The house in Milverton, Somerset, was once home to Thomas Cranmer, Arch Deacon of Taunton in the 16th Century.

“He was a leading Anglican scholar and strove for ecumenicalism.”

“A time bomb is relentlessly clicking away in the worldwide Anglican Communion. If and when it explodes, gone from the see of Canterbury will be the majority of the estimated 80 million members in 44 national and regional churches birthed by the CofE.”

“His church has amended its constitution to remove mention of ties to the Church of England because of its bishops’ decision this summer to allow gay clergy to register civil partnerships. Yong Ping Chung, the Archbishop of South East Asia, has talked …

The Church of England’s decision to remove the legal blocks stopping women being consecrated as bishops threatens its future existence, critics are warning.

profile of the new Archbishop of York