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...Archbishop Yesehaq (pronounced Isaac) of the central Ethiopian Orthodox Coptic church in the Bronx tells me that no American named Bruce Williams or in any way following his description is a member, let alone a minister of that Church. George Wald Higgins Professor of Biology Emeritus
...dramatically in the marital frustrations of King Henry VIII. In 1982, on the eve of Pope John Paul II's historic visit to Britain, the commission issued a report saying that "substantial agreement" was possible on the major issues stemming from the 16th century rupture. The Pope and Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie, spiritual leader of the Anglicans, then authorized more talks aimed at "practical steps" toward reunion. The reconstituted commission has not reported since...
...discrimination arises from the Roman Catholic assertion that ordination gives the church's priests the power to invoke in the Eucharist a real, mysterious re-enactment of the body-and-blood "sacrifice" of Jesus Christ. Beginning in 1552, argued the papal bull, the ordination ritual in Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer's Book of Common Prayer erased all mention of the priestly commission to offer sacrifice. Without such a commission, Leo ruled, in Roman Catholic terms the Anglican ordinations were defective both in the form (words) of the ritual and in the intention of the original celebrants of the rite...
...most important elements of Philippine society, the church and the military, began quickly turning against Marcos. The Archbishop of Manila, Jaime Cardinal Sin, is a powerful figure in a country nominally 85% Roman Catholic, and his opposition to Marcos was clear. He increasingly and openly encouraged opposition political figures...
...leader of the Catholic Church in the Philippines is Jaime Cardinal Sin, 57, the Archbishop of Manila. Sin, the 14th of 16 children of a Filipino mother and a Chinese father, has diplomatic gifts that have been invaluable tools in guiding church policy. A wry sense of humor also helps. He calls his residence in suburban Mandaluyong "the house...