CTBI

Pleased to host and chair yesterday’s meeting of the @CTBI Churches Forum for Inter Religious Relations at @TheSanctuaryCDL, bringing together inter-religious officers of Churches across the four nations to discuss the need for platforms of engagement with religious communities.

Honoured to officially open the “Game Changer: William Tyndale and Translations of the Bible” Exhibition at @RegentsOx yesterday as President of the @BibleSociety on the occasion of the 500th Anniversary of the printing and publication of the first English Bible. Sincere thanks to my dear friend, Professor Sir Malcolm Evans, Principal of the College, Director of Research Dr @Helen4voices, Dr Lynn Robson Emeritus/Fellow Emerita in English Literature and their whole team for assembling such a wonderful exhibition, and for their gracious welcome. I was very pleased to see the first Coptic Bible printed in Oxford in 1716, amongst many other first print editions in a variety of languages.

A blessing to meet with HAH the @EcuPatriarch again yesterday in London, with ecumenical and inter-religious friends and colleagues.

Privileged to be speak at this year’s 𝗫𝗫𝗜𝗜 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝗼𝘅 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 “𝗔𝗯𝗯𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘂𝘀-𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲” at the beautiful #MonasteryDiBose, with a wide representation, both globally and from across the Christian family. Spoke on ‘In the Footsteps of the Apostles: Living Koinonia in the Church and in the World’ “The Pakhomian model was based on an understanding akin to that of Philippians 2:3–4, ‘Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.’ It was also striving to live an ethos of ministry described by Saint Cyril when he writes, ‘The Spirit comes with the tenderness of a true friend and protector to save, to heal, to teach, to counsel, to strengthen, to console.’”