News - Entries: 2012-01-17T12:07:06Z Copyright (c) 2011, Scottish Episcopal Church ExpressionEngine tag:scotland.anglican.org,2011:12:20 tag:scotland.anglican.org,2011:index.php/news/entry/2.7845 2011-12-20T08:34:10Z 2011-12-20T09:16:11Z Lorna Finley press@scotland.anglican.org the Very Rev Dr John Armes, Dean of the Diocese of Edinburgh and Canon of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh; Rector of St John the Evangelist church, Edinburgh; the Rev Michael Parker, Senior Minister for English-speaking congregations, All Saints Cathedral, Cairo; the Rev Canon Dr Alvyn Pettersen, Canon Theologian of Worcester Cathedral. ]]> tag:scotland.anglican.org,2011:index.php/news/entry/2.7833 2011-12-19T16:15:30Z 2011-12-19T16:22:31Z Lorna Finley press@scotland.anglican.org tag:scotland.anglican.org,2011:index.php/news/entry/2.7758 2011-12-06T14:13:30Z 2011-12-06T15:44:31Z Lorna Finley press@scotland.anglican.org tag:scotland.anglican.org,2011:index.php/news/entry/2.7543 2011-11-15T15:10:58Z 2011-11-15T15:15:00Z Webmaster j@justinreynolds.co.uk tag:scotland.anglican.org,2011:index.php/news/entry/2.7473 2011-11-07T17:18:26Z 2011-11-15T15:07:27Z Lorna Finley press@scotland.anglican.org tag:scotland.anglican.org,2011:index.php/news/entry/2.7323 2011-10-14T11:08:05Z 2012-01-17T12:07:06Z Lorna Finley press@scotland.anglican.org tag:scotland.anglican.org,2011:index.php/news/entry/2.7318 2011-10-13T09:58:32Z 2011-10-13T10:28:33Z Lorna Finley press@scotland.anglican.org www.bishopdavid.net The Most Rev David Chillingworth, Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church discusses the relationship between Church and State in light of the controversy surrounding the Scottish Government’s consultation on same sex marriage and other related issues. In referring to the Scottish Episcopal Church’s response to the consultation on same sex marriage, Bishop David says “The definition of marriage set out in our Canons is that, ‘marriage is a physical, spiritual and mystical union of one man and one woman’. That is the position of our church. It’s a difficult issue for us – as it is for all churches and faith groups. We have among our membership people who feel passionately that change is needed – and those who feel equally strongly that we should resist any attempt to broaden society’s understanding of marriage. The consultation period is very short Among the things we shall say will be that if – and it’s a big ‘if’ – we were to consider changing our canonical definition of marriage, that would require a two-year process in our General Synod, the outcome of which could not be predicted with any certainty." ]]> tag:scotland.anglican.org,2011:index.php/news/entry/2.7314 2011-10-12T11:29:08Z 2011-10-13T10:19:10Z Webmaster j@justinreynolds.co.uk tag:scotland.anglican.org,2011:index.php/news/entry/2.7295 2011-10-06T20:52:13Z 2011-10-06T20:53:14Z Webmaster j@justinreynolds.co.uk Service of the Word has been authorised by the College of Bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church for experimental use for a period of two years from October 2011. ]]> tag:scotland.anglican.org,2011:index.php/news/entry/2.7243 2011-09-28T10:22:35Z 2011-09-28T10:23:36Z Lorna Finley press@scotland.anglican.org tag:scotland.anglican.org,2011:index.php/news/entry/2.7119 2011-09-09T16:01:34Z 2011-09-09T16:08:35Z Lorna Finley press@scotland.anglican.org tag:scotland.anglican.org,2011:index.php/news/entry/2.7075 2011-09-06T13:49:18Z 2011-09-06T13:54:19Z Lorna Finley press@scotland.anglican.org tag:scotland.anglican.org,2011:index.php/news/entry/2.7052 2011-09-02T10:31:47Z 2011-09-05T10:11:48Z Lorna Finley press@scotland.anglican.org summary of General Synod 2011 is now available to download. ]]> tag:scotland.anglican.org,2011:index.php/news/entry/2.6788 2011-07-23T12:31:21Z 2011-07-23T13:34:22Z Kelvin Holdsworth provost@thecathedral.org.uk
Individuals and congregations may wish to use the following prayer:

Eternal God
In compassion
we remember the people of Norway.
Comfort the bereaved.
Give courage and healing to the injured.
Help all those who search for answers.
Bring stability, justice and hope to our world.
Amen

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