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43-2: June 2004 (11 articles) Volume 43, Number 2, May/June 2004
	9. Backtalk Letters from Readers and Reflections Culled from the Internet
	1. Double Trouble - ET TU, CANADA? IT WAS ALREADY BAD ENOUGH, thanks to the pioneering, pro-gay actions of the U.S. Episcopal Church (ECUSA) and the Canadian Diocese of New Westminster. Could the Anglican Communion?s crisis over homosexuality and authority really get much worse? Yes, if the Anglican Church of Canada (ACC) decided to affirm the ?integrity and sanctity of committed adult same-sex relationships.? That?s what happened on June 3, and shortly after that, 22 Anglican primates (provincial leaders)?a majority?called for both the ACC and ECUSA to repent or be expelled from the Communion.
	7. News Briefs
	2. Double Trouble - Late News The 16th annual assembly of the orthodox Forward in Faith, North America (FIF-NA), meeting in the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth June 24-26, heard speaker after speaker encourage parishes to formally affiliate with the conservative Network of Anglican Communion Dioceses and Parishes, either through the Network?s national FIF-NA convocation, or one of its five geographical convocations.
	6. Orthodoxy, The Real Watershed The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown?s blockbuster novel, gives us a hauntingly mystical view of Christ. In The Code, Jesus is married to Mary Magdalene and has children with her. Along the way, he also spawns a cult of secret goddess worshippers. According to the novel, in the modern age, the rigidly orthodox Catholic order of Opus Dei fanatically suppresses a group of cultists who keep alive Jesus? ancient and ?true? vision of Christianity. If you suspect that this plot line is too absurd to gain attention, consider that the novel has spent 52 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and is currently at the top. One of Brown?s astonishing claims (presented as fast-paced truth) is that Jesus was never considered divine until, at the Emperor Constantine?s insistence, the Council of Nicea voted him so in 325 A.D. Brown doesn?t explain why Christians of that day never noticed this sudden change in their doctrine of Christ.
	8. News of the Weird
	4. Focus 2 English Leader To Keynote Festival Of Faith Named For TESM Paid In Full Prince Hits The Heights Resigned Cardinal Given New Post
	99. Church Directory
	5. Focus - Late News ?LATE NEWS? Williams Backs Sexed-Up Bible Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has warmly commended an ?adventurous? modern idiomatic translation of the New Testament aimed at those who have little experience of traditional Christianity or who find it a barrier to an appreciation of Jesus.
	3. Focus Topics include: California Screamin? Gay Bishop?s ?Marriage? Spurs Rare Clash Among ECUSA Liberals Charles Sacked, Swing Smacked The Mass. Matrimonial Muddle Restraint In Liberal Diocese? Helping The Crisis Along - D.C. Bishop Shows How It?s Done English Gay Cleric Takes Up Dean?s Post, Despite Protests ...more

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