{"id":61284,"date":"2017-07-10T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T13:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=61284"},"modified":"2017-07-10T10:33:53","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T14:33:53","slug":"anglican-taonga-new-zealand-working-group-interim-report-on-same-sex-blessings-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=61284","title":{"rendered":"(Anglican Taonga) New Zealand Working Group Interim Report on Same-sex Blessings Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The report says the working group believe the General Synod\u2019s role \u201cis to support amorangi and the dioceses in their work\u201d.<br \/>\nSo decisions about whether or not to bless \u201cshould rest with amorangi and diocesan bishops\u201d who may, in turn, authorise clergy in specific parishes to conduct those services if they wish.<br \/>\nThe report also notes that there is scope (under Title G, Canon XIV) for a bishop to authorise \u201ca non-formulary service\u201d for such a purpose.<br \/>\nThe working group also recommends a change in the declarations of adherence and submission which would have the effect of freeing clergy from having to submit to top-down resolutions.<br \/>\nAt present, a clergy person must declare his or her submission to the authority of General Synod, and consent to be bound by its regulations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anglicantaonga.org.nz\/News\/Common-Life\/29\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The report says the working group believe the General Synod\u2019s role \u201cis to support amorangi and the dioceses in their work\u201d. So decisions about whether or not to bless \u201cshould rest with amorangi and diocesan bishops\u201d who may, in turn,<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=61284\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175,350,168,177,47,79,34,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anthropology","category-aotearoa-new-zealand-polynesia","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-pastoral-theology","category-provinces-other-than-tec","category-sexuality-debate-in-anglican-communion","category-theology","category-theology-scripture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61284"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61286,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61284\/revisions\/61286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}