Friday, May 02, 2008

Anglican Church of Canada Loses Prominent Theologian over its "Poisonous Liberalism"

By Hilary White

VANCOUVER, April 30, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Anglican Church of Canada has lost another prominent member due to its "poisonous liberalism" which holds homosexuality in high esteem but increasingly marginalizes Christian morality and scriptural tradition.

James Innell Packer, a British-born Canadian theologian in the Calvinistic or Evangelical Anglican tradition, has announced that he will be aligning himself with the groups of Anglicans who have left the jurisdiction of the ultra-liberal Anglican Church of Canada and are seeking episcopal oversight from more traditional wings of the Anglican Church.

On April 23, Dr. Packer handed in his clergy licence to Canadian Bishop Michael Ingham, the bishop of New Westminster, who had already declared him and ten other clergy to be guilty of "abandoning" their ministry. Dr. Packer told a meeting of the Anglican Network this week that he could no longer serve in ministry under Bishop Ingham.

He told a conference of 400 orthodox Anglicans this week, "It seems to me that in a situation where arguably, elected bishops become heretical, what is the divine answer to that, there must be possibility for realignment for the faithful where heresy, doctrinal and moral is approved." the rest

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