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The Why of the World (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
A sad and dispiriting little letter in The Times today, from the woman who "leaked" 8-year-old letters from Dr Rowan Williams that "revealed" he was personally sympathetic to same-sex unions that were faithful and permanent. Deborah Pitt writes as follows: "Sir, The Bishop of Durham in his articulate letter (Aug 9) regarding the leaking of the Williams letters makes some useful clarifications and...
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The Ugley Vicar (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
I have been trying for some time now to understand the Bishop of Durham’s theology and its implications. It seems (from reading John Piper’s book), that I am not the only person who finds this difficult. I thought, therefore, I’d take the opportunity to sketch out what I think Tom Wright is saying about the gospel and then to make a couple of observations. This is not meant to be an analysis of his...
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VirtueOnline (Free subscription) | 14/08/2008
ENGLAND: Why I leaked the Archbishop's letters Giving Anglicans a balanced view by Deborah Pitt The Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/letters/article4533744.ece August 15, 2008 Sir, The Bishop of Durham in his articulate letter (Aug 9) regarding the leaking of the Williams letters makes some useful clarifications and I am grateful for his statements regarding Dr Williams's closing address...
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Of course, I could be wrong... (Free subscription) | 13/08/2008
NORTHERN SOUL has left a new comment: Q. What's the difference between God and the bishop of Durham? A. God is everywhere including Durham.
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Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
By Ruth Gledhill, TimesonLine Nineteen bishops in the Church of England came to the defence of the Archbishop of Canterbury last night and his views on gay sex. The Bishop of Durham, Dr Tom Wright, who is the Church’s fourth most senior cleric, headed the list of bishops who signed a letter to The Times protesting at [...]
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VirtueOnline (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008
LAMBETH: The Bible and Tomorrow's World by Tom Wright Bishop of Durham Fulcrum Website http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm'ID=334 July 30, 2008 Introduction My theme today has obviously been designed to go with today's Indaba group work on our use of the Bible. This is an opportune time, as our Conference quickens its pace, to reflect on how we use scripture, not least how we Bishops use scripture...
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Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
From Christianity Today The Bishop of Durham, the Rt Rev Tom Wright, offers some reflections on the Lambeth Conference so far and how he thinks the Anglican Communion can move forward after the three weeks of prayer and discussion draw to an end on Sunday. CT: You must have had some kind of expectation before you came [...]
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VirtueOnline (Free subscription) | 29/07/2008
Bishop Tom Wright: Lambeth and paving the way to Anglican unity Christian Today http://tinyurl.com/6994zc July 28, 2008 The Bishop of Durham, the Rt Rev Tom Wright, offers some reflections on the Lambeth Conference so far and how he thinks the Anglican Communion can move forward after the three weeks of prayer and discussion draw to an end on Sunday. CT: You must have had some kind of expectation before...
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Christian Today (Free subscription) | 28/07/2008
If the Lambeth Conference does not create a path forward that conservatives can agree to it will have failed says the Bishop of Durham in this interview
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Re-cycle of Life (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
I think I know where the Bishop of Durham's episcopal vestments might have gone. Dr Tom Wright arrived in Canterbury to find his Sunday Best had gone astray and had to improvise for the opening service in the cathedral for the Lambeth Conference. There are too many beards in Anglicanism Now I learn that Cranmer Hall, the theological college in Durham, is cele...
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Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 20/07/2008
By Jonathan Wynne-Jones, Telegraph The Anglican Communion is like a "slow moving train wreck", according to a senior Church of England bishop who has given an extraordinary insight into the crisis that is engulfing the Church. The Rt Rev Tom Wright, the Bishop of Durham, has revealed that there is deep unease over the future of the [...]
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Thinking Anglicans (Free subscription) | 20/07/2008
I said earlier that news was scarce yesterday. The Bishop of Durham leapt to the rescue, and gave interviews to all the journalists he could find, who happily quoted him at some length, but apparently didn’t ask any questions. The...
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Holy Smoke (Free subscription) | 20/07/2008
The Bishop of Durham, Dr Tom Wright, has given an extraordinary interview to The Sunday Telegraph in which he effectively announces that the Lambeth Conference is heading for disaster. In the process, he has further weakened the position of his "close friend", the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Thinking Anglicans (Free subscription) | 14/07/2008
The Tablet had a leader article about this: Peter, Paul and women bishops. (The previous week they had Flight from women bishops.) The Bishop of Durham issued an Ad Clerum on General Synod, which can be read here....