The Primates of the Anglican Communion have given us a great gift in their Communique from Canterbury. Coming at the end of a long week of tense meetings, the document is a clear and certain trumpet; a strong message to entire Anglican Communion…even the whole Christian world. It reads as though it is the product of…
The Theology of Michael Ramsey for Today
by Jonathan Warren. โPeople ask me, sometimes, if I am in good heart about being Archbishop โฆ My answer is โYesโ โฆ But the phrase โin good heartโ, gives me pause, because after all, we are here as a church to represent Christ crucified and the compassion of Christ crucified before the world. And, because…
Michael Ramsey, Conversion, and Christian Reunion
by Jonathan Warren Introducing Michael Ramsey One feature of Anglican church history I am especially interested to highlight in these essays is the role that the Archbishop of Canterbury has played in crafting the temper and character of Anglicanism as a theological and spiritual tradition. For Anglicans, bishops are the chief symbol of Christian unity,…