Word: schisms
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...issue, as 62 of its 107 normally conflict-averse leaders confirmed the election of a popular, openly gay priest named V. Gene Robinson as Bishop of New Hampshire. Outraged, more than a dozen bishops rejected the vote and threatened to remove their congregations permanently. The possibility of such a schism sent shock waves through the 70-million-strong Anglican Communion, the global network of churches descended from the Church of England. In recent years, the Communion's power base has shifted from liberal-but-shrinking Western churches to booming, socially conservative Third World congregations, and most of the primates...
...ELECTED. GENE ROBINSON, 56, as bishop of New Hampshire, making him the first openly gay bishop in the 2.3 million-member Episcopalian Church; in Minneapolis. Robinson's confirmation sparked outrage and threats of a schism in the 77 million-member Anglican Communion, particularly in Africa and Asia. Two days later, the Episcopalian Church recognized?but did not officially authorize?same-sex unions...
...leads 17.5 million Anglicans and is a strong critic of homosexuality, told the BBC: "We would sever relationships with anybody, anywhere, anyone who strays over the boundaries." Archbishops in the West Indies and South America have added their protests, and in Sydney, Archbishop Peter Jensen warned of a schism. The greatest opposition comes from the areas of greatest vibrancy and growth in the church. Williams was careful to note the Oxford dissenters' concerns were "theologically serious, intelligible and by no means based on narrow party allegiance or on prejudice." But he stressed that he was assured John was a gifted...
With his prestigious background in government and academia, Summers will have much to contribute as the task force considers the causes of the schism and makes recommendations for improving U.S.-European relations. It is encouraging to see a Harvard President descend from the ivory tower and engage highly pressing social issues as a public intellectual...
When the decade began, the world was defined clearly by a sharp split between democracy and communism. That schism became tangible on the night of Aug. 13, 1961, when East Germany's communist rulers began to build a wall around West Berlin, and the divide threatened to destroy the world a year later, on Oct. 15, 1962, when the U.S. discovered Soviet warheads in Cuba, setting off the 13-day showdown of the Cuban missile crisis...