Theological Education - The Bible in the Life of the Church
“We should simply be aware that the Bible is a book that we read, in which and through which we discern corporately that part of our discipleship is that shared reading of Scripture, in which we seek both to submit ourselves to the canonical word and the canonical reading and also to submit ourselves in charity to one another in that process of reading.”
Archbishop Rowan Williams referring to the importance of the Bible in the Life of the Church project and speaking in a debate on Confidence in the Bible at the Church of England General Synod, 12 February 2010
This project was commissioned by the ACC at its meeting in Jamaica in May 2009. Its aims are:
- to explore how we, as Anglicans, actually use the Bible by sharing experiences of using the Bible to explore two major contemporary issues;
- to distil from and develop these explorations the principles of Anglican hermeneutics;
- to produce resource materials for use at all levels of Christian education;
- to provide a guide to significant literature on this topic; and
- to offer a report and make recommendations to ACC 15.
The first contemporary issue that the project will explore will be the environment or more exactly one of the marks that the Anglican Communion believes is part of our involvement in God’s Mission –
‘to strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth’.