Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Russian Orthodox Prelate Rips New Anglicanism; Blasts Anglican Liberal Ideas, Female Episcopate

The Catholic Culture website reports today (September 14, 2010) that the Russian Orthodox prelate in charge of ecumenical relations minced no words while speaking in England on September 9, 2010, when he blasted developments in contemporary Anglicanism.

In the presence of Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk criticized "the unrestrained liberalization of Christian values that continues in many communities of the Anglican world," as well as the Church of England's moves towards a female episcopate.

He added, "It is impossible to pass silently by the liberalism and relativism which have become so characteristic of today's Anglican theology."

The Russian prelate warned that if the Anglican communion continues to embrace liberal ideas, Orthodox-Anglican dialogue may come to an end. He argued that the most important dividing line in the Christian world today separates those who accept the authority of Church traditions and those who do not.

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