Archbishop Williams: Episcopal Church Should Maintain Consecration Moratorium
02/22/2006

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has cautioned the Episcopal Church not to end the House of Bishop’s moratorium on consecrating non-celibate homosexual priests to the episcopate, until the Communion is of common mind.

“I believe if there is ever to be a change in the discipline and teaching of the Anglican Communion on this matter it should not be the decision of one Church alone,” Archbishop Williams said on Feb. 17 at the World Council of Churches assembly in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

The actions of the 74th General Convention in affirming the election of the Bishop of New Hampshire and recognizing rites for the blessing of same-sex unions as within the bounds of Church life had violated the tenets of the catholic faith and are “seen in the Communion as the decision of one Church which has consequences and repercussions for others that they have not fully owned themselves,” Archbishop Williams said.
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