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A RADICAL Rethink of Church Teaching On Homosexuality That Declares It To Be
A RADICAL Rethink of Church Teaching On Homosexuality That Declares It To Be
The second most senior churchman in the Church of England, the Most Rev
David Hope, has given the new catechism his imprimatur and describes it
in his foreword as "a celebration of Christian living". Written by Canon
Edward Norman, canon and treasurer of York Minster, the catechism seeks
to define Anglicanism for the first time since Thomas Cranmer wrote The
Book of Common Prayer in 1662.
The Prayer Book version was a brief inquisitorial text intended for use in a
pre-literate age. Canon Norman's is the first attempt fully to define Anglican
teaching. In the section on sexuality, he contradicts official teaching and
the views of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey.