23rd December 2008
Letter from the Primate
Archbishop John Hepworth
Christians are people of the past and of the future.
Our faith is shaped and formed by the events of the past. The power of God in creation. The Godly guidance of humans as they were taught the ways of God and rebelled against the teaching. The patient preparation of a Godly people to receive the Divine Son. The Christ moment – in birth and death and resurrected glory. The Word of God intruded into our history and our lives by the Holy Spirit. The history of a Christian people, saved and yet sinful. [Read entire letter...]
23rd December 2008
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25th July 2008
From the Primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion
Subject: Unity with the Holy See
His Grace, Archbishop John Hepworth has released the following message to the College of Bishops, Vicars General and those assisting the TAC to achieve unity with the Holy See.
“My Dear Fathers, Brothers and Sisters,
It is my great pleasure to be able to attach a copy of a letter I received this morning (25 July 2008) from Cardinal Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, via the Apostolic Nuncio in Australia. It is a letter of warmth and encouragement. I have responded, expressing my gratitude on behalf of "my brother bishops", reaffirming our determination to achieve the unity for which Jesus prayed with such intensity at the Last Supper, no matter what the personal cost this might mean in our discipleship.
This letter should encourage our entire Communion, and those friends who have been assisting us. It should also spur us to renewed prayer for the Holy Father, for Cardinal Levada and his staff at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and for all our clergy and people as we move to ever closer communion in Christ with the Holy See.
I am particularly thankful to the Cardinal Prefect for his generous mention of "corporate reunion", a pathway seldom travelled in the past, but essential for bringing about the plea of our Master to His Father "May they be completely one"’.
The Traditional Anglican Communion
Archbishop John Hepworth
Primate
25 July 2008
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23rd July 2008
Christian Unity – “its not a matter of Choice”
An Address given by the Rt Revd George Langberg at the Conference of The Fellowship of Concerned Churchmen – June 2008. [Read the full Address here].
10th May 2008
From the Primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion
This letter was used earlier this year in an Appeal to both our own Traditional Anglican Communion people and Roman Catholic people in several countries who have shown interest in helping us. It has since been published in other places, although seemingly not in full. It contains brief quotations from the Traditional Anglican Communion's letter to the Holy See (the original letter runs to some eleven pages). The Traditional Anglican Communion will not be releasing the full text until the response of the Holy See has been received, in accordance with a commitment given by the three delegates who handed the letter to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The Primate has released this text in order to obviate any confusion arising from its partial distribution. He has also expressed the hope that the last page, where he appeals for support, might receive as much attention as the rest. [Read letter]
22nd April 2008
The Reception’s Over… But is it time to call it a day?
By the Right Reverend Harry Entwistle
NOT that there ever was one in the Anglican Church of Australia. Throughout the Anglican Communion there were statements that the Church was entering into a period of reception which would allow the Church to come to a common mind about the rightness or otherwise of the ordination of women to the priesthood and episcopate. These assurances were even heard in Australia, but from the moment the first ordinations took place in Perth in 1992 before enabling legislation had been passed in General Synod, it was recognised that the Church had been presented by a fait accompli because the Diocese of Perth had exercised what later became known as the ‘local option’. [Read more]
13th March 2008
Traditionalist Japanese bishop dies.
Primate’s tribute:
MAR 8 2008: I have received the message from Bishop Raphael in Japan. Bishop James Endo (his successor Diocese of Yokahama) was a good and holy man, who kept the faith in a difficult Anglican world. His stand on the ordination of women to the presbyterate enabled priests in his diocese to continue in good conscience while many in other dioceses of Japan were placed in conflict with their conscience. Both Archbishop Falk and I met with him on a number of occasions, and he received me with great courtesy at his home, anxious to understand the position of the Traditional Anglican Communion. He allowed us the use of churches, and acted with great tolerance towards Father Furakawa and others in his diocese who joined the Traditional Anglican Communion. Few of us in the West can even begin to understand the difficulty of being faithful Christians in a pagan country.
May he rest in peace.
+John
The Most Reverend John Hepworth
18th February 2008
From the Primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion
Lent 2008
Lent is a time for silence in the presence of God. It is a time for stilling our bodies, so that our souls may be allowed to flourish. It is a time for stark assessment of our position with God. It is time for our inner life, the life of the soul, to be nourished. When we truly fast, our bodies are diminished and our souls are transformed. [Read the entire letter].
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