As we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, the need to demytholo-gise unbiblical teaching and practice in the church remains as necessary as ever.
In the medieval Catholic Church a whole mythology had built up around the practice of penance, reaching its apogee in the systematic sale of indulgences which triggered Luther’s 95 Theses in 1517. Now the leadership of the Anglican Communion is generating its own postmodern mythology.
Holding opposites together
It is known as ‘Walking Together’ and is essentially an audacious political response to the reality of the Communion, which as GAFCON and the Anglican Global South have repeatedly said, is precisely the opposite.
