Affirming Catholicism
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'''Affirming Catholicism''' is a movement operating in several provinces of the [[Anglican Communion]], most notably in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], [[Ireland]], the [[United States]] (where it is known as ''Affirming Anglican Catholicism'' or ''AAC'') and Canada. The movement represents a liberal strand of [[Anglo-Catholicism]] and is particularly noted for holding that Anglo-Catholic belief and practice is compatible with the [[ordination of women]]. It also generally supports ordination into the threefold ministry ([[Bishop|bishops]], [[Priest|priests]], [[Deacon|deacons]]) regardless of [[gender]] or [[sexual orientation]].<ref>{{citebook|title=Evangelicals Etcetera: Conflict and Conviction in the Church of England's Parties |author= Kelvin Randall|year= 2005|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|id=ISBN 0754652157|pages=42|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=e9i_3s-0cgwC&pg=PA42&ots=uM3KzAA8Pc&dq=%22Affirming+Catholicism%22&as_brr=3&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&sig=g_vOVGOIHqHfpDZaQeDeT0lVSBA}}</ref>
The movement was formalised on 9 June 1990 at St Alban's Church [[Holborn]] in London by a number of Anglo-Catholic clergy in the [[Diocese of London]] who had been marginalised within, or expelled from, existing Anglo-Catholic groups because of their support for women's ordination to the priesthood. It developed a theological stance which was staunchly liberal in matters of inclusivity but traditionally Catholic in matters of liturgy and the centrality and theology of the [[sacrament]]s whilst believing that traditional restrictions on who may receive them should be re-examined.
Prominent supporters include the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], the Most Reverend and Right Honourable [[Rowan Williams]], as well as the openly gay Dean of [[St Albans Cathedral|St Albans]], the Very Reverend [[Jeffrey John]], both of whom have served on the executive committee of British / Irish Affirming Catholicism in recent years. In North America, bishops involved in AAC include [[Frank Griswold]], former presiding bishop of the [[Episcopal Church USA]], and Archbishop [[Andrew Hutchison]], former Primate of the [[Anglican Church of Canada]]. AAC has ties with the [[Society of Catholic Priests]].
===See also===
*[[Anglo-Catholicism]]
*[[Forward in Faith]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.affirmingcatholicism.org.uk/ Affirming Catholicism UK]
*[http://affirmingcatholicism.org/index.html Affirming Catholicism USA]
*[http://www.cdsp.edu/~mgrau/courses/hsst2189/studweb/WebsitesFall01/tgilmore/index.html Anglo-Catholicism for Progressives]
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