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Article: Anglican leader rebuffs challenge to his authority.(CENTURY news)(Rowan Williams)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- July 29, 2008
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The archbishop of Canterbury has declared that conservatives' plans to usurp his leadership in the Anglican Communion are "problematic in all sorts of ways," saying Anglicans must renew--not dismiss--their now-frayed connections.
Archbishop Rowan Williams responded June 30 to a summit in Amman, Jordan, and Jerusalem of more than 1,000 conservatives who had announced plans to create a new council of top archbishops to oversee like-minded Anglicans.
In a direct challenge both to Williams, regarded as the spiritual leader of 77 million Anglicans, and to traditional geographic lines of authority, the conservatives also plan to build a new North American province for ...
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