8 October 2015 A.D. Nigeria affirms confessional nature of Anglicanism
8 October 2015
A.D. Nigeria
affirms confessional nature of Anglicanism
Conger, George. “Nigeria affirms confessional nature of
Anglicanism.” Anglican Ink. 8 Oct
2015. http://anglicanink.com/article/nigeria-affirms-confessional-nature-anglicanism.
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Nigeria affirms confessional nature of Anglicanism
08 Oct 2015
Author:
George Conger
The Church of Nigeria’s Standing Committee has released a
communique following its 21-25 Sept 2015 meeting in Akure stating the terms
upon which it will relate to other Anglican churches. Issued under the
signature of the Primate of All-Nigeria, Archbishop Nicholas Okoh, the
statement said 147 bishops, 152 clergy and 68 lay members of the church’s
General Synod, along with representatives of various guilds met at St David’s
Cathedral in Akure. While the bulk of the statement dealt with local issues --
public corruption, the threat to the nation from Boko Haram, poverty and
economic opportunity, the Nigerian church leaders address two international
concerns: the ecclesiology of the Anglican Communion and Human Sexuality.
action in ensuring that the effects of flooding are mitigated. People living on
water ways are called upon to heed timely warnings and relocate to uplands. On
the issue of same-sex marriage, it “unanimously resolved to continue to
maintain the orthodox biblical stand on this matter. It also calls on her
members to defend the orthodox biblical teaching on marriage and family. On its
part, the Federal Government is further enjoined to continue to resist the
foreign pressure to make it rescind its stand on same-sex marriage.” In its
statement on ecclesiology offered under the heading: “The Anglican Communion
World”, the standing committee declared: “While the Anglican Communion
continues to be impaired by revisionist theologies of some Anglican Provinces,
the Standing Committee calls the leadership of the Anglican Communion to
repentance and renewed faith in Christ as expressed in the bible, the articles
of religion and the Jerusalem Declaration, and further reaffirms our commitment
on these as the basis of our relationship with other parts of the communion.”
In 2005 the Church of Nigeria revised its constitution stating that its
relations with other Anglican Churches was not based upon a common link to
Canterbury, but to a shared doctrine expressed in the Book of Common Prayer and
traditional Anglican formularies. Last week’s statement affirms the Church of
Nigeria’s belief in a confessional definition of Anglicanism.
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