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Well, that's that
Sep. 16th, 2015 08:25 amThe Archbishop of Canterbury has officially called for what amounts to an Anglican schism.
This works for me. The existing Communion is a historical relic of colonialism, and having the whole thing headed by and reporting to an English political appointee is both silly and impractical. As has been proven in the last few years, "he is not the boss of us", where "us" ranges from Biblical literalists to people who think everything was better before the 1920s to bishops who think "well, there is no God, but [complicated reasoning I am not competent to explain]". When you've gotten to the point where one bishop tries to formally excommunicate another, it's time to give up.
"Both will be able to call themselves “Anglican” but there will no longer be any pretence that this involves a common discipline or doctrine."
Which there hasn't been for years in any case.
"If the meeting goes well – and Lambeth sources put the possibility of catastrophic failure at about 25% – Welby appears determined to foster practical cooperation among the churches that are still speaking to him, if not to each other."
The catastrophic failure has already happened.
This works for me. The existing Communion is a historical relic of colonialism, and having the whole thing headed by and reporting to an English political appointee is both silly and impractical. As has been proven in the last few years, "he is not the boss of us", where "us" ranges from Biblical literalists to people who think everything was better before the 1920s to bishops who think "well, there is no God, but [complicated reasoning I am not competent to explain]". When you've gotten to the point where one bishop tries to formally excommunicate another, it's time to give up.
"Both will be able to call themselves “Anglican” but there will no longer be any pretence that this involves a common discipline or doctrine."
Which there hasn't been for years in any case.
"If the meeting goes well – and Lambeth sources put the possibility of catastrophic failure at about 25% – Welby appears determined to foster practical cooperation among the churches that are still speaking to him, if not to each other."
The catastrophic failure has already happened.
