A new archbishop of Canterbury has been appointed, without anything like the support from the developing world that George Carey could rely on; and we are heading into a difficult time; · A diocese in W. Canada has acted independently of the C HOB in moving forward to bless same-sex unions, in the face...
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Chapter 9 - Dispirited by Christohper Seitz (2001) Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20051018100144/http://www.anglicancommunioninstitute.org:80/articles/Figured_Out_-_Chapter9.htm Scripture as Rule of Faith and Recent Misuse of the Council of Jerusalem: Text, Spirit, and Word to Culture The decision reached by the council of Jerusalem in Acts 15 is a witness, within New Testament scripture, of how "the faith once delivered" was creatively guiding and constraining the early Christian community on a matter of great concern. For this reason, it has been taken as paradigmatic for the church...
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Figured Out (Chapter 5) by Chris Seitz (Dec 8, 2004) Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20051225113141/http:/www.anglicancommunioninstitute.org:80/articles/Figured_Out_-_Chapter5.htm INTRODUCTION In many ways, the struggle with globalization, and with the tension between diversity and uniformity in doctrine and practice, is widespread in the Christian churches. This essay deals with an Anglican form of this struggle, but it is assumed that Anglicanism's struggle is not without a wider relevance and purpose. Because of the international character of the Anglican communion, certain problems...
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Can Classical Anglican Comprehensiveness be Reconstructed? The Reverend Professor Christopher R Seitz University of St Andrews A paper given at "Reconstructing Anglican Comprehensiveness," The Episcopal Church Foundation Conference Birmingham, Alabama 4-6 February 2004 Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20040223191504/http://anglicancommunioninstitute.org:80/seitz-comprehensiveness.htm History Comprehensiveness is a term normally associated with the Anglicanism of the Church of England, or with Anglicanism as distinct from other Christian movements or bodies. [1] Only in the latter sense...
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Inside and Outside: The Future of the Network of Anglican Communion Dioceses and Parishes Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20040220061538/http://anglicancommunioninstitute.org:80/insideoutside.htm The Revd Professor Christopher Seitz, President, The Anglican Communion Institute I recently opened our Common Room edition of "The Tablet" (24 January 2004) to discover an account of recent affairs in the Episcopal Church of the United States, including a brief representation of the conference held by The Anglican Communion Institute in Charleston, SC (8-9 January). The title of the account...
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The Future of the Anglican Communion Christopher Seitz Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20040201224146/http://www.anglicancommunioninstitute.org:80/foa-seitz.htm A talk given at the Anglican Communion Institute Conference in Charleston, SC, 8-10 January, 2004 As President of The Anglican Communion Institute it falls to me to introduce our keynote speaker. But this has not been a typical year so there can be no and typical introduction to Archbishop Gomez or this conference on the future of Anglicanism. At virtually every level of our life, we have been affected by the events of the past...
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ACI Spring Conference Opening Remarks Anglicanism: History and Hope Colorado Springs, Colorado by the Reverend Professor Christopher Seitz President of the Anglican Communion Institute That the Anglican Communion, and the Episcopal Church in this country, is at a crisis point is a reality. We are all trying to adjust to that. Part of the point of this conference is to shed light on the various mechanisms that are up and running and trying to face into this crisis. We have in our midst scholars and churchmen from around the world who see the crisis, and are involved in projects aimed at its...
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Upon Receipt of the Windsor Report, 24 October 2004 Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20041028074512/http://www.anglicancommunioninstitute.org/ “As a friend of mine said, I’m an Episcopalian, not an Anglican.” In this brief comment from one of the many, newly proliferating blogs, we glimpse something of what is at stake, in this moment God has prepared in his Providence, for American Episcopalians and their Anglican counterparts throughout the world. Evangelical churches in the United States believe they are mysteriously, invisibly united with all those who confess Jesus Christ as Lord -...
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A Word in Season: What Does the Windsor Report Mean for the Diocese of Kentucky? by Chris Seitz (Jan 10, 2005) Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20050306014944/http://www.anglicancommunioninstitute.org:80/articles/A_Word_In_Season.htm Author's note: I have prepared the following three sets of remarks for the occasion of a discussion of the Windsor Report in the Diocese of Kentucky, with the Bishop of Kentucky, The Rt Revd T Gulick, at St Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church, Louisville Kentucky, on 9 January 2005. I was invited by the Rector, The Revd Robin Jennings, to this exchange...
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