Global Anglican Future Conference#Jerusalem Declaration

The Jerusalem Declaration is a confession of traditional Anglicans who have organized themselves in the Global Anglican Future Conference ( Gafcon ). The statement refers to the Holy Scriptures, which contains all salvation Required by the signatories view. In addition, the first four ecumenical councils, the three confessions and the Thirty-nine Articles are viewed as the basis of Anglicanism. The Book of Common Prayer of 1662 and the Anglican Ordinal are also considered to be relevant.

The Declaration was adopted at the Global Anglican Future Conference and Pilgrimage of 22 - adopted June 29, 2008, which was attended by more than 1,100 delegates.

In a response to the statement made ​​by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, stated that the contents of the declaration in accordance with the beliefs of the Anglican Communion are. However, Williams is in the legitimacy of the decision-making primates challenged and criticized that the declaration was written in the " language of colonialism ".

Sometimes the explanation of the Patriarchs and the local churches of Jerusalem is referred to Christian Zionism as the Jerusalem Declaration.