The document, titled “Issues in Human Sexuality,“ described “homosexual practice as especially dishonourable” and called on homosexual Christians to lead a life of abstinence.
The CoE’s decision to allow blessings for same-sex couples in 2023 deepened divisions both at home, where it is the established church, and in Anglican strongholds in Africa and Asia, where homosexuality remains illegal in some countries.
The paper was originally intended as a teaching document, but had assumed a more definitive role to set out expected conduct within the Church’s discernment and vocations process.
“A paper introducing the item to Synod members noted that the tone, language, and some of the assumptions in ‘Issues’ are now contextually inappropriate, and appear prejudicial and offensive to many people,“ the CoE statement said.
“Now it has gone ... it opens the way for liberalisation of the church’s policy on same sex relationships and means we can stop using it as a kind of reference text,“ he told Reuters.
- Reuters
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