Retiring Archbishop of Wales commends same sex relationships

Sep 14, 2016 by Jill

Archbishop: nothing improper about gay sex,

by John Bingham, Telegraph:

Christians who support same-sex marriage are not “abandoning the Bible” the Archbishop of Wales has insisted, as he told leading Anglicans that sex in a committed gay or lesbian relationship is perfectly “proper”.

Dr Barry Morgan used his final address to the governing body of the Church in Wales, ahead of his retirement, to urge members to rethink traditional beliefs about same-sex relationships as being sinful.

Even Biblical texts often cited as condemning homosexuality, such as the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah with fire and brimstone, could be “interpreted in more than one way”, he said.

Read as a whole, it is not possible to argue that there is “one settled understanding of what the Bible says” on sexuality and a range of other topics, he claimed.

Dr Morgan, a prominent liberal figure in the church, is stepping down in early 2017 after 14 years as Archbishop, the longest serving primate in the worldwide Anglican Communion.

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See ‘Wales Online’ report on Archbishop Morgan’s address to Governing Body here

Response from Evangelical Fellowship of the Church in Wales (Statement on GAFCON UK website)

Theologian Rollin Grams responds in his blog Bible and Mission