Response to ‘Listening With Love And Faith’
By Ros Clarke, Church Society:
Two new publications from the Church of England report and analyse the responses received to the Living in Love and Faith process: Listening with Love and Faith is the report which is accompanied by more detailed analyses. Friendship and the Body of Christ is a reflective essay. These two publications are intended to ‘support the bishops in their ongoing discernment process as they seek to discern what they believe God is saying to the Church of England today.’ Both can be downloaded here.
n response, Church Society have published an analysis of Listening with Love and Faith: Responses in More Detail. You can download the whole report, and read the Executive Summary here:
[…] our Canons state that: “The doctrine of the Church of England is grounded in the Holy Scriptures, and in such teachings of the ancient Fathers and Councils of the Church as are agreeable to the said Scriptures” (Canon A5). This should be the starting point for our debates. In conclusion, even if the Church of England were to determine doctrine by survey, which is not its charism, this would not be the survey to use. It cannot command the confidence of the whole church. This is a real shame and an opportunity missed.
See also:
Faithful urge Church of England bishops to make decision on same-sex marriage, by Kaya Burgess, The Times:
The Church of England faces “disaster” if bishops do not finally reach a “clear decision” one way or the other on whether to back same-sex marriage, worshippers have said before historic meetings to discuss a possible change in doctrine.
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