英伦广角 圣公会或因同性婚姻分裂 主教们威胁退出会议

 At this church in Wimbledon, Anglicans coming there in hundreds to celebrate and reflect on what the Bible means in rapidly changing world.

 

But where worship is may be at the heart of the church England, at the top or on wholy raw is raging.

 

This week the leaders of global Anglican church gathering¹ in Canterbury. Many are threatening to work out if no agreement can be reached over the church's stance on gay equality.

 

I think the Bible is clear on what marriage is. I think the Bible is clear on the nature of our sexual. How go to make it acceptable. I think we should be we should stick to what the Bible teaches.

 

But for J, the same sets of values mean something completely different.He was abort² from conducting church services of in an accident to same sex marriage.

 

My message would be, firstly to recognize the pain, the hurts and the bruising³ that they have caused to the LBGTI community and their families and their friends.

 

There is no doubt there is a real indeed divide over the gay marriage in the church. Even within England where it's recognized by law, let alone in Africa and Asia.These churches may share the same philology,but the cultural and legal contacts couldn't be more different.But this isn't really about what's in the Bible.It's about power,it's about the future of this huge global institution, and it really goes to show. 

 

A conservative movement within the church, known as Gafcon, is standing⁴ firmly opposition⁵ to gay marriage, opposition which could threaten the talks before they even began. 

I've been reading what they've been writing and it doesn't appear that they are very open to compromise, they are arriving with a single issue on which they expect to have almost immediate⁶ satisfaction.Churches in particular the Anglican communion doesn't quite work like that. There are no quick fixes in the life of a church like this, nor about an issue like human sexuality.This is going to take time.

 

For the arch-bishop in the Canterbury, the first challenge this week would simply be to keep everyone at the table. His best outcome may be that they can agree to disagree.                                                     

 

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1 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

2 abort   

v.使流产，堕胎；中止；中止(工作、计划等)

参考例句：

• The captain instructed them to abort the mission.上尉指示他们中止执行任务。
• With this button the user can abort the audio sequence.用户可以用该按钮终止音频序列。

3 bruising   

adj.殊死的；十分激烈的v.擦伤(bruise的现在分词形式)

参考例句：

• He suffered cracked ribs and bruising. 他断了肋骨还有挫伤。
• He slipped and fell, badly bruising an elbow. 他滑倒了，一只胳膊肘严重擦伤。 来自辞典例句

4 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

5 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

6 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。