Archbishop Okoh - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 08 Jun 2016 22:42:39 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Archbishop Okoh - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Risk of break-up of worldwide Anglican Communion https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/06/10/risk-break-worldwide-anglican-communion/ Thu, 09 Jun 2016 17:05:28 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=83578 A deal to avert a break-up of the worldwide Anglican Communion risks collapse amid signals African churches are re-assessing ties with the Church of England. The leader of a powerful bloc of traditionalists representing the majority of the world's Anglicans said the CofE has crossed a "line" in recent decisions on homosexuality. The Most Rev Read more

Risk of break-up of worldwide Anglican Communion... Read more]]> A deal to avert a break-up of the worldwide Anglican Communion risks collapse amid signals African churches are re-assessing ties with the Church of England.

The leader of a powerful bloc of traditionalists representing the majority of the world's Anglicans said the CofE has crossed a "line" in recent decisions on homosexuality.

The Most Rev Nicholas Okoh, the Archbishop of Nigeria, said many traditionalists now view the British branches of Anglicanism in a similar light to The Episcopal Church (TEC) in the US.

The latter has been accused of "heresy" for ordaining openly gay bishops and endorsing same-sex marriage.

Archbishop Okoh was recently elected as chairman of the influential "Gafcon" (Global Anglican Future Conference) group of clerics.

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