Lambeth 1998 Resolution I.10 on Human Sexuality

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Lambeth 1998 Resolution I.10 on Human Sexuality is a landmark Anglican Communion statement that reaffirmed traditional Christian teaching on marriage and homosexuality and has since been a major source of theological and ecclesial controversy.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican Communion resolution
church document
doctrinal statement
addresses pastoral response to homosexual persons
adoptedBy Lambeth Conference
bishops of the Anglican Communion
adoptionYear 1998
affirms marriage between one man and one woman
approvedByVoteOf majority of bishops at Lambeth 1998
basisOf continuing debate within the Anglican Communion
callsFor listening to the experience of homosexual persons
pastoral care for homosexual persons
citedBy conservative Anglicans
concerns Christian marriage
homosexuality
human sexuality
context late 20th-century Christian debates on sexuality
criticisedBy progressive Anglicans
declares homosexual practice is incompatible with Scripture
definesMarriageAs lifelong union between a man and a woman
denies moral equivalence of same-sex unions and heterosexual marriage
emphasises listening process within the Church
respect and sensitivity toward homosexual persons
geographicScope Anglican Communion
surface form: "global Anglican Communion"
hasConsequence ecclesial controversy in Anglican Communion
theological controversy in Anglicanism
hasIdentifier Resolution I.10
hasNumber I.10
hasStatus non-binding but influential
influenced Anglican debates on LGBT ordination
Anglican debates on same-sex marriage
language English
opposedBy some bishops at Lambeth 1998
partOfEvent Lambeth Conference
surface form: "Lambeth Conference 1998"
reaffirms traditional Christian teaching on marriage
traditional Christian teaching on sexual morality
rejects legitimising or blessing same-sex unions
ordaining those involved in same-sex unions
relatedTo Anglican realignment
Global Anglican Future Conference
debates over Anglican Communion unity
states abstinence is right for those not called to marriage
subjectOf ecclesiastical legal and canonical discussion
scholarly analysis on Anglican sexuality debates
theologicalOrientation traditionalist Christian sexual ethics
usedAs reference point in Anglican doctrinal disputes
viewedAs landmark statement on sexuality in Anglican Communion

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Lambeth Conference notableResolution Lambeth 1998 Resolution I.10 on Human Sexuality

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