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Bishops call for 'orderly separation' in Anglican Church
London (PTI): Senior Anglican bishops have called for a negotiated and an "orderly separation" in the communion to preserve the traditional identity of orthodox Christianity, a move liberals warned could lead to civil war among the followers.
Senior church of England bishops demanded that the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, declare a split in the Anglican Communion for the sake of orthodox Christianity. Rt Rev Michael Scott-Joynt, the Bishop of Winchester, said that the Archbishops plan to maintain unity was unlikely to work.
"We need to negotiate a separation in the Communion sooner rather than later, to leave the strongest possibility of remaining in some kind of fellowship," Bishop Scott-Joynt was quoted as saying by the Daily Telegraph newspaper on Sunday. His fears were echoed by the Rt Rev Michael Langrish, the Bishop of Exeter, who accused Americas Episcopal Church, which consecrated Anglicanisms first openly gay bishop, of being selfish and establishing a rival Church, the report said.
"A major question is how we move towards that point the highest degree of fellowship whilst allowing for an orderly separation, he stressed. They said that the Archbishop Williams would fail to avert a schism because liberals were determined to press ahead with their pro-gay agenda.
Instead, they called on him to acknowledge that there were now two distinct Churches and negotiate an orderly separation to preserve a traditional identity for Anglicanism, the British daily said. Liberals warned that such an action could lead to civil war in the Church, the report said.
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