Anglican conference closing after debates over Bible interpretation

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From: AP Online
Date: 19980807
Author:ROBERT BARR Associated Press Writer

ROBERT BARR Associated Press Writer
AP Online
08-07-1998
CANTERBURY, England (AP) _ In three weeks of debate over homosexuality, Third World debt and euthanasia, bishops of the worldwide Anglican Communion often returned to the fundamental point of how to interpret the Bible.

``The wider our family becomes, the more you want to have something in common,'' the Rt. Rev. Alexis Bilindabagabo, a Rwandan bishop, said during a debate in the conference's closing week.

He complained, however, that some churches, particularly in the industrial world, did not share his understanding of ...

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