Tony Palmer, the charismatic young preacher who was friends with Pope Francis,
has apparently died in a motorcycle accident.
Palmer was bishop in the
Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches, a group that is inspired by the
“middle way” of classical Anglicanism and considers itself part of the
Convergence Movement.
Archbishop
Charles Hill, presiding prelate at Ambassadors for Christ Ministries of America
(AFCMOA) in Atlanta said Palmer was in an accident while riding a motorcycle in
the U.K. After hours of surgery, Bishop Palmer died on Sunday, July 20,
2014.
In January 2014, Tony Palmer visited with Pope Francis at the Vatican. During that meeting, Palmer
used his iPhone to record an impromptu greeting from the Holy Father to an
American Pentecostal conference. In that video, which was released
publicly in February, Pope Francis says to the Pentecostals gathered at a
meeting of Kenneth Copeland Ministries in the United States, “Let’s
give each other a spiritual hug.”
Bishop Palmer’s respect for the Holy Father and for the Catholic Church is evident in his remarks in introducing the video to Kenneth
Copeland’s conference. The message is one of brotherhood, unity and love.
“Brothers and sisters,” Palmer said to the group, “Luther’s
protest is over. Is yours?”
Requiescat in pace, Tony Palmer.
Eternal rest
grant unto him, O Lord, and may his soul and the souls of all the faithful
departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
"And I heard another voice from
heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her
sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues." Revelation
18:4
Just months after Anglican priest and
personal friend to Pope Francis Tony Palmer gave a rousing performance
urging Christians to place themselves under the authority of the Roman Catholic
system, he appears to have died suddenly in a motorcycle accident.
Tony Palmer had said that he was a
"prophet in the spirit of Elijah", and that his mission was to unite
the Christian evangelical church with the Roman Catholic system. He declared
"Martin Luther's protest to be over", and said that it was time for
"Christians to come home to Rome". Tony's deluded vision of
seeing Christians "coming home to Rome" will also die with him.
Palmer gained
worldwide media attention in January after Pope Francis sent a special envoy to
a Charismatic Evangelical Leadership Conference Kenneth Copeland hosted.
Tony Palmer, the charismatic young preacher
who enjoyed a friendship with Pope Francis, has apparently died in a motorcycle
accident," Kathy Schiffer reported on her Seasons of Grace blog. "Not
a Catholic, Palmer was bishop in the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal
Churches, a group that broke away from the Anglican Church and considered
itself part of the Convergence Movement.
Palmer presented
a video message from the pope that went massively viral at the Copeland-hosted
conference. The message
centered on unity among Catholics and Protestants. Copeland prayed for the pope
and sent a message of his own back to Francis
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