Human sexuality Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/human-sexuality/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Mon, 16 Aug 2021 13:08:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Human sexuality Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/human-sexuality/ 32 32 170042892 Election of gay bishop spurs complaint to Welby https://anglicanjournal.com/election-of-gay-bishop-spurs-complaint-to-welby/ https://anglicanjournal.com/election-of-gay-bishop-spurs-complaint-to-welby/#respond Mon, 17 Oct 2016 14:50:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/election-of-gay-bishop-spurs-complaint-to-welby/ Three clergy in the diocese of Toronto have sent a letter to Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby to register dissent and request an "intervention" following the election of Canon Kevin Robertson, a gay man currently living with his partner, to the episcopate in September.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/election-of-gay-bishop-spurs-complaint-to-welby/feed/ 0 112108 Southern Africa rejects blessings for same-sex marriages https://anglicanjournal.com/southern-africa-rejects-blessings-for-same-sex-marriages/ https://anglicanjournal.com/southern-africa-rejects-blessings-for-same-sex-marriages/#respond Tue, 04 Oct 2016 14:34:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/southern-africa-rejects-blessings-for-same-sex-marriages/ The provincial synod of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa has voted against the introduction of blessing services for same-sex marriages.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/southern-africa-rejects-blessings-for-same-sex-marriages/feed/ 0 113863 Primate responds to dissenting bishops https://anglicanjournal.com/primate-responds-to-dissenting-bishops/ https://anglicanjournal.com/primate-responds-to-dissenting-bishops/#respond Mon, 03 Oct 2016 19:19:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/primate-responds-to-dissenting-bishops/ In a written response to a statement issued by seven Canadian bishops expressing their dissent from General Synod's decision to move toward solemnizing same-sex marriages, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, pushed back against several of the points they had raised.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/primate-responds-to-dissenting-bishops/feed/ 0 112306 Bishops shift focus from same-sex marriage to mission https://anglicanjournal.com/bishops-shift-focus-from-same-sex-marriage-to-mission/ https://anglicanjournal.com/bishops-shift-focus-from-same-sex-marriage-to-mission/#respond Fri, 30 Sep 2016 20:32:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/bishops-shift-focus-from-same-sex-marriage-to-mission/ After three years spent in intense debate over a resolution to allow the marriage of same-sex couples, the House of Bishops intends to shift its focus to "evangelism and discipleship and mission" in the next triennium, says Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, following the house's September 22-27 meeting in Winnipeg.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/bishops-shift-focus-from-same-sex-marriage-to-mission/feed/ 0 111979 Indigenous bishops criticize same-sex marriage vote https://anglicanjournal.com/indigenous-bishops-condemn-same-sex-marriage-vote/ https://anglicanjournal.com/indigenous-bishops-condemn-same-sex-marriage-vote/#respond Fri, 23 Sep 2016 20:27:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/indigenous-bishops-condemn-same-sex-marriage-vote/ In the wake of July's vote on same-sex marriages at General Synod, Indigenous Anglicans intend to "proceed towards self-determination with urgency," the Anglican Church of Canada's three Indigenous bishops say.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/indigenous-bishops-condemn-same-sex-marriage-vote/feed/ 0 113638 Diocese of Toronto elects first openly gay bishop https://anglicanjournal.com/diocese-of-toronto-elects-first-openly-gay-bishop/ https://anglicanjournal.com/diocese-of-toronto-elects-first-openly-gay-bishop/#respond Tue, 20 Sep 2016 17:35:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/diocese-of-toronto-elects-first-openly-gay-bishop/ A gay man living with a male partner is among three priests to have been elected suffragan bishops in the diocese of Toronto this weekend.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/diocese-of-toronto-elects-first-openly-gay-bishop/feed/ 0 113568 Caledonia electoral synod cancelled after parishioner complaint https://anglicanjournal.com/caledonia-electoral-synod-cancelled-after-parishioner-complaint/ https://anglicanjournal.com/caledonia-electoral-synod-cancelled-after-parishioner-complaint/#respond Thu, 15 Sep 2016 15:18:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/caledonia-electoral-synod-cancelled-after-parishioner-complaint/ An election to choose a successor to Bishop William Anderson, of the diocese of Caledonia, has been cancelled after a parishioner complained it was in violation of the canon law of the diocese.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/caledonia-electoral-synod-cancelled-after-parishioner-complaint/feed/ 0 113528 General Synod 2016: What now? https://anglicanjournal.com/general-synod-2016-what-now/ https://anglicanjournal.com/general-synod-2016-what-now/#respond Thu, 18 Aug 2016 14:18:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/general-synod-2016-what-now/ Opinion submissions on religious topics (maximum 500 words for print; 800 words, online) will be considered for publication; send queries to letters@anglicanjournal.com In July, the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada passed, on first reading, a resolution that if approved on second reading at the next General Synod in 2019 will make changes […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/general-synod-2016-what-now/feed/ 0 92775 Southern African synod to consider blessing same-sex civil unions https://anglicanjournal.com/southern-african-synod-to-consider-blessing-same-sex-civil-unions/ https://anglicanjournal.com/southern-african-synod-to-consider-blessing-same-sex-civil-unions/#respond Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:59:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/southern-african-synod-to-consider-blessing-same-sex-civil-unions/ The Anglican Church in Southern Africa is to consider blessing same-sex civil unions when its provincial synod meets next month.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/southern-african-synod-to-consider-blessing-same-sex-civil-unions/feed/ 0 113867 Hard work lies ahead https://anglicanjournal.com/hard-work-lies-ahead/ https://anglicanjournal.com/hard-work-lies-ahead/#respond Mon, 15 Aug 2016 14:10:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/hard-work-lies-ahead/ In summing up General Synod's debate and vote on same-sex marriage last July, Primate Fred Hiltz concluded:

"We have been deeply divided over the solemnizing of same-sex marriage for a very long time. That has not changed."

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