Communion Broken, Says Global South
02/16/2007

Members of the Global South coalition of Anglican primates, meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, released a statement today stating they could not share “in the Holy Communion” with their fellow primates today due to the presence of Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori.

Released via the Church of Nigeria’s website on the afternoon of the second day of the conference, the question of corporate communion services arose when the seven refused to receive the sacrament Friday in the first Eucharist of the five-day meeting.

The primates of Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Southeast Asia, the Southern Cone, Uganda, and West Africa released a statement saying their “deliberate” stance was a “poignant reminder” of the brokenness of the Anglican Communion.

“We are unable to come to the Holy Table with the Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church because to do so would be a violation of Scriptural teaching and the traditional Anglican understanding,” the seven primates wrote, citing words of the prayer book, “Ye that do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbors, and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God, and walking from henceforth in his holy ways; Draw near with faith”.

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