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Pastoral letter
from Bishop of Oxford - Oxford Diocese (14/7/03)
Canon Jeffrey
John withdraws - Withdrawal letter and Bishop Harries' reply - Oxford Diocese
(6/7/03)
Archbishop of Canterbury issues response - BBC News (Video File) -
Full text here
(6/7/03)
Anglican Mainstream launches
new website (5/7/03)
Letter from Anglican Mainstream (3/7/03) -
Church of England Newspaper
James
Jones' Address to Liverpool Diocese Synod (28/6/03) - Liverpool
Diocese Statement
by Network of Anglican Mainstream (25/6/03) Dr
Philip Gidding's response to Archbishop's Letter (24/06/03) - Oxford
Diocese Website Open
Letter from Rowan Williams (23/6/03) - Oxford Diocese Website
Rowan
Williams' Statement (23/6/03) - BBC News (Video File) Letter
of support for Richard Harries from Diocesan Bishops (21/06/03) -
Oxford Diocese Website Statement
by Concerned Oxford Diocese Clergy (20/6/03)
Concerned Oxford Clergy Briefing Paper
(20/6/03) Statement
by Jeffrey John (20/6/03) - The Guardian The
letter from 9 Bishops to Richard Harries (17/6/03) - Oxford Diocese
Richard Harries'
Response (17/06/03) - Oxford Diocese Statement
from Executive Committee, Affirming Catholicism (11/6/03) - ACNS
Open Letter
to Bishops from CofE Evangelical Council - CEEC
Text
of the Letter sent by Oxford Clergy to Richard Harries - Virtuosity
Richard
Harries' Response to the letter at Oxford Diocese Synod (7/6/03) - Oxford Diocese Website Other
Helpful Documents The Church
of England's Official Stance on Human Sexuality
Jeffrey
John's Opinion of "Issues in Human Sexuality" - Affirming
Catholicism (1992) Affirming
Catholicism - Jeffrey John is a co-founder with Rowan Williams and
still a trustee Diocese
of Oxford
Richard Harries' talk to the Oxford Diocese Consultation on Same Sex
Relationships (May 2000) Software The
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News
Reports
Friday 18th July
Dr John "may yet become a bishop" - The Times
Dr John: "Love wins in the end" - Church Times Thursday 17th July
Chaos and interruptions but business goes on
- Church of England Newspaper
Canon John's plea to supporters - The Telegraph
Gay canon tells of huge support - The Guardian
Thousands supported gay bishop - The Guardian
Gay cleric says Reading willing to accept him - The Times
Gay priest thanks supporters - BBC News
Jeffrey John's letter to Reading Chronicle - BBC News Tuesday 15th July
Church must avoid soap opera rows, says Archbishop - The Telegraph
Harries paper sparks fear of "stealth" reform - The Telegraph
Standing ovation as Williams sees off schism threat - The Times
Williams rallies divided Synod - The Guardian
No third way - The Guardian Monday 14th July
Williams tries to bury gay bishop row with call for church to unite -
The Telegraph
Evangelicals have become this century's witch burners - The Guardian
Endless chatter breaks vow of silence over that subject - The Guardian
Gay row will return to haunt church - The Guardian
So much faith, so little unity - The Times
We must find good in "curse" of gay bishop row, says Williams - The
Times
Presidential address to General Synod - Archbishop of Canterbury
Synod applauds Archbishop's call for unity - The Guardian
Pastoral letter
from Bishop of Oxford - Oxford Diocese Sunday 13th July
Archbishop renews call
for unity - BBC News
Church leaders have resisted calls - Robert Piggott - BBC News (Video
File)
Church report on gay
issue leaked - BBC News
The paper stresses accepting diversity - Robert Piggott - BBC News
(Video File)
Williams refused gay bishop's offer to resign - Sunday Telegraph
Turn the other cheek? - Sunday Telegraph
Top clerics attack evangelicals in gay bishop row - The Observer
Bishops back gay sex in new report - Sunday Times
Gay bishop row descends into chaos - Sunday Independent
Saturday
12th July
Gay protests disrupt
Synod - BBC News
The intervention - Robert Piggott - BBC News (Video File)
Synod faces gay rights protest by liberal clergy - The Telegraph
Synod puts off bishop debate - The Guardian
Call off the canon fire - The Guardian
Liberals warn of Evangelical plan to hijack Church - The Times
Gay bishop was "victim of Taleban wing of the church" - The Times
Behind closed doors, the evangelicals decide how to oust gays - The
Independent Friday 11th July
Canon was victim of irrational refusal to listen, says Bishop - Church
Times
Archbishop's hand forced by Oxford critic - Church Times
Threats to clergy continue - Church Times
You don't have to be a mad extremist to oppose Jeffrey John - The
Telegraph
Martyrs and mitres - The Guardian
Church meets amid gay
priest crisis - BBC News -
Robert Piggott on General Synod - Today - BBC Radio 4 (Audio File) -
Video File
Canon Bob Baker - Divisiveness of homosexuality - Today - BBC Radio 4
(Audio File) Thursday 10th July
Dr John was "Ready to Go" - Church of England Newspaper
Church leaders urge unity behind Archbishop - Church of England
Newspaper
Harries faces backlash from fellow bishops - Church of England
Newspaper
Sir Patrick Cormack - Today - BBC Radio 4 (Audio File) Wednesday 9th July
Dr John's opponents should be ashamed - The Times
Schism could be a saving grace for the Church - The Times Tuesday 8th July
Williams ruling on gay bishop "a shock" - The Telegraph
Church's two wings are locked in moral combat - The Times
Archbishop's adviser target of liberal anger - The Times
Evangelicals' money is root of problem - The Times
"Dr John has been humiliated" - The Guardian
Evangelicals plan next anti-gay campaign - The Guardian
Gays win the numbers game - The Guardian
Evangelicals call for vetting of new bishops - The Independent
"Schism" - Negative Connotations? - Today - BBC Radio 4 (Audio File)
Where does Anglican
balance of power lie? - BBC News Monday 7th July
Liberal fury as gay bishop stands down - The Telegraph
Putting the church first - The Telegraph
Dr John was just a pawn in bishops' game - The Telegraph
Dean blames 'spiritual apartheid' - The Telegraph
Painful process for an old friend - The Telegraph
Church
sacrifices gay bishop - The Times
The rise and fall of Dr Jeffrey John - The Times
Battle will get nastier, gay priest's backer says - The Times
The whole church needs to repent - David Hope, AB York - The Times
The winners and losers when a Church prices its principles in pieces of
silver - The Times
Spiking the Canon - The Times
Gay canon rejects bishop's post to avert schism in Church of England -
The Independent
The canon retreats, but the battle for the church will go on - The
Independent
Gay bishop forced out by Lambeth Palace - The Guardian
"Welcome to the demise of the Church of England" - The Guardian
"This stinks to high heaven. He is in agony" - The Guardian
The bigots win - The Guardian
A
house of many rooms with views - The Guardian
Bishop hounded
out of office - Reading Evening Post
Gay priest's sadness
over Bishop row - BBC News
Gay priest forced to
resign - BBC News
Archbishop pays
tribute to gay priest - BBC News
This issue won't go away - Today - BBC Radio 4 (Audio File)
Discussion between bishops of Manchester and Southwark - Today - BBC
Radio 4 (Audio File)
"The crisis in the church may merely have been postponed" - BBC News
(Video File)
Sunday 6th July -
Jeffrey John
withdraws
Gay priest rejects
bishop post - BBC News
Canon Jeffrey
John withdraws - Oxford Diocese
Anglican Mainstream
responds to news - Anglican Mainstream
Archbishop of Canterbury issues response - BBC News (Video File) -
Full text here
"Altogether a very messy episode" - Jake Lynch - BBC News (Video File)
"Today's news was unexpected - Louise Bevan - BBC News (Video File)
A month of bitter public dispute - Robert Pigott - BBC News (Video
File)
No winners in gay
bishop row - BBC News
Statement by
Dean of Southwark, The Very Revd Colin Slee - Oxford Diocese
Carey ordained gay
bishops - BBC News
The gay bishop issue and church finance - BBC Radio 4 Sunday Programme
(Audio File)
"I
ordained two gay bishops" admits George Carey - Sunday Times
Carey denies gay bishops claim - The Guardian
Saturday 5th July
Anglican Mainstream launches
new website
Synod evenly split over gay bishop - Daily Telegraph
Synod urged to debate Canon John - Daily Telegraph
Care in the Communion - The Guardian
Friday 4th July
Oxford opponents dig in over Dr John - Church Times
The culture was is over: the shoulder shruggers won - The Times
Thursday 3rd July
Agenda for
CofE Synod leaves out gay bishop appointment - Anglican Media Sydney
Half of Primates ready for worldwide split - Church of England
Newspaper
Closing Down Debate
- Church of England Newspaper
This is a gospel issue - Richard Harries - Church of England Newspaper
Letter from Anglican Mainstream - Church of
England Newspaper
Wednesday 2nd July
"The Bible teaches God's view on sex and marriage" says Archbishop Peter
Jensen - ACNS
Why we can't allow this man to become a bishop - Daily Mail
Tuesday 1st July
A House Divided - Time Magazine
When
the straight and narrow is the wrong path - The Times
Kenyan
church rejects gay bishop - BBC News
Now will
they promote heterosexual marriage? - The Scotsman
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