Can we still avoid Anglicanism falling apart?
At the end of last year, the Prayers of Love and Faith entered Church of England ‘currency’. In short, a library of prayers has been commended by the House of Bishops that will enable clergy to conduct prayers of blessing for couples in a parish church who are in a sexually active relationship outside of heterosexual marriage.
There is an imminent prospect of so-called ‘standalone’ services seemingly being brought in on an experimental basis, and some of the bishops have also indicated their desire to make it possible for clergy to marry same-sex partners.