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4. Three Popes

09/12/2020    from Ponderings

Graham Kings

In my Ponderings for December 2020, I reflect on the three most recent popes, John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis, by interweaving comment, poetry, and autobiography. The article was published originally on Covenant, the weblog of The Living Church, on 8 Dec 2020, and is republished here with permission and thanks.

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The Pope's Anglican Division, 9 Nov 2009

30/07/2020    from The Guardian

Graham Kings

Graham Kings, Bishop of Sherborne, was commissioned by The Guardian, to write on the surprise annoucement from Pope Benedict of an 'Anglican Ordinariate' for Anglican Catholics who were against the ordination of women to the priesthood. The subeditor of The Guardian wrote the fine title. 

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Federation Isn't Enough, 5 Aug 2009

30/07/2020    from The Guardian

Graham Kings

The Guardian commissioned Graham Kings, the new Bishop of Sherborne, to write on the threat of schism to the Anglican Communion.

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What Would Wilberforce Do? 17 Nov 2008

30/07/2020    from The Guardian

Graham Kings

On 15 Nov 2008 a National Evangelical Anglican Consultation took place at All Souls Church, Langham Place, London in the wake of the GAFCON conference in Jerusalem in June 2008. The conservative Evangelical leadership of Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC) wanted the whole consultation to sign up to the GAFCON statement. The motion was 'not put'. It was a seminal moment. Graham Kings, Vicar of St Mary's Islington, wrote about it in The Guardian on 17 Nov 2008. 

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African Joy of the Gospel: Interweavings No 8 April 2016

29/04/2016    from Mission Theology Interweavings

Graham Kings

I left Lusaka, Zambia with fond memories of family celebrations, hospitality, delight in God and the African joy of the gospel.

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The Edge: The Episcopal Church - Sept 2007, Fulcrum Newsletter 5

18/09/2007    from Fulcrum Newsletters

Graham Kings

In his fifth Fulcrum Newsletter, just prior to the Archbishop of Canterbury's visti to the House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church in New Orleans, Graham wrote about the two extreme 'edges' that the Anglican Communion needed defending against: 'automomous rootless liberalism' and 'independent relentless puritanism'. He drew on the wisdom of Lancelot Andrewes, Richard Hooker and S T Coleridge. It was copublished with the Church of England Newspaper on 21 Sept 2007.

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Singapore: Intellectual Centre of a Movement Jan 2007, Fulcrum Newsletter 4

10/04/2007    from Fulcrum Newsletters

Graham Kings

After visiting Singapore for a week in early December 2006, as a guest of Michael Poon at Trinity College, and meeting with John Chew, the Archbishop of South East Asia, Graham wrote this article about the Global South Anglican movement for the Church Times, which was republished, with permission, as the fourth Fulcrum Newsletter.

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Shechem, Corinth and Columbus: ECUSA’s Choices - June 2006, Fulcrum Newsletter 8

13/06/2006    from Fulcrum Newsletters

Graham Kings

The eighth Fulcrum Newsletter written just before General Convention of The Epsicopal Church of the USA (ECUSA) , which met in Columbus, Ohio, 13-21 June 2006. Graham devloped a 'Quadrant' to help to map the various groups in the Anglican Communion: Federal Liberals, Communion Liberals, Communion Conservatives and Federal Conservatives.

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